The List
United Kingdom

The List

by Yomi Adegoke

Summary

One anonymous post. One devastating accusation. One month until the wedding.

Ola Olajide has built her career exposing powerful men accused of misconduct. As a successful journalist at Womxxxn magazine, she knows exactly what women should do when allegations surface—and what happens when they stay silent. Now, just weeks before her wedding, Ola wakes up to a message that threatens to destroy the future she has imagined: her fiancé, Michael Koranteng, has appeared on a viral online list of men accused of abusive behaviour.

Until now, Ola and Michael have been the couple everyone admires. But as the allegations spread, their carefully curated love story begins to unravel. Ola must decide whether to stand by the man she loves or risk becoming the very kind of woman she has spent her career criticising. Meanwhile, Michael insists he is innocent, and the relentless online speculation leaves little room for uncertainty.

Sharp, unsettling, and impossible to dismiss, The List explores what happens when the court of public opinion delivers its verdict before all the facts are known. Yomi Adegoke delves into the collision between feminism, accountability, loyalty, and the unforgiving machinery of social media. When the internet decides who you are, can the truth still save you?

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Yomi Adegoke
Yomi Adegoke

Yomi Adegoke is a British-Nigerian journalist, broadcaster, and bestselling author whose work explores race, feminism, popular culture, and the ways these forces shape contemporary life. She has written for publications including The Guardian, British Vogue, The Times, and The Independent, establishing herself as a prominent voice in conversations about gender, race, and representation. In 2018, Adegoke co-authored Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible with Elizabeth Uviebinene. The bestselling nonfiction book examines the experiences of Black women in Britain, addressing everything from workplace discrimination and education to relationships and representation. It helped bring conversations about the barriers facing Black British women to a wider audience. Adegoke made her fiction debut with The List in 2023. Inspired by the complicated questions surrounding online allegations, public accountability, and the #MeToo movement, the novel examines what happens when a journalist’s professional convictions collide with her private life. It became an instant Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards’ Debut Book of the Year in 2024. In addition to her writing, Adegoke works in broadcasting and screen development. She has been recognised by Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list and named a GQ Men of the Year honouree. Across her journalism and fiction, she is drawn to difficult questions about power, identity, and the gap between the principles people publicly defend and the choices they make when those principles become personal.

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Published
2023
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Yomi Adegoke