Books That Changed My Life

Candice Carty-Williams’ Sunday Times Bestseller Queenie was one of the best-loved books of last year’s lockdown. Her new novel, Empress & Aniya is available in paperback and on Audible (published by Knights Of)

- By Candice Carty-Williams

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison I was the sort of child who would run to get the new book in this series every time it was released. There was no social media then, so you just had to go to WH Smiths and ask, “Hi, when is the next one coming?”. I remember just laughing breathlessly at them—I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much at anything! Those books were really important to me, and now that I’m an adult and I know about different editions, I have three different sets of the series in my house. You can tell when someone has read Louise Rennison—there’s a specific brand of humour that comes from her books.