Dua Lipa

Celebrity, Musician, Singer

Dua Lipa is an English singer and songwriter of Albanian descent who released her debut album in 2017, followed by Future Nostalgia (2020) and Radical Optimism (2024). In 2022 she founded the culture platform Service95, which runs a monthly book club.

Dua Lipa's 41 Book Recommendations

• Infinite Jest: “It's the 30th anniversary of this 1,000+ page epic and I've given myself my thirties to read it.”
• Never Let Me Go: “Some books are so good you wish you could read them again for the first time. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is that novel for me.”
• Just Kids: “This spellbinding account of NYC in the 1960s and 1970s makes me wish I could time travel. Patti's story of her evolution as an artist is as inspiring as it is exciting.”
• Autobiography of Red: “For me, that's Anne Carson – pick whoever works for you and just surrender to it.”
• Jerusalem: “I first read it at 15 while studying for my English GCSE and its antihero, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron has stuck with me ever since.”
• Pachinko: “It left me totally absorbed and invested in the characters' lives – I couldn't put it down.”
• Half of a Yellow Sun: “August marks Service95 Book Club's third Monthly Read, which I'm thrilled to say is the incredible Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”
• One Hundred Years of Solitude: “I was fascinated by García Márquez's interweaving of magical realism and the realities of Colombia's culture and history.”
• The Vanishing Half: “Unbiased, compassionate and full of heart, I sped through this book – I can't wait to hear what you think.”
• The Guest: “I found it such a page-turner.”
• A Thousand Splendid Suns: “If we need any reminder of why we should stand in solidarity with Afghan women now more than ever, this book is it.”
• Trust: “I was obsessed with this book and I hope you are too.”
• Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: “A book about love and loss, it is as raw as it is precious. I cried my eyes out, but I also laughed and loved it.”
• Swimming in the Dark: “I hope you love it as much as I do.”
• Say Nothing: “I was gripped from the first page, and I know you will be too.”
• Bad Habit: “This book had me hooked from the first page.”
• Lincoln in the Bardo: “It is incredibly compassionate and empathetic, and up there as one of my favourite books of all time.”
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: “It broke my heart then put it back together again. You have to read it.”
• The Handmaid's Tale: “Then, we were asked to read The Handmaid's Tale – and I was hooked.”
• Night People: “From the second I started it, it was just such a ride...”
• Noughts & Crosses: “Noughts & Crosses is my absolute favourite of her books.”
• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: “It's a crime novel, a call to arms and a philosophical interrogation with meditations on astrology all rolled into one.”
• The Bee Sting: “I did pretty much punch the air when Cass tells Elaine that she hates her. I found it so relatable.”
• Brightly Shining: “You write completely without judgement... and by the end, I cared so deeply about the sisters and their dad.”
• There There: “I just loved it. I loved how you shatter old tropes about Native American culture and instead present it in this very modern and very real story.”
• Widow Basquiat: “I love your book, Widow Basquiat, so much, and I've loved it for many years.”
• Small Boat: “I loved Small Boat. I was really, really moved by it.”
• This House of Grief: “I was like, 'Right, this is exactly the book that I need.' And I loved it.”
• The Son of Man: “I loved your book, The Son of Man, and this book had such a massive impact on me, and I feel like it's one of those books that's going to stay with me for a very, very long time.”
• So Late in the Day: “Today, I'm talking to Claire Keegan about her incredible short story So Late in the Day.”
• Having Spent Life Seeking: “I was so gripped, and I was so moved, and before I'd even finished the first chapter, I already felt so much for Rothko.”
• Lost Lambs: “a masterclass in world-building”
• Still Born
• Shuggie Bain: “I'd like to start by talking a little bit about why I love Shuggie Bain so much and why it means so much to me.”
• Grief Is the Thing with Feathers: “Max, I can't tell you how much I loved this book. I loved everything about it. I loved the language. I loved the form.”
• The Trees: “I read the whole short list and it was a very, very strong list that year, but your book really stood out to me. And I've kind of been obsessed with it ever since.”
• Flesh: “We're going to be talking about Flesh by David Szalay, my monthly read for October. And honestly, it's one of the most astonishing books I've ever read.”
• Bad Feminist: “Bad Feminist has been on my dream book club list since we launched. I read Bad Feminist when it first came out in 2014... and it was really formative for me.”
• Free: Coming of Age at the End of History: “I'm so happy to see you and to speak to you about your incredible book.”
• Klara and the Sun: “I loved Klara and the Sun so much, and I read it in 2021 when it came out, and it was kind of the gateway drug for me for all your other books.”
• Martyr!: “This novel is profound. It's poignant and often funny.”