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The List

The List by Yomi Adegoke is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including Bloomberg, for a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100.

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Our take

AI-drafted

Adegoke builds her novel around a real-feeling artifact of the #MeToo era, an anonymous crowdsourced document naming alleged abusers, and drops it into the middle of a wedding countdown. What reviewers consistently credit Adegoke for is refusing to write a simple morality tale about cancel culture, sitting with the genuine uncertainty of anonymous accusations without either dismissing survivors or assuming guilt.

In the press

  • A gripping story on the ramifications of social media, anonymity, and cancel culture
    Marie Claire

How the Consensus Score is calculated

Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.

SourceAuthorityRecencyAwardContribution
Bloomberg0.800.701.00×0.56
Weighted sum → Score0.5612

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Frequently asked

What lists is The List on?

The List appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including Bloomberg.

What is its Consensus Score?

The List has a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.