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Christmas has come early! And do we have a festive treat for you! It's a funny, thrilling and thorough chat with returning champ Helen Lederer! We visited Helen's home back in 2019, but now she's coming to us, visiting the prestigious Margate Bookie book festival in front of an ecstatic audience. We talked to her about her legendary comedy career (including the people she got off with), the game-changing Comedy Women in Print Prize that she instigated, her hilarious books Losing It and Not That I'm Bitter, the mindbending experience that was Celebrity Big Brother and almost getting a tattoo. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Helen Lederer - Not That I'm Bitter Helen Lederer - Losing It Carrie Fisher - Wishful Drinking Anthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her? Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Miranda July - All Fours Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole John Betjeman - Collected Poems Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our season finale! And we are spending it with an absolute legend. Miranda Sawyer is a brilliant and inspirational journalist, broadcaster and author. She started her career at the iconic Smash Hits and has since worked for practically every major newspaper and magazine including The Face, Select, The Guardian, The Observer and Vogue. She's the author of the books Park and Ride, Out of Time and her latest Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs. We talked to Miranda about the women of Britpop, the genius of Smash Hits, corresponding with Joan Didion and getting off with Grace Jones. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Miranda Sawyer - Uncommon People Miranda Sawyer - Out of Time Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You Viv Albertine - Clothes, Music, Boys Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Ian Fleming - Casino Royale Raymond Chandler - The Long Goodbye Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Tom Wolfe - The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby Hunter S Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lili Anolik - Didion and Babitz Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem Jessica Stanley - Consider Yourself Kissed Lily Allen - My Thoughts Exactly Jude Rogers - The Sound of Being Human Sylvia Patterson - I'm Not With the Band Miki Berenyi - Fingers Crossed Vivien Goldman - Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz Michael Cragg - Reach For the Stars Craig Brown - One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time Eva Rice - This Could Be Everything Oliver Burkeman - Meditations For Mortals Oliver Burkeman - Four Thousand Weeks Patrick Freyne - Ok Lets Do Your Stupid Idea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready for a really fun, warm and refreshing chat with one of our favourite authors, the brilliant Amanda Prowse! Amanda is an Internationally bestselling author of novels, non-fiction books and short stories, whose books have been published worldwide in dozens of languages. Her chart topping titles include What Have I Done?, Perfect Daughter, My Husband’s Wife, The Girl in the Corner and her latest is the wonderful Swimming to Lundy. We talked to her about magic, library love, literary Christmas gift ideas, the joy of annuals and the genius of Maeve Binchy. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Amanda Prowse - Swimming to Lundy Colleen McCullough - The Thorn Birds The Bunty Annual The Mandy Annual The Beano Annual Jackie - 60 Years of Magic Jill Mansell - Promise Me Katie Hickman - She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the Wolves Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Dorothy Whipple - High Wages Persephone Books Louise Bagshawe - Career Girls Shirley Conran - Lace Danielle Steele - Palazzo VC Andrews - Flowers in the Attic Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jilly Cooper - Polo Jilly Cooper - Between the Covers Rufi Thorpe - Margot's Got Money Troubles Callum Robinson - Ingrained Carol Ann Duffy - Three Wise Men Chapter 34 Books Dr Seuss - Oh The Places You'll Go Cathy Rentzenbrink - How To Feel Better Nigella Lawson - Nigella Christmas Diana Henry - Simple Nigel Slater - A Thousand Feasts Jane Austen - Persuasion Thomas Hardy - Collected Poems Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Charles Dickens - Bleak House Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd Maeve Binchy - Evening Class Stephenie Meyer - Twilight Joyce Lankester Brisley - Milly Molly Mandy Joyce Lankester Brisley - Marigold in Godmother's House Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You Holly Bourne - You Could Be So Pretty Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events Daniel Handler - And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer's Life Bruce Omar Yates - The Muslim Cowboy Shelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are welcoming podcast, comedy and writerly royalty to the show. It's the amazing Cariad Lloyd! Cariad is the host of the podcasts Weirdos Book Club, alongside former guest Sara Pascoe, and the award-winning Griefcast, plus a book based on the podcast You Are Not Alone. She is an actor, comedian and improviser and has just released her first children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe (plus another one soon - revealed exclusively during the show!) We talked to her about helpful reading habits, the importance of a great booklight, good books about grief and a surprising literary obsession (with a former guest). Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Cariad Lloyd - You Are Not Alone Cariad Lloyd - The Christmas Wishtastrophe Lili Anolik - Didion and Babitz JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit Brian Jacques - Mossflower Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes AA Milne - Winnie the Pooh Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tales Lynne Reid Banks - Fairy Rebel Anne Fine - Diary of a Killer Cat Terry Pratchett - Colour of Magic Tove Jansson - Tales from Moominvalley Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking Nadia Shireen - Grimwood Nadia Shireen - Billy and the Beast Nadia Shireen - Bumblebear Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Jill Murphy - Worst Witch Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Jeffrey Archer - As the Crow Flies Roger Lewis - Erotic Vagrancy Lucy Ellmann - Ducks Newburyport George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders - Swim in the Pond in the Rain Guadalupe Nettel - Still Born Madeline Linford - Out of the Window Tessa Hadley - Free Love Joe Heap - Rules of Seeing Hilary Mantel - Mirror and the Light Charles Darwin - Bleak House George Eliot - Middlemarch Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Douglas Stuart - Young Mungo John Ransom - The Whale Tattoo John Ransom - The Gallopers Cariad Lloyd - Where Did She Go Tom Percival - Ruby's Worry Tom Percival - Meesha Makes Friends Tom Percival - Perfectly Norman Julia Donaldson - Paper Dolls Oliver Jeffers - Heart and the Bottle Frances Hodgson Burnett - Secret Garden Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Nikki May - Wahala Ann Patchett - Tom Lake Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Octavia Butler - Kindred Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're delighted to bring you this delicious and delectable conversation with the amazing Rukmini Iyer! Rukmini is the visionary behind the multi-million-selling Roasting Tin series of cookbooks with the latest being the Green Roasting Tin. She is also a voracious and wide-ranging reader. We talked to her about Jilly Cooper, early, eye-popping reads, life-changing food writing and she reveals her secret, and surprising passion. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Rukmini Iyer - The Roasting Tin Rukmini Iyer - The Green Roasting Tin Miye Lee - Dallergut Dream Department Store Gabrielle Zevin - Storied Life of AJ Fikry Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow TS Eliot - Waste Land Facsimile Much Ado Bookshop Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman is in Trouble Robert Lowell - Imitations Homer (Trans: Emily Wilson) - Odyssey Donna Tartt - The Secret History Roberto Bolano - 2666 Paul Beatty - The Sellout Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Francesa Segal - Welcome to Glorious Tuga Jilly Cooper - Rivals John Lanchester - The Debt To Pleasure MFK Fisher - Gastronomical Me Bee Wilson - Consider the Fork Bee Wilson - The Way We Eat Now Tim Spector - Food For Life Chris van Tulleken - Ultra Processed People Sanjana Modha - Sanjana Feasts Lucy Mangan - Bookworm Eve Garnett - Family At One End Street David Niven - Moon's a Balloon Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Woman Stewart Granger - Sparks Fly Up Roger Lewis - Erotic Vagrancy Kate Andersen Brower - Elizabeth Taylor Stefan Zweig - Beware of Pity Various - Book Lovers Journal 2025 Noel Streatfeild - Saplings Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Noel Streatfeild - A Vicarage Family Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Lizzy Stewart - Alison Jane Oliver - Business as Usual Dorothy Whipple - High Wages Min Jin Lee - Free Food for Millionaires Min Jin Lee - Pachinko Laurie colwin - Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - More Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - Happy all the Time India Knight - Darling Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love Rukmini Iyer - Quick Roasting Tin Rukmini Iyer - Green Barbecue Time Life Editors - Patisserie Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Rukmini Iyer - Sweet Roasting Tin Bee Wilson - Swindled Rukmini Iyer - Roasting Tin Around the World Ruby Tandoh - Cook as You Are Ruby Tandoh - Eat Up Diana Vreeland - DV Diana Vreeland - Memos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we welcome another publishing legend onto the podcast. It's the amazing Liane Moriarty! Liane has sold over 20 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into forty languages. Her blockbusters Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall and Nine Perfect Strangers have been adapted into hugely successful TV shows. Her latest novel is the gripping, mysterious Here One Moment. We talked to her about her fellow novelist sisters, extended literary universes, the first book to make her cry and a particularly disturbing sex scene from Jaws. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Liane Moriarty - Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty - Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty - Here One Moment Anna Quindlen - After Annie Barbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From Woolworths Ethel Turner - Seven Little Australians PL Travers - Mary Poppins Peter Benchley - Jaws Michael Coleman - One, Two, Three, Oops! LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables LM Montgomery - Emily of New Moon Joanna Trollope - The Choir Alice Winn - In Memoriam Rebecca Makkai - Great Believers Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Catherine Newman - Sandwich Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle Michelle Gallen - Factory Girls Claire Lombardo - Same as it Ever Was Claire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever Had Anne Tyler - Accidental Tourist Shelia Heti - Motherhood Ottessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and Relaxation Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Karen Joy Fowler - Booth Mary Wesley - A Sensible Life Mary Wesley - Camomile Lawn Daisy Buchanan - Careering Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Lizzy Stewart - Alison Barbara Trapido - Noah's Ark Barbara Trapido - Traveling Hornplayer Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes - Rachels Holiday Marian Keyes - Again Rachel Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There Nicola Moriarty - You Need To Know Jaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the Thing Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Kate Atkinson - Life After Life Audrey Niffenegger - Time Traveler's Wife Dorothy Whipple - High Wages Barbara Pym - Excellent Women Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Jane Harper - The Dry Sally Hepworth - The Family Next Door Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith - Diaries Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin Sally Rooney - Intermezzo Emma Forrest - Father Figure Matt Haig - Midnight Library Cesca Major - Maybe Next Time Bella Mackie - What a Way to Go Mary Beth Keane - The Half Moon Mary Lawson - Crow Lake Elizabeth Berg - Say When Jo Jo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast we're entertaining one of our favourite writers and one of our favourite people. The brilliant Holly Williams! Holly is a journalist and author who writes about books and theatre for everyone from The Observer to the New York Times and is the author of two fantastic novels, What Time is Love and The Start of Something. We traveled to Holly's wonderful Sheffield home and talked to her about the Tolstoy family dynasty, cosy planning. life lessons from Marian Keyes, generating a poetry habit and books so engrossing you miss your train connection. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Preorder your copy of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy. BOOKS Holly Williams - What Time is Love Holly Williams - Start of Something Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Holly Williams - Living With Leo Ali Smith - Winter Ali Smith - How To Be Both Zadie Smith - On Beauty Ted Hughes - Selected Poems Seamus Heaney - Selected Poems Paul Muldoon - Selected Poems Don Paterson - Selected Poems Julia Cameron - Artist's Way Ocean Vuong - Time is a Mother Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Helen Mort - Illustrated Woman Hannah Sullivan - Three Poems Sharon Olds - Stag's Leap Ross Gay - The Book of Delights JB Priestly - Delight RC Sherriff - Fortnight in September Lauren Bravo - Preloved Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These Claire Keegan - So Late in the Day Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Bernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals Katherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, Mellow Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Marian Keyes - This Charming Man Marian Keyes - Again Rachel Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Celia Paul - Self-Portrait Gary Shteyngart - Super Sad True Love Story Daisy Buchanan - Careering Arthur Schnitzler - La Ronde Victoria Wood - Chunky Jesse Armstrong - Succession scripts JB Priestly - An Inspector Calls Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus Timberlake Wertenbaker - The Love of the Nightingale Timberlake Wertenbaker - Our Country's Good Peter Barnes - The Ruling Class Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf - Diaries Virginia Woolf - Letters Charles Dickens - Bleak House Various - Weird Walk Jilly Cooper - Riders Kathryn Scanlan - Kick the Latch Rita Bullwinkel - Headshot Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona Jen Calleja - Vehicle Akwaeke Emezi - You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty Lizzy Stewart - Alison Adrian Tomine - New York Drawings Ella Frears - Goodlord Philip Pullman - Book of Dust Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More legends of literature are dropping by as we welcome bestselling author and crime icon Paula Hawkins! Paula's first book was the phenomenal The Girl on the Train which sold over 20 million copies and was translated into over 50 languages. She followed it up with the bestsellers Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning. Her latest is the highly anticipated The Blue Hour. We talked to her about art books, the writers so good they make you want to give up, great authors from Zimbabwe and being disappointed by a lack of Wombles. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and see book tour dates and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins - The Blue Hour Eleanor Clayton - Barbara Hepworth Celia Paul - Self Portrait Patrick Elliot - Joan Eardley Walter De La Mare - The Three Royal Monkeys Enid Blyton - The Famous Five Enid Blyton - Mallory Towers Elisabeth Beresford - The Wombles Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase Geoffrey of Monmouth - History of the Kings of Britain Ali Smith - Autumn Zadie Smith - Intimations Sarah Moss - The Fell Sigrid Nunez - The Friend Sigrid Nunez - What Are You Going Through Sigrid Nunez - The Vulnerables Benjamin Moser - Sontag Sigrid Nunez - Sempre Susan Kate Atkinson - Life After Life Pat Barker - The Regeneration Trilogy Pat Barker - Life Class Pat Barker - Silence of the Girls Pat Barker - The Women of Troy Pat Barker - Voyage Home Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr Ripley Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Ruth Rendell - A Judgement in Stone Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Molly Keane - Good Behaviour Caroline Kepnes - You Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial Killer George Eliot - Middlemarch Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Colleen Hoover - It Ends With Us Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends Sally Rooney - Normal People Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These Carys Davies - Clear Jonathan Abrams - The Come Up Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling Anne Glenconner - Lady in Waiting Tsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga - Nervous Conditions Petina Gappah - An Elegy for Easterly Petina Gappah - Rotten Row Raymond Carver - Cathedral Kate Atkinson - Normal Rules Don't Apply Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Evie Wyld - The Echoes Evie Wyld - All the Birds Singing Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood - The Weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are graced with undeniable literary royalty this week. It's the stupendous, legendary Jodi Picoult! Jodi Picoult is the New York Times bestselling author of 29 novels, including Mad Honey, Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with her daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She has won numerous awards, including a lifetime achievement award from the Romance Writers of America, and her work has been translated into 34 languages. Her latest is the highly anticipated By Any Other Name. We talked to her about erotic Shakespeare poetry, the book that inspired her to be a writer, perfect books to swim to and the message Judy Blume wrote in Jodi's copy of Forever. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Jodi Picoult - By Any Other Name William Shakespeare - Complete Works Elizabeth Winkler - Shakespeare Was a Woman Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are Sydney Taylor - All-of-a-Kind Family Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds William Shakespeare - Complete Sonnets and Poems Judy Blume - Forever Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises Martin Amis - The Rachel Papers Rebecca Makkai - The Great Believers Don DeLillo - Underworld Lindsey Kelk - Love Story Emily Henry - Beach Read Brigid Kemmerer - A Curse So Dark and Lonely Scarlett St. Clair - A Touch of Darkness Amanda Bouchet - A Promise of Fire Maria Vale - Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death Edmond Rostand - Cyrano De Bergerac Leigh Bardugo - The Familiar Miranda July - All Fours Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than You William Thackeray - Vanity Fair Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Isak Dinesen - Babette's Feast and Other Stories Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Out of Africa Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Shadows in the Grass Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables LM Montgomery - Emily of New Moon Alice Hoffman - The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman - The World That We Knew Jojo Moyes - Me Before You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are in the esteemed company of novelist, journalist, broadcaster and all-around inspiration, the wonderful Dawn O'Porter! Dawn is the author of the bestselling mega-hits The Cows, So Lucky, Cat Lady and her latest is the highly anticipated sequel to Paper Aeroplanes and Goose, Honey Bee. She has presented a vast array of television documentaries and hosts the 'Dawn Loves' WH Smith book club. We talked to her about the genius of Jeanette Winterson, inappropriate honeymoon beach reading, books about farts and how deviating from the TBR pile can lead you to your new favourite book. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates and virtual appearances at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. BOOKS Dawn O'Porter - Honey Bee Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal Dawn O'Porter - Paper Aeroplanes Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Paul Murray - The Bee Sting Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews -Fight Night Chris Whitaker - All The Colours of the Dark Jonathan Abrams - The Come Up Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid - Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the Six Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood Eve Babitz - Two By Two Eve Babitz - I Used to be Charming Nora Ephron - Crazy Salad Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Charles Dickens - Bleak House Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Emily St John Mandel - Station 11 James Carlisle - The Big Book of Farts JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin Lisa Jewell - None of This is True Dawn O'Porter - Cat Lady Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Miranda July - The First Bad Man Miranda July - All Fours Elaine Dundy - Dud Avocado Asako Yuzuki - Butter Kaveh Akbar - Martyr Caleb Azumah Nelson - Open Water Laura Dockrill - I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! And we're kicking off series 16 in style with the brilliant author, journalist and broadcaster Bella Mackie! Bella is the author of the inspirational running book Jog On, the bestselling How To Kill Your Family and her highly anticipated latest What a Way To Go. We talked to her about the importance of Judy Blume, funny books, finding the right book at the right time and vanishing chickens. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates and virtual appearances at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. This week's Steal of the Week is sponsored by Action Tutoring - to find out more at: https://actiontutoring.org.uk/ BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Bella Mackie - How To Kill Your Family Bella Mackie - What a Way To Go Amanda Prowse - Swimming to Lundy George Eliot - Middlemarch JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien - Hobbit Ian Serraillier - Silver Sword Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Dorothy L Sayers - Gaudy Night Richie Tankersley Cusick - Point Horror: The Lifeguard Judy Blume - Are You There God, It's Me Margaret Judy Blume - Forever Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High: Perfect Summer Holly Bourne - Girl Friends Juno Dawson - Her Majesty's Royal Coven Marina Hyde - What Just Happened Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Lili Anolik - Didion & Babitz Brene Brown - Gifts of Imperfection Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Long Island Compromise Bess Kalb - Nobody Will Tell You This But Me Charles Dickens - Bleak House Jilly Cooper - Rivals Taylor Jenkins-Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Robert Harris - Precipice William Boyd - Any Human Heart Samantha Harvey - Orbital Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Anne Glenconner - Lady in Waiting Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling Jonathan Keates - La Serenissima: The Story of Venice Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Sloane Crosley - Grief is For People James Frey - A Million Little Pieces Cathy Rentzenbrink - The Last Act of Love PG Wodehouse - Jeeves and Wooster Samantha Irby - Quietly Hostile Joel Golby - Four Stars Miriam Toews - Fight Night Elizabeth Heichelbech - Chopin in Kentucky Tom Lamont - Going Home LP Hartley - The Go Between Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach Kiley Reid - Come and Get It Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age EB White - Essays EB White - Charlotte's Web Gay Talese - Frank Sinatra Has a Cold Calvin Trilling - The Chicken Vanishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are ending series 15 in style with one of our all-time favourite authors Catherine Newman! Catherine wrote the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, novel for kids One Mixed-Up Night, craft book Stitch Camp and the acclaimed novels We All Want Impossible Things and Sandwich. We talked to her about food in books, Laurie Colwin, disaster reading, the importance of pretension and reading the Ikea catalogue for fun. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. This week's Steal of the Week is sponsored by Action Tutoring - to find out more at: https://actiontutoring.org.uk/ Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things Catherine Newman - Sandwich Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Laurie Colwin - Shine On Bright and Dangerous Object Nora Ephron - Most of Nora Ephron Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder - Farmer Boy Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby Kristi Coulter - Nothing Good... Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase Madeleine L'engle - Wrinkle in Time Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach Anne Lamott - Almost Everything JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Enid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the School William Golding - Lord of the Flies Arthur Ramsome - Swallows and Amazons E Nesbit - The Lark Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom Eva Ibbotson - Dragonfly Pool Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea Roald Dahl - Henry Sugar Miye Lee - DallerGut Dream Department Store Stephen King - Carrie Stephen King - The Shining Lily King - Writers & Lovers Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Nina Stibbe - Went To London Took the Dog Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You James Joyce - Ulysses Milan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of Being Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths Italio Calvino - If On a Winter's Night... Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Carol Shields - Larry's Party Sue Miller - Monogamy Tessa Hadley - After the Funeral Tessa Hadley - Free Love Miriam Toews - Fight Night Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Alison Espach - The Wedding People Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe - The Knockout Queen Nussaibah Younis - Fundamentally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are so, so excited about this one. Abi Daré wrote one of our favourite books of all time, the unforgettable novel The Girl with the Louding Voice. She has just released a sequel And So I Roar, which is just as compelling and delightful as the original. In a fascinating, revealing conversation, Abi discusses the contents of her 'Do Not Delete' folder, the importance of showing up for work, the power of the Famous Five, inspirational re-reads and the happiness experienced when a character's voice returns to you. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Abi Daré - The Girl with the Louding Voice Abi Daré - And So I Roar Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Zadie Smith - White Teeth Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Enid Blyton - Famous Five Sidney Sheldon - The Other Side of Midnight Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Enid Blyton - Mallory Towers James Patterson - Roses Are Red John Grisham - The Rainmaker Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial Killer Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns Alice Walker - Colour Purple Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Tara Westover - Educated Nadia Owusu - Aftershocks Safiya Sinclair - How To Say Babylon Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Emily St John Mandel - Station 11 Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles Catherine Newman - Sandwich Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Balli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See Us William Boyd - Mirror and the Road William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach William Boyd - Any Human Heart Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Daisy Buchanan - Careering Charmaine Wilkerson - Good Dirt Foluso Agbaje - Parlour Wife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are entertaining crime writing royalty on the podcast as we welcome the legend that is Dr Kathy Reichs! Kathy is a forensic anthropologist and academic who, amongst many other things, taught FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains. She used her forensic knowledge to create the character Temperance Brennan and the first Temperance book, Deja Dead, won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Many other novels followed including Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Monday Mourning and many more. She also co-authored the Virals young adult series with her son, Brendan Reichs. Her latest thriller is Fire and Bones. Kathy also produced and wrote the hit TV series, Bones, which is based on her work and her novels. We talked to her about the mystery of the mobile library, the joy of audio books and the best forensic science books for kids! Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Kathy Reichs - Fire and Bones Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead Ian Rankin - A Heart Full of Headstones Michael Connelly - Desert Star Karin Slaughter - Pieces of Her Dennis Lehane - Small Mercies Kathy Reichs - Virals Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Howard Pyle - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Michael Connelly - Concrete Blond Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved Douglas P. Lyle - Forensics For Dummies Chris Cooper - Forensic Science Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes HA Rey - Curious George JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem Erik Larson - Devil in the White City Erik Larson - Isaac's Strom Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's Brene Brown - Daring Greatly Kathy Reichs - Death Du Jour Jacqueline Winspear - The Comfort of Ghosts Alex Finlay - The Night Shift Joseph Finder - Oligarch's Daughter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we're delighted to present the legend that is Robin Ince! Robin is an acclaimed stand-up, star of Infinite Monkey Cage, podcast host and the author of Importance of Being Interested, I'm a Joke, Bibliomaniac and more! We talked to him outside the Tom Thumb Theatre in Margate (sorry about the extraneous noise) about obsessive book collecting, Kurt Vonnegut's library, the importance of art and what to say when you meet Patti Smith. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack... BOOKS Robin Ince - Bibliomaniac Rosie Dixon - Confessions from a Package Tour Rosie Dixon - Confessions of a Physical WRAC Jeremy Cooper - Brian Geoff Dyer - Zona Geoff Dyer - Colour of Memory Geoff Dyer - But Beautiful Lisa Jewell - Ralph's Party Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic Geoff Dyer - Broadsword Calling Danny Boy Various - For Ian Charleson: A Tribute Nancy Friday - My Secret Garden Margaret Rutherford - Autobiography Margaret Rutherford - A Blithe Spirit Robert Helpmann - Album Kenneth Williams - Diaries William Hughes - Performance Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter Josie Long - Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Katherine May - Wintering Jean Rhys - Good Morning Midnight Sinead O Connor - Rememberings Diana Athill - Stet Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea Miranda Seymour - Haunted Life of Jean Rhys Jean Rhys - Letters Camilla Grudova - Children of Paradise Camilla Grudova - Dolls Alphabet Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower Toni Morrison - Beloved Margaret Atwood - Handmaid's Tale Lewis Hancox - Welcome To St Hell Natasha Walter - Living Dolls Natasha Walter - Before the Light Fades The Cut - Assisted Suicide... Miranda July - All Fours Laura Bates - Men Who Hate Women Natalie Haynes - Divine Might Sam Hunter - Robert Rauschenberg Olivia Laing - Funny Weather John Updike - More Matter William Burroughs - Junky Alexander Trocchi - Cain's Book Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude Michael Blair & Joe Bucciero - Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth Martin Ed Myrone - Gothic Reader Colin MacInnes - Absolute Beginners Sinead Gleason & Kim Gordon - This Woman's Work Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith - Price of Salt Arundhati Roy - AZADI Alan Moore - Lost Girls John Hegley - New & Selected Potatoes John Le Carre - Letters Polly Barton - Fifty Sounds Polly Barton - Porn Ronan Hession - Leonard & Hungry Paul Maggie Nelson - Bluets Edna O'Brien - Country Girls Claire Keegan - Foster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast, we visit the home of one of our favourite authors and favourite people, the brilliant Ericka Waller! Ericka is an award-winning columnist and the author of the acclaimed novels Dogs Days and Goodbye Birdie Greenwing. And, as you will hear, she is a voracious reader. We talked to her about filthy books, snacks in kids books and the genius of John Shuttleworth. Find out more about the books Ericka mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order Daisy's new novel Pity Party HERE. More about the London Writer's Salon Podcast HERE. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Ericka Waller - Dog Days Ericka Waller - Goodbye Birdie Greenwing Cathy Rentzenbrink - Everyone is Still Alive V. V. Ganeshananthan - Brotherless Night Ann Morgan - Reading the World Kristin Hannah - The Women Isabella Hammad - Enter Ghost Sarah Moss - The Good Bright Wolf Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Hans Christian Andersen - Matchstick Girl Joanna Quinn - Whalebone Theatre Michelle Magorian - Back Home Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Tayari Jones - An American Marriage Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Eva Ibbotson - Journey To the River Sea Anne Tyler - Accidental Tourist Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Rebecca Makkai - The Great Believers Ruth Coker Burks - All the Young Men Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Armistead Maupin - Logical Family Emma Donoghue - The Pull of the Stars Jerry Zucker - True Story of Airplane! Maeve Binchy - Scarlet Feather Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy - Evening Class Maeve Binchy - The Return Journey Colm Toibin - Brooklyn Colm Toibin - Long Island Tommy Cooper - Joke Book John Shuttleworth - Two Margarines EL James - 50 Shades of Grey Rachel Ingalls - Mrs Caliban Melissa Broder - The Pisces Crystal Jeans - The Inverts Paullina Simons - Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons - Girl in Times Square Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes - Sushi For Beginners Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Nathan Hill - Wellness Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - Liaisons Dangereuse Philippe Djian - Betty Blue Penelope Douglas - Bully LJ Shen - Hunter Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong Ali Hazelwood - Love Hypothesis Sally Thorne - Hating Game Lindsey Kelk - Love Story Emily Henry - Beach Read Casey McQuiston - Red White and Royal Blue Anthony Doerr - Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr - All The Light... Claire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever Had Claire Lombardo - Same As It Ever Was Catherine Newman - We All Want... Tish Delaney - Before My Actual Heart Breaks Miriam Toews - Fight Night Mhairi McFarlane - Between Us Jane Green - Jemima J Freya North - Sally Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary Louise Beech - Lion Tamer Who Lost Emma Jane Kirby - Optician of Lampedusa Harriet F Townson - D is for Death Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Brianna Labuskes - Librarian of Burned Books Liz Hyder - The Illusions Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series 15 cavalcade of champions continues with the wonderful Catherine Gray! Catherine is an award-winning author, editor and podcaster whose writing has been seen in the Guardian, Stylist, Telegraph, Grazia and Stella. Catherine's hit debut book, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, followed by the acclaimed The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary, The Unexpected Joy of Being Single and Sunshine Warm Sober. Her debut novel Versions of a Girl has just been released. We talked to her about sobriety memoirs, formative reads, historical troublemakers, David Sedaris writing advice and more on the often fraught Fanny Price debate.Find out more about all the books Catherine mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... BOOKS Catherine Gray - Versions of a Girl Catherine Gray - The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca Augusten Burroughs - Dry Sarah Hepola - Blackout Mark Williams and Denny Penman - Mindfulness Sasha Scoblic - Unwasted Rolad Dahl - James and the Giant Peach Lois Lowry - Anastasia Krupnik The School of Life - How To Overcome Your Childhood Jilly Cooper - Rivals Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Anne Helen Petersen - Can't Even Vendela Veda - We Run the Tides Catherine Newman - Sandwich Celeste Ng - Little Fires Everywhere Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Kiley Reid - Come and Get it Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Jane Austen - Emma Nikki May - Wahala Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Sylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly Willowes Katherine May - The Electricity of Every Living Thing Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Jean Rhys - Good Morning Midnight Jay McInerney - Bright Lights Big City Jay McInerney - The Story of My Life George Eliot - Middlemarch Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife David Sedaris - The Best of Me Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Joan Didion - Let Me Tell You What I Mean Clare Keegan - Foster Frances Quinn - That Bone Setter Woman Jodi Picoult - By Any Other Name Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's a bonus treat! And what a treat! To celebrate the release of Daisy's brand new book Pity Party, here's a very special live edition of You're Booked recorded at the glorious Bath Assembly Halls. Three returning champions - Nikki May, AJ Pearce and Andrew Hunter Murray - talk about their favourite Persephone Books in front of an audience of rabid Persephone fans, at the recent Persephone Festival, celebrating 25 years of the UK's premier publishing house. Each author picked and discussed their Persephone faves, plus other Persephones they love, consider the books they'd love to reissue and reveal the influence that authors such as Dorothy Whipple, RC Sherriff, Winifred Watson and DE Stevenson have had on their writing. Be warned - this episode will add many tomes to your TBR pile. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... BOOKS Nikki May - Wahala Nikki May - This Motherless Land AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird AJ Pearce - Yours Cheerfully AJ Pearce - Mrs Porter Calling Andrew Hunter Murray - A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering Andrew Hunter Murray - The Sanctuary DE Stevenson - Miss Buncle's Book RC Sherriff - Fortnight in September Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day RC Sherriff - The Hopkins Manuscript Bill Bryson - Notes From a Small Island Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Dorothy Whipple - High Wages Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada Dorothy Whipple - Somewhere at a Distance Andy McNabb - Bravo Two Zero Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazelet Chronicles DE Stevenson - The Two Mrs Abbots Dorothy Whipple - Random Commentary RC Sherriff - Greengates RC Sherriff - Journey's End Eleanor Graham - The Children Who Live in a Barn E Nesbit - The Lark Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Dorothy Whipple - Short Stories RF Kuang - Yellowface Percival Everett - Erasure Marghanita Laski - To Bed With Grand Music Rachel Ferguson - Alas Poor Lady Vere Hodgson - Few Eggs and No Oranges Mollie Panter-Downes - War Notes Noel Streatfeild - Saplings DE Stevenson - Miss Buncle Married Monica Dickens - Marianna George Eliot - Middlemarch Richmal Crompton - Family Roundabout PD James - Children of Men Mollie Panter-Downes - Good Evening Mrs Craven Dorothy Whipple - They Knew Mr Knight Mary Wesley - Harnessing Peacocks Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Pauline Burgess - Pony Party Ruby Ferguson - Jill's Gymkhana Emily St John Mandel - Station 11 Virginia Graham - Consider the Years Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Dorothy Whipple - Young Anne Dorothy Whipple - They Were Sisters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The series 15 litany of legends continues with the man commonly known as Dr Buckles - yes, it's Adam Buxton! As you are all aware, Adam is a writer, comedian, massively successful podcast host, Bowie aficionado and the author of the bestselling memoir Ramble Book (with the sequel on its way - as you will hear). He's also responsible for You're Booked, as the podcast was 'inspired' by the Vinyl Justice segment of The Adam and Joe Show. We talked to him about Bowie book choices, trying to sleep with Edgar Allen Poe, funny books and saucy dreams involving June Whitfield. Find a full list of the books Adam mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Adam Buxton - Ramble Book Nina Stibbe - Went to London, Took the Dog Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander Roger Hargreaves - Mister Men Enid Blyton - Magic Faraway Tree CS Lewis - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach Major P R Reid - Colditz MR James - Ghost Stories Edgar Allen Poe - The Black Cat Edgar Allen Poe - Pit and the Pendulum George Eliot - Middlemarch Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge Virginia Woolf - To The Lighthouse JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye David Bowie's Top 100 Favourite Books Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil Vance Packard - The Hidden Persuaders Neil Postman - Amusing Ourselves To Death George Orwell - 1984 Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita Colin Wilson - The Outsider Nik Cohn -Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom Sarah Waters - Fingersmith Craig Marks & Rob Tannenbaum - I Want My MTV Zadie Smith - Feel Free Adam Gopnik - A Thousand Small Sanities Frederick Douglass - Narrative of Frederick Douglass Bayard Rustin - Time on Two Crosses Michel De Montaigne - Complete Essays Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day R.C. Sherriff - Fortnight in September DE Stevenson - Miss Buncle's Book Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley - Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Fran Lebowitz - The Fran Lebowitz Reader Steve Martin - Born Standing Up Tim Key - He Used Thought For a Wife Tim Key - Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Daniil Kharms - Russian Absurd Julian Fellowes - Snobs Susan Sontag - On Photography Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Benjamin Moser - Sontag Judith Schalansky - An Inventory of Losses Sloan Crossley - Grief is for People Jarvis Cocker - Good Pop Bad Pop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series of legends continues with the novelist, short story writer, playwright and podcaster Irenosen Okojie MBE! Irenosen's debut, Butterfly Fish, won the Betty Trask Award and her short story collection, Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Her collection Nudibranch was selected as one of the best books of the year in the Guardian. She was a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2023 and in 2021 she was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature. Her latest work is the highly anticipated novel Curandera. We talked to her about poetry, charity shop finds, inspirational short stories and the inside scoop on the Women's Prize Whatsapp group. Find a full list of the books Irenosen mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout. BOOKS Irenosen Okojie - Curandera Irenosen Okojie - Nudibranch Rachel Ingalls - Mrs Caliban June Jordan - Essential Lemn Sissay - Let the Light Pour In Sylvia Plath - Collected Katherine May - Wintering Maggie O'Farrell - I Am I Am I Am Sinead Gleason - Hagstone Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye Jamaica Kincaid - At the Bottom of the River Lauren Groff - Matrix Toni Morrison - Beloved Jackie Collins - The Stud Maggie Nelson - Bluets Maggie Nelson - Argonauts Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy David Nicholls - Us Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Carol Shields - Larry's Party Laline Paull - Pod Camilla Grudova - Doll's Alphabet Camilla Grudova - Coiled Serpent Jacqueline Crooks - Fire Rush Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead Lauren Bravo - Probably Nothing Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Son Torrey Peters - Detransition Baby Andrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler - Wild Seed Miranda July - Nobody Belongs Here More Than You Deborah Levy - Black Vodka Rachel Ingalls - No Love Lost Leone Ross - Come Let Us Sing Anyway Leone Ross - This One Sky Day Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train J. California Cooper - Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime Raymond Carver - Cathedral Tawseef Khan - Determination Victoria Kennefick - Egg/Shell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.