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It's the final episode of our Beach Reads series and we're finishing style... and snot. As this week Daisy has selected a collection of books designed to have you blubbing in your deckchair and drying your tears with a towel. These are titles with a passionate edge, a tragic element or just a feeling of sheer joy that will have you reaching for your hankie as fellow beachgoers worry about your emotional state. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Jack London - Call of the Wild Emily Henry - Beach Read AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're turning up the heat for this week's selection of beach reads! Daisy has selected some holiday books with a distinct side of raunch. These are titles to make you blush, gasp and get even hotter under the collar (if your swimsuit happens to have a collar). There are books with an erotic edge, and some that are flat out filth. But which one has a character that makes 'Christian Grey look like Dougal from Father Ted'? You'll have to listen to find out. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Tom Bissell and Greg Sestero - The Disaster Artist Susi Wyss - Guess Who is the Happiest Girl in Town Balli Kaur Jaswal - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Jilly Cooper - Polo Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's holiday time! And over the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of dreamy, memorable adventures as we experience some Holiday Escapism. Sit by the pool and let your mind travel to some extraordinary locations. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Emma Forrest - Cherries in the Snow Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere Georgina Moore - River of Stars Nikki May - This Motherless Land Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There Ingrid Persaud - Love After Love Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of exciting, far-flung exotic locales (and Cornwall) as we explore some literary Perfect Places. These are books that help you travel to incredible landscapes, both real and imaginary. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Maeve Binchy - Evening Class Shirley Conran - Lace Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia Sarah Winman - Tin Man David Nicholls - Us Jess Walter - Beautiful Ruins Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Margaret Kennedy - The Feast Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of thrilling, gripping crime-related greats. Books that will have you on the edge of your seat, or possibly your sun lounger. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Julia Raeside - Don't Make Me Laugh Kate Weston - How To Make a Killing Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Elizabeth Bowen - The Heat of the Day Caroline Corcoran - Tiny Daggers Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. We're kicking off with some saucy, spicy, swooning romantic favourites to slip into your luggage. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Lucy Vine - Book Boyfriend Freya North - Fen Lauren Bravo - Probably Nothing Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Jojo Moyes - We All Live Here Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're Booked is on its travels! Here's a very special live episode recorded at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona with with the wonderful Donna Freitas! Donna resides in Barcelona and is the author of many books including Stefi and the Spanish Prince (set in the city), The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano and Wishful Thinking. She interviewed Daisy to celebrate the release of Read Yourself Happy and they discussed conquering difficult reads, childhood library etiquette and we discover what books the residents of Barcelona can't live without. Thanks to the Grand Hotel Central for hosting us during our stay. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking Donna Freitas - The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano Donna Freitas - Stefi and the Spanish Prince Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Ann M Martin - Babysitters Club Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Enid Blyton - Famous Five Dick King Smith - The Sheep Pig Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Mysteries Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events Beverley Cleary - Beezus and Ramona Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild - Curtain Up Samuel Richardson - Pamela Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Jilly Cooper - Rivals Laurent de Brunhoff - Babar's World Tour Nikki May - Wahala Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Min Jin Lee - Pachinko Alexander Chee - Queen of the Night Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Alberto Moravia - Contempt Alberto Moravia - Time of Indifference Ann Morgan - Reading the World Ann Morgan - Unlearning to Read David Whitehouse - Saltwater Mansions Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels Joyce Carol Oates - Book of American Martyrs F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby Chris Whitaker - All The Colours of the Dark Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind Natasha Lunn - Conversations on Love Niall Williams - This is Happiness Olga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Henri Cole - Orphic Paris Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere Samantha Harvey - Orbital Alice Winn - In Memoriam Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Susan Morrison - Lorne Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love Charles Baudelaire - Collected Poems Rebecca Stead - When You Reach Me Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're delighted to spend some time with the magnificent Coco Mellors. Coco's books, Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Blue Sisters have been frequent picks by former You're Booked guests, so it's an absolute treat to welcome her to YB Towers. We talked to her about boxing, being taught by Martin Amis, books about motherhood, her next novel and trying to find the rude bits in The Golden Notebook. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop. Find out more about the Shelter Box Book Club by HEADING HERE. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Coco Mellors -Cleopatra and Frankenstein Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Martin Amis - London Fields Martin Amis - Money Claire Dederer - Monsters James Baldwin - The Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 2 Ursula Parrot - Ex Wife Doris Lessing - Golden Notebook Doris Lessing - Martha Quest Rosamond Lehmann - Invitation to the Waltz George Eliot - Middlemarch Karl Ove Knausgård - My Struggle Sally Rooney - Intermezzo Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love Mary Oliver - New and Selected Poems Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Bernadine Evaristo - Mr Loverman Ada Calhoun - Why We Cant Sleep Nell Frizzell - Panic Years Lindsay Nicholson - Perfect Bound Leslie Jamison - Splinters Caroline O'Donoghue - The Rachel Incident Martin Amis - Inside Story AA Gill - Pour Me Tessa Hadley - The Past Enid Blyton - Mallory Towers Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land Juhea Kim - City of Night Birds Joyce Carol Oates - On Boxing Ballet Shoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy (out now!), here's a very special conversation with a returning champion. Daisy was interviewed by the great Nina Stibbe at Ink@84 in North London in front of a packed audience. There's lots of chat about books that bring you joy, the fear and ecstasy of reviews, book club horror stories and Nina's legendary pony story. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit DK RED to find out about her live dates. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Nina Stibbe - Went to London Took The Dog The Pound Project Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet Chronicles Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Lili Anolik - Didion and Babitz Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood Pandora Sykes - What Writer's Read Jean George - My Side of the Mountain Rebecca F Kuang - Babel Charles Dickens - Bleak House The Beano Annual Lizzy Stewart - Alison Joff Winterheart - Days of the Bagnold Summer Diana Henry - How To Eat a Peach Bee Wilson - Consider the Fork Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - More Home Cooking Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make the Tea Nina Hamnet - Laughing Torso Barbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From Woolworths Catherine Newman - Sandwich Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things Elspeth Barker - Notes From the Hen House Jilly Cooper - Between the Covers Patricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood - Priestdaddy Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Lauren Bravo - What Would the Spice Girls Do Daisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown Up Daisy Buchanan - Careering Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Roger Lewis - Erotic Vagrancy Deborah Moggach - Best Exotic Marigold Hotel David Seabrook - All the Devils are Here Danielle Steele - Joy Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Freakonomics Barbara Pym - Excellent Women Noel Streatfeiled - Ballet Shoes Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Katherine May - Electricity of Every Living Thing Katherine May - Wintering Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a treat, we're resharing one of our most beloved and popular archive episodes from 2023. Author, book aficionado and YB favourite Sarra Manning joined us to help us with our reading resolutions. Featuring Kindle hacks, reading slump fixes, cosy reads and a whole slew of books to look forward to in the new year! Discover the books you'll be snapping up, a few tips to get you back on the reading path if you've strayed and some excellent advice for those struggling with the classics. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop. BOOKS Dale Shaw - Help! I Think My Baby Brother is Henry the Eighth! Daisy Buchanan - Careering Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - How to be a Grown Up Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Sarra Manning - Unsticky Sarra Manning - London With Love Charles Dickens - Bleak House Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina George Eliot - Middlemarch Hannah Dolby - No Life For a Lady Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Tina Brown - Palace Papers Kate Sawyer - This Family Kate Sawyer - The Stranding Various - Marple: 12 New Stories JD Salinger: For Esme With Love and Squalor Sylvia Plath - Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams F Scott Fitzgerald - Diamond as Big as the Ritz Dorothy Parker - Collected Stories Various - Furies Danielle Evans - The Office of Historical Corrections Danielle Evans - Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Lucia Berlin - Manuel For Cleaning Women Penelope Mortimer - Saturday Lunch with the Brownings Jilly Cooper - Rivals Noel Streatfeild - Gemma Sarra Manning - The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp Sarra Manning - Rescue Me James Reeves - The Critical Sense Sarra Manning - Guitar Girl Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Holly Bourne - Pretending Milly Johnson - Together Again Marian Keyes - Again Rachel Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Anne Lamott - Bird By Bird Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things Jojo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes Eva Rice - This Could Be Everything Curtis Sittenfeld - Romantic Comedy Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny - Single Carefree Mellow Lauren Bravo - Preloved Emily Henry - Happy Place Bella Mackie - How To Kill Your Family Katy Brent - How To Kill Men and Get Away With It Alice Slater - Death of a Bookseller Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Jennifer Saint - Atalanta Costanza Casati - Clytemnestra Katherine Bradley - The Sisterhood Isabelle Schuler - Lady Macbethad Eleanor Catton - Birnam Wood Niamh Hargan - The Break-Up Clause Sophie Irwin - A Lady's Guide to Scandal Sarra Manning - The Man of Her Dreams Cesca Major - Maybe Next Time Lucy Vine - Seven Exes Nina Stibbe - Went to London, Took the Dog Nina Stibbe - Love, Nina Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.