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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. BOOKSLucy Vine - Book BoyfriendFreya North - FenLauren Bravo - Probably NothingBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackJojo Moyes - We All Live HereDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyMarian 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. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDonna Freitas - Wishful ThinkingDonna Freitas - The Nine Lives of Rose NapolitanoDonna Freitas - Stefi and the Spanish PrinceDaisy Buchanan - LimelightAnn M Martin - Babysitters ClubFrancine Pascal - Sweet Valley HighJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityEnid Blyton - Famous FiveDick King Smith - The Sheep PigCarolyn Keene - Nancy Drew MysteriesLemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate EventsBeverley Cleary - Beezus and RamonaNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - Curtain UpSamuel Richardson - PamelaHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeJilly Cooper - RivalsLaurent de Brunhoff - Babar's World TourNikki May - WahalaNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkMin Jin Lee - PachinkoAlexander Chee - Queen of the NightDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicKhaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini - Kite RunnerHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiarySue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleAlberto Moravia - ContemptAlberto Moravia - Time of IndifferenceAnn Morgan - Reading the WorldAnn Morgan - Unlearning to ReadDavid Whitehouse - Saltwater MansionsJonathan Swift - Gulliver's TravelsJoyce Carol Oates - Book of American MartyrsF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyChris Whitaker - All The Colours of the DarkCarlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the WindNatasha Lunn - Conversations on LoveNiall Williams - This is HappinessOlga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadHenri Cole - Orphic ParisTaylor Jenkins Reid - AtmosphereSamantha Harvey - OrbitalAlice Winn - In MemoriamDaisy Buchanan - All Grown UpLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenSusan Morrison - LorneNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveCharles Baudelaire - Collected PoemsRebecca Stead - When You Reach MeGillian 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyCoco Mellors -Cleopatra and FrankensteinCoco Mellors - Blue SistersMartin Amis - London FieldsMartin Amis - MoneyClaire Dederer - MonstersJames Baldwin - The Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 2Ursula Parrot - Ex WifeDoris Lessing - Golden NotebookDoris Lessing - Martha QuestRosamond Lehmann - Invitation to the WaltzGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchKarl Ove Knausgård - My StruggleSally Rooney - IntermezzoNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveMary Oliver - New and Selected PoemsDaisy Buchanan - LimelightBernadine Evaristo - Mr Loverman Ada Calhoun - Why We Cant SleepNell Frizzell - Panic YearsLindsay Nicholson - Perfect Bound Leslie Jamison - SplintersCaroline O'Donoghue - The Rachel IncidentMartin Amis - Inside StoryAA Gill - Pour MeTessa Hadley - The PastEnid Blyton - Mallory TowersJuhea Kim - Beasts of a Little LandJuhea Kim - City of Night BirdsJoyce Carol Oates - On BoxingBallet 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyNina Stibbe - Went to London Took The DogThe Pound ProjectElizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet ChroniclesDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodPandora Sykes - What Writer's ReadJean George - My Side of the MountainRebecca F Kuang - BabelCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseThe Beano AnnualLizzy Stewart - AlisonJoff Winterheart - Days of the Bagnold SummerDiana Henry - How To Eat a PeachBee Wilson - Consider the ForkLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeLaurie Colwin - Home CookingLaurie Colwin - More Home CookingBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryClaire Tomalin - Charles DickensAnthony Trollope - Can You Forgive HerMonica Dickens - My Turn To Make the TeaNina Hamnet - Laughing TorsoBarbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From WoolworthsCatherine Newman - SandwichCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible ThingsElspeth Barker - Notes From the Hen HouseJilly Cooper - Between the CoversPatricia Lockwood - No One Is Talking About ThisPatricia Lockwood - PriestdaddyNina Stibbe - Love NinaLauren Bravo - What Would the Spice Girls DoDaisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown UpDaisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - LimelightDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyDeborah Moggach - Best Exotic Marigold HotelDavid Seabrook - All the Devils are HereDanielle Steele - JoySteven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - FreakonomicsBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenNoel Streatfeiled - Ballet ShoesFern Brady - Strong Female CharacterKatherine May - Electricity of Every Living ThingKatherine 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. BOOKSDale Shaw - Help! I Think My Baby Brother is Henry the Eighth!Daisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - How to be a Grown UpDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodSarra Manning - UnstickySarra Manning - London With LoveCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseLeo Tolstoy - Anna KareninaGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchHannah Dolby - No Life For a LadyBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesTina Brown - Palace PapersKate Sawyer - This FamilyKate Sawyer - The StrandingVarious - Marple: 12 New StoriesJD Salinger: For Esme With Love and SqualorSylvia Plath - Johnny Panic and the Bible of DreamsF Scott Fitzgerald - Diamond as Big as the RitzDorothy Parker - Collected StoriesVarious - FuriesDanielle Evans - The Office of Historical CorrectionsDanielle Evans - Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool SelfLucia Berlin - Manuel For Cleaning WomenPenelope Mortimer - Saturday Lunch with the BrowningsJilly Cooper - RivalsNoel Streatfeild - GemmaSarra Manning - The Rise and Fall of Becky SharpSarra Manning - Rescue MeJames Reeves - The Critical SenseSarra Manning - Guitar GirlMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayHolly Bourne - PretendingMilly Johnson - Together AgainMarian Keyes - Again RachelElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicAnne Lamott - Bird By BirdCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible ThingsJojo Moyes - Someone Else's ShoesEva Rice - This Could Be EverythingCurtis Sittenfeld - Romantic ComedyKatherine Heiny - Games and RitualsKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single Carefree MellowLauren Bravo - PrelovedEmily Henry - Happy PlaceBella Mackie - How To Kill Your FamilyKaty Brent - How To Kill Men and Get Away With ItAlice Slater - Death of a BooksellerRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceJennifer Saint - AtalantaCostanza Casati - ClytemnestraKatherine Bradley - The SisterhoodIsabelle Schuler - Lady MacbethadEleanor Catton - Birnam WoodNiamh Hargan - The Break-Up ClauseSophie Irwin - A Lady's Guide to ScandalSarra Manning - The Man of Her DreamsCesca Major - Maybe Next TimeLucy Vine - Seven ExesNina Stibbe - Went to London, Took the DogNina 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. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyHelen Lederer - Not That I'm BitterHelen Lederer - Losing ItCarrie Fisher - Wishful DrinkingAnthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her?Daisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyMiranda July - All FoursSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleJohn 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyMiranda Sawyer - Uncommon PeopleMiranda Sawyer - Out of TimeHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouViv Albertine - Clothes, Music, BoysAgatha Christie - And Then There Were NoneIan Fleming - Casino RoyaleRaymond Chandler - The Long GoodbyeTruman Capote - In Cold BloodTom Wolfe - The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyHunter S Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las VegasLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodJoan Didion - Slouching Towards BethlehemJessica Stanley - Consider Yourself KissedLily Allen - My Thoughts ExactlyJude Rogers - The Sound of Being HumanSylvia Patterson - I'm Not With the BandMiki Berenyi - Fingers CrossedVivien Goldman - Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and JazzMichael Cragg - Reach For the StarsCraig Brown - One Two Three Four: The Beatles in TimeEva Rice - This Could Be EverythingOliver Burkeman - Meditations For MortalsOliver Burkeman - Four Thousand WeeksPatrick 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyAmanda Prowse - Swimming to LundyColleen McCullough - The Thorn BirdsThe Bunty AnnualThe Mandy Annual The Beano AnnualJackie - 60 Years of MagicJill Mansell - Promise MeKatie Hickman - She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in IndiaClarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the WolvesArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDorothy Whipple - High WagesPersephone BooksLouise Bagshawe - Career GirlsShirley Conran - LaceDanielle Steele - PalazzoVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - PoloJilly Cooper - Between the CoversRufi Thorpe - Margot's Got Money TroublesCallum Robinson - IngrainedCarol Ann Duffy - Three Wise Men Chapter 34 BooksDr Seuss - Oh The Places You'll GoCathy Rentzenbrink - How To Feel BetterNigella Lawson - Nigella ChristmasDiana Henry - SimpleNigel Slater - A Thousand FeastsJane Austen - PersuasionThomas Hardy - Collected PoemsJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseThomas Hardy - Far From the Madding CrowdMaeve Binchy - Evening ClassStephenie Meyer - TwilightJoyce Lankester Brisley - Milly Molly MandyJoyce Lankester Brisley - Marigold in Godmother's HouseHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouHolly Bourne - You Could Be So PrettyLemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate EventsDaniel Handler - And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer's LifeBruce Omar Yates - The Muslim CowboyShelby 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyCariad Lloyd - You Are Not AloneCariad Lloyd - The Christmas WishtastropheLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzJRR Tolkien - Lord of the RingsJRR Tolkien - The HobbitBrian Jacques - MossflowerNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesAA Milne - Winnie the PoohBrothers Grimm - Fairy TalesLynne Reid Banks - Fairy RebelAnne Fine - Diary of a Killer CatTerry Pratchett - Colour of MagicTove Jansson - Tales from MoominvalleyAstrid Lindgren - Pippi LongstockingNadia Shireen - GrimwoodNadia Shireen - Billy and the BeastNadia Shireen - BumblebearDouglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJill Murphy - Worst WitchPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsJeffrey Archer - As the Crow FliesRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyLucy Ellmann - Ducks NewburyportGeorge Saunders - Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders - Swim in the Pond in the RainGuadalupe Nettel - Still BornMadeline Linford - Out of the WindowTessa Hadley - Free LoveJoe Heap - Rules of SeeingHilary Mantel - Mirror and the LightCharles Darwin - Bleak HouseGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeDouglas Stuart - Young MungoJohn Ransom - The Whale TattooJohn Ransom - The GallopersCariad Lloyd - Where Did She GoTom Percival - Ruby's WorryTom Percival - Meesha Makes FriendsTom Percival - Perfectly NormanJulia Donaldson - Paper DollsOliver Jeffers - Heart and the BottleFrances Hodgson Burnett - Secret GardenNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkNikki May - WahalaAnn Patchett - Tom LakeAnn Patchett - Bel CantoOctavia 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyRukmini Iyer - The Roasting TinRukmini Iyer - The Green Roasting TinMiye Lee - Dallergut Dream Department StoreGabrielle Zevin - Storied Life of AJ FikryGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowTS Eliot - Waste Land FacsimileMuch Ado BookshopTaffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman is in TroubleRobert Lowell - ImitationsHomer (Trans: Emily Wilson) - Odyssey Donna Tartt - The Secret HistoryRoberto Bolano - 2666Paul Beatty - The SelloutPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsFrancesa Segal - Welcome to Glorious TugaJilly Cooper - RivalsJohn Lanchester - The Debt To PleasureMFK Fisher - Gastronomical MeBee Wilson - Consider the ForkBee Wilson - The Way We Eat NowTim Spector - Food For LifeChris van Tulleken - Ultra Processed PeopleSanjana Modha - Sanjana FeastsLucy Mangan - BookwormEve Garnett - Family At One End StreetDavid Niven - Moon's a BalloonCaitlin Moran - How To Be a WomanStewart Granger - Sparks Fly UpRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyKate Andersen Brower - Elizabeth Taylor Stefan Zweig - Beware of PityVarious - Book Lovers Journal 2025Noel Streatfeild - SaplingsNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryNoel Streatfeild - A Vicarage FamilyDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleLizzy Stewart - AlisonJane Oliver - Business as UsualDorothy Whipple - High WagesMin Jin Lee - Free Food for MillionairesMin Jin Lee - PachinkoLaurie colwin - Home CookingLaurie Colwin - More Home CookingLaurie Colwin - Happy all the TimeIndia Knight - DarlingNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveRukmini Iyer - Quick Roasting TinRukmini Iyer - Green BarbecueTime Life Editors - PatisserieHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryRukmini Iyer - Sweet Roasting TinBee Wilson - SwindledRukmini Iyer - Roasting Tin Around the WorldRuby Tandoh - Cook as You AreRuby Tandoh - Eat UpDiana Vreeland - DVDiana 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyLiane Moriarty - Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty - Big Little LiesLiane Moriarty - Here One MomentAnna Quindlen - After AnnieBarbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From WoolworthsEthel Turner - Seven Little AustraliansPL Travers - Mary PoppinsPeter Benchley - JawsMichael Coleman - One, Two, Three, Oops! LM Montgomery - Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery - Emily of New MoonJoanna Trollope - The ChoirAlice Winn - In MemoriamRebecca Makkai - Great BelieversHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeCatherine Newman - SandwichMaeve Binchy - Light a Penny CandleMichelle Gallen - Factory GirlsClaire Lombardo - Same as it Ever WasClaire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever HadAnne Tyler - Accidental TouristShelia Heti - MotherhoodOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableKaren Joy Fowler - BoothMary Wesley - A Sensible LifeMary Wesley - Camomile LawnDaisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyLizzy Stewart - AlisonBarbara Trapido - Noah's ArkBarbara Trapido - Traveling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackMarian Keyes - My Favourite MistakeMarian Keyes - Rachels HolidayMarian Keyes - Again RachelMarian Keyes - Anybody Out ThereNicola Moriarty - You Need To KnowJaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the ThingJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceKate Atkinson - Life After LifeAudrey Niffenegger - Time Traveler's WifeDorothy Whipple - High WagesBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenNina Stibbe - Love NinaJane Harper - The DrySally Hepworth - The Family Next DoorPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainPatricia Highsmith - DiariesKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About KevinSally Rooney - IntermezzoEmma Forrest - Father FigureMatt Haig - Midnight LibraryCesca Major - Maybe Next TimeBella Mackie - What a Way to GoMary Beth Keane - The Half MoonMary Lawson - Crow LakeElizabeth Berg - Say WhenJo 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.BOOKSHolly Williams - What Time is LoveHolly Williams - Start of SomethingLeo Tolstoy - War and PeaceHolly Williams - Living With LeoAli Smith - WinterAli Smith - How To Be BothZadie Smith - On BeautyTed Hughes - Selected PoemsSeamus Heaney - Selected PoemsPaul Muldoon - Selected PoemsDon Paterson - Selected PoemsJulia Cameron - Artist's WayOcean Vuong - Time is a MotherOcean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousHelen Mort - Illustrated WomanHannah Sullivan - Three PoemsSharon Olds - Stag's LeapRoss Gay - The Book of DelightsJB Priestly - DelightRC Sherriff - Fortnight in SeptemberLauren Bravo - PrelovedClaire Keegan - Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan - So Late in the DayDaisy Buchanan - LimelightBernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherKatherine Heiny - Games and RitualsKatherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, MellowKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreMarian Keyes - This Charming ManMarian Keyes - Again RachelMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayCelia Paul - Self-PortraitGary Shteyngart - Super Sad True Love StoryDaisy Buchanan - CareeringArthur Schnitzler - La RondeVictoria Wood - ChunkyJesse Armstrong - Succession scriptsJB Priestly - An Inspector CallsChristopher Marlowe - Doctor FaustusTimberlake Wertenbaker - The Love of the NightingaleTimberlake Wertenbaker - Our Country's GoodPeter Barnes - The Ruling ClassVirginia Woolf - Mrs DallowayVirginia Woolf - DiariesVirginia Woolf - LettersCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseVarious - Weird WalkJilly Cooper - RidersKathryn Scanlan - Kick the LatchRita Bullwinkel - HeadshotOttessa Moshfegh - LapvonaJen Calleja - VehicleAkwaeke Emezi - You Made a Fool of Death With Your BeautyLizzy Stewart - Alison Adrian Tomine - New York DrawingsElla Frears - GoodlordPhilip Pullman - Book of DustPhilip 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. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyPaula Hawkins - The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins - The Blue HourEleanor Clayton - Barbara HepworthCelia Paul - Self PortraitPatrick Elliot - Joan EardleyWalter De La Mare - The Three Royal MonkeysEnid Blyton - The Famous FiveEnid Blyton - Mallory TowersElisabeth Beresford - The WomblesJoan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby ChaseGeoffrey of Monmouth - History of the Kings of BritainAli Smith - AutumnZadie Smith - IntimationsSarah Moss - The FellSigrid Nunez - The FriendSigrid Nunez - What Are You Going ThroughSigrid Nunez - The VulnerablesBenjamin Moser - SontagSigrid Nunez - Sempre SusanKate Atkinson - Life After LifePat Barker - The Regeneration TrilogyPat Barker - Life ClassPat Barker - Silence of the GirlsPat Barker - The Women of TroyPat Barker - Voyage HomePenelope Lively - Moon TigerPatricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr RipleyPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainAgatha Christie - And Then There Were NoneRuth Rendell - A Judgement in StoneGillian Flynn - Gone GirlRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceMolly Keane - Good BehaviourCaroline Kepnes - YouOyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial KillerGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsColleen Hoover - It Ends With UsSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsSally Rooney - Normal PeopleClaire Keegan - Small Things Like TheseCarys Davies - ClearJonathan Abrams - The Come UpCraig Brown - Ma'am DarlingAnne Glenconner - Lady in WaitingTsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable BodyTsitsi Dangarembga - Nervous ConditionsPetina Gappah - An Elegy for EasterlyPetina Gappah - Rotten RowRaymond Carver - CathedralKate Atkinson - Normal Rules Don't ApplyElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeEvie Wyld - The EchoesEvie Wyld - All the Birds SingingCharlotte Wood - Stone Yard DevotionalCharlotte 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.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyJodi Picoult - By Any Other NameWilliam Shakespeare - Complete WorksElizabeth Winkler - Shakespeare Was a WomanMaurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things AreSydney Taylor - All-of-a-Kind FamilyMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindLauren Groff - The Vaster WildsWilliam Shakespeare - Complete Sonnets and PoemsJudy Blume - ForeverErnest Hemingway - The Sun Also RisesMartin Amis - The Rachel PapersRebecca Makkai - The Great BelieversDon DeLillo - UnderworldLindsey Kelk - Love StoryEmily Henry - Beach ReadBrigid Kemmerer - A Curse So Dark and LonelyScarlett St. Clair - A Touch of DarknessAmanda Bouchet - A Promise of FireMaria Vale - Molly Molloy and the Angel of DeathEdmond Rostand - Cyrano De BergeracLeigh Bardugo - The FamiliarMiranda July - All FoursMiranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than YouWilliam Thackeray - Vanity FairRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceIsak Dinesen - Babette's Feast and Other StoriesKaren Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Out of AfricaKaren Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Shadows in the GrassJoyce Carol Oates - BlondeLM Montgomery - Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery - Emily of New MoonAlice Hoffman - The DovekeepersAlice Hoffman - The World That We KnewJojo 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. BOOKSDawn O'Porter - Honey BeeJeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only FruitJeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be NormalDawn O'Porter - Paper AeroplanesCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyrePatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainPaul Murray - The Bee StingMiriam Toews - All My Puny SorrowsMiriam Toews -Fight NightChris Whitaker - All The Colours of the DarkJonathan Abrams - The Come UpTaylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is BackTaylor Jenkins Reid - Malibu RisingTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodEve Babitz - Two By TwoEve Babitz - I Used to be CharmingNora Ephron - Crazy SaladGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyEmily St John Mandel - Station 11James Carlisle - The Big Book of FartsJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosophers StoneLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About KevinLisa Jewell - None of This is TrueDawn O'Porter - Cat LadyGail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineMiranda July - The First Bad ManMiranda July - All FoursElaine Dundy - Dud AvocadoAsako Yuzuki - ButterKaveh Akbar - MartyrCaleb Azumah Nelson - Open WaterLaura Dockrill - I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.