This week, we're off to Cambridge, home of some of the greatest scientific minds - and pens - known to human existence. from Charles Darwin to Douglas Adams and this week's guest, romantic comedy writer and zombie lit lover Lucy Vine. Lucy comes from a family of writers, and she tells us about an early run in with Roald Dahl, her surprisingly scatological filing system and her belief that no-one is too grand for Dan Brown. We were also joined by a puppy posse - listen out for Ivy, Teddy and Sonny.

BOOKS

Lucy Vine - What Fresh Hell?

Lucy Vine - Hot Mess

Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Deborah Frances-White - The Guilty Feminist

Sarah Silverman - The Bedwetter

AA Milne - Winnie The Pooh

John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids

Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed

HG Wells - The Time Machine

Gabrielle Fernie - Lush

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen - Oh My God What a Complete Aisling

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Dolly Alderton - Everything I Know About Love

Louise O'Neill - The Surface Breaks

Sophie Kinsella - The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

Nora Ephron - Heartburn

Sarah Hodgson - Modern Dog Parenting

Piers Morgan - Don't You Know Who I Am?

Simon Amstell - Help

Daisy Johnson - Everything Under

Cat Marnell - How To Murder Your Life

David Nicholls - One Day

Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin

Sylvia Waugh - The Mennyms

Robert C O'Brien - The Silver Crown

Richard Adams - Watership Down

Cecelia Ahern - Roar

Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code

Caitlin Moran - How To Build a Girl

Lena Dunham - Not That Kind of Girl

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