This week we're delighted to welcome the legendary novelist, playwright, performer, journalist and teacher Esther Freud to You're Booked. Esther is the author of nine novels, her first Hideous Kinky was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and turned into a hit film starring Kate Winslet. Her latest is the captivating I Couldn't Love You More. We talked to her about the pain of book gifting, the genius of Jean Rhys, the power of poetry and the hilarity of Maria Semple. BOOKS Esther Freud - Hideous Kinky Esther Freud - I Couldn’t Love You More Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard - Slipstream Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Tracy Chevalier - Girl With a Pearl Earring Jean Rhys - Voyage in the Dark Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea George Orwell - Essays Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Nicole Krauss - To Be a Man Nicole Krauss - History of Love Sylvia Townsend Warner - English Climate Elizabeth Bowen - Collected Stories Tessa Hadley - Bad Dreams David Szalay - Turbulence Lucia Berlin - Manual for Cleaning Women Mhairi McFarlane - Here’s Looking at You Jane Ions - Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina Jon McGregor - Reservoir 13 Andrew Sean Greer - Less Evelyn Waugh - Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love Maria Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives Maria Semple - This One is Mine Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Robert Louis Stevenson - Jekyll and Hyde Armistead Maupin - Days of Anna Madrigal Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Ann Patchett - Dutch House Ann Patchett - Commonwealth Jay Bernard - Surge WB Yeats - Collected Poems Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to You’re Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favourite authors’ bookshelves.I’m Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I’ll be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants – even though they couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages.We’ll also be talking about what makes readers into writers, how our guests became book lovers and their favourite reading memories, all with a dash of intelligence and a dollop of irreverence. Our guests include Dolly Alderton, Nina Stibbe, Nikesh Shukla, and many more favourites from our own bookshelves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're diving into the archives while we're on a little break and this week it's the novelist, essayist and New York Times Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld! Curtis is the author of the YB faves Prep, Eligible, American Wife, Romantic Comedy and a fictional look at Hilary Clinton: Rodham. We talked to her about First Ladies, short stories, writing like there's nobody watching and trying to make your kids like Laura Ingalls Wilder. Find a full list of the books Curtis mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...    
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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld - The Nominee Hilary Clinton - Living History Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife Emily Gould - Perfect Tunes Emily Gould - And the Heart Says Whatever Lily King - Writers & Lovers Lily King - Euphoria Susan Choi - Trust Exercise Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie  Carol Ryrie Brink - Caddie Woodlawn Gertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar Children EL Konigsburg - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank Weiler Becky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Curtis Sittenfeld - You Think It I’ll Say It Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Alice Munro - Selected Stories Tessa Hadley - The Past Susanna Daniel - Stiltsville Susanna Daniel - Sea Creatures Marisa Meltzer - This is Big Sue Miller - Monogamy Sally Rooney - Normal People Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Demi Moore - Inside Out Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep Rebecca Lee - Bobcat Joseph O’Neill - Good Trouble Laura van den Berg - I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Ali Smith - How To Be Both Raymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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While we're taking a little break, we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from previous series. This week, it's the amazing stand-up, author, actor and all around inspiration Sara Pascoe! Sara is one of the most heralded comedians working today and the immensely talented author of the books Animal, Sex Power Money and the novel Weirdo. We talked to her about reading habits during quarantine (the episode was recorded during lockdown), big lies involving hamsters, unspeakable acts committed against libraries and the saddest book she has ever read. Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...
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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Sara Pascoe - Animal Sara Pascoe - Sex Money Power Bernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other Anbara Salam - Belladonna Hilary Mantel - The Mirror and the Light Lynne Reid Banks - I Houdini Kathy Reichs - The Bone Collection Robert Sapolsky - Behave Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Jeanine Cummins - American Dirt DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s Lover Kate Elizabeth Russell - My Dark Vanessa Lisa Taddeo - Three Women Alissa Nutting - Tampa Sally Rooney - Normal People Graham Greene - End of the Affair Andrew Sean Greer - Less Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Dodie Smith - I Capture The Castle Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood Jackie Collins - The Stud JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes George Orwell - Keep The Aspidistra Flying Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys Sarra Manning - Unsticky Marian Keyes - Grown Ups Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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While we take a little break, we're sharing just a few of our favourite ever episodes from the archives. This week we're with the author who has probably been discussed on the show more than any other and one of our favourite writers of all time - the legendary Marian Keyes! Marian is one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time, selling over 30 million books in 33 different languages. When we chatted to Marian, she was about to release the brilliant, chart-topping Grown Ups. Since then we've seen a sequel to Rachel's Holiday, Again Rachel and her latest My Favourite Mistake. We talked to Marian about the pleasures of reading, the joys of Jilly Cooper, why she's craving fictional glamour and struggling with Jane Austen. And as this episode was released on the week Daisy's novel Insatiable was launched, there's a bonus, exclusive (and steamy!) clip from the audiobook. Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...
BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Eva Ibbotson - Secret Countess Marian Keyes - Grown Ups Marian Keyes - The Break Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Joseph Heller - Catch 22 Jilly Cooper - Octavia Jane Austen - Persuasion Jilly Cooper - Riders Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands Jealous Jilly Cooper - Polo Shirley Conran - Lace Fiona Walker - French Relations Raven Leilani - Luster Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, Mellow Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman Is in Trouble Elinor Lipman - Good Riiddance Elinor Lipman - On Turpentine Lane Laurie Graham - Ten O’Clock Horses Glennon Doyle - Untamed Anne Lamott - Bird By Bird Anne Lamott - Almost Everything Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the 6 Eve Babitz - Slow Days Fast Company Eve Babitz - Eve’s Hollywood Barbara Trapido - Travelling Hornplayer Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Lee Tulloch - Fabulous Nobodies Barbara Vine - Fatal Inversion Tana French - In the Woods Tana French - The Likeness Jane Harper - The Dry Tana French - The Searcher Debra Dean - Madonnas of Leningrad Jaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the Thing Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Lily King - Writers and Lovers Lily King - Euphoria Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times Charlotte Wood - The Weekend Bernardine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other Ann Cleeves - Telling Tales Philippa Gregory - Dark Tides Frances Cha - If I Had Your Face Louise O’Neill - After the Silence Sarah Hilary - Fragile Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We're heading back into the extensive YB archives to bring you one of our favourite episodes from yesteryear. This week we’re in Central London – home of some of the greatest shops in the world and our guest, the multimillion selling superstar novelist Sophie Kinsella! Sophie is the author of over 30 books, including novels, children’s books and her hit Shopaholic series, and she’s as prolific a reader as she is a writer. Her latest is massive bestseller The Burnout. We talked to Sophie about PG Wodehouse, Jilly Cooper, sex, jokes, bums and why she ended up buying four copies of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. (And, as you'll hear, it was our first introduction to the brilliant (and later YB guest) Katherine Heiny! Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...
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Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella - I Owe You One Norman Hunter - The Dribblesome Teapots Dorothy Edwards - My Naughty Little Sister Beverly Cleary - Ramona Nick Hornby - High Fidelity PG Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters PG Wodehouse - Blandings Sophie Kinsella - Undomesticated Goddess Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jilly Cooper - Imogen Jilly Cooper - Harriet Jilly Cooper - Riders Shirley Conran - Lace Sophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a Secret Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch JG Links - Venice For Pleasure Leila Slimani - Adele George & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody EM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Phillip Pullman - Northern Lights Michael Grant - Gone EF Benson - Mapp and Lucia Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem Sarra Manning - Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp Lilly Singh - How To Be a Bawse Dave Eggers - The Circle Sophie Kinsella - Finding Audrey Noel Streatfeild - A Vicarage Family Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild - White Boots Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, we are delving back into the archive to revisit our series 5 trip to America in the company of the incredible Taylor Jenkins Reid! When we met Taylor in 2019, Daisy Jones and the Six had just been released. It went on to be a global smash with a recent, lauded Amazon adaptation and in this episode Taylor discusses many of the books that inspired the novel. Her other books, including The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising and Carrie Soto is Back, have all been celebrated best-sellers. We met Taylor in West Hollywood, LA and the delightful confines of the great Book Soup bookstore and talked to her about rock memoirs, Bridget Jones, gift giving, influential reads and the delights of seeing your own book in the book shop.
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Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the Six Allie Rowbottom - Jello Girls Rebecca Makkai - Great Believers Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends Bessel van der Kolk - Body Keeps the Score Byron Lane - A Star is Bored Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller - Live From New York James Andrew Miller - Powerhouse Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain - Please Kill Me Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall - Soprano Sessions Emily Nussbaum - I Like To Watch Blake Snyder - Save the Cat Allen Rucker - Sopranos Family Cookbook Jann Wenner - Rolling Stones Interviews Michael Walker - Laurel Canyon Keith Richards - Life Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Brian Hiatt - Springsteen: Stories Behind the Songs Kathy Iandoli - God Save the Queens Ramin Setoodeh - Ladies Who Punch Sally Field - In Pieces Scotty Bowers - Full Service  Taylor Jenkins Reid - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Various - Little People Big Dreams Judith Kerr - Tiger Who Came To Tea Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Sarah Jane Hinder - Yoga Bear JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Lauren Bravo - How To Break Up With Fast Fashion Dr Seuss - Oh The Places You’ll Go Lisa Taddeo - Three Women Rebecca Traister - Good and Mad Eve Babitz - I Used To Be Charming Joan Didion - White Album Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Terry Newman - Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore Laura Thompson - Take Six Girls Jacqueline Susan - Valley of the Dolls Mohsin Hamid - Exit West Alex Michaelides - Silent Patient Nina Freudenberger - Bibliostyle Thatcher Wine - For The Love of Books Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Gods of Jade & Shadow Sally Rooney - Normal People Etaf Rum - A Woman is No Man Salman Rushdie - Quichotte Alexi Zentner - Copperhead Tana French - Wych Elm Madeline Miller - Song of Achilles Madeline Miller - Circe Katherine Dunn - On Cussing Mark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esther Freud - You're Booked

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