Seasons greetings! And we can't think of anything more festive or merry-making than this glorious conversation with lexicographer, author and podcaster Susie Dent! As well as writing many books on words and language, with the latest being the brilliant An Emotional Dictionary, Susie resides in Dictionary Corner on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and hosts the podcast Something Rhymes With Purple with Gyles Brandreth. We talked to her about tricky words in Dickens, the perils of reading your own audio books, the wonder of swearing and her favourite book to give as a gift. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop. Sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com
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Dale Shaw - Painfully British Haikus Susie Dent - An Emotional Dictionary Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens - Bleak House Twice Upon a Time: Susie Dent Noel Streatfeild - Thursday's Child Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden Francis Grose - The Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Samuel Johnson - Johnson's Dictionary Michele Obama - Becoming Elizabeth Jane Howard - Mr Wrong Daisy Buchanan - Careering DH Lawrence - Sons and Lovers DH Lawrence - Short Stories DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover Jilly Cooper - Harriet Stephen Sondheim - Finishing the Hat Louis Macneice - Autumn Journal Christina Rossetti - Artists Studio Mary Oliver - Collected Poems Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport Gyles Brandreth - Dancing By the Light of the Moon Sam West - Pandemic Poems Zadie Smith - Feel Free Anne Lamott - Almost Everything Gyles Brandreth - Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait Alain-Fournier - La Grand Meaulnes Julian Barnes - Le Grand Meaulnes Revisited Julian Barnes - Flaubert's Parrot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susie Dent - You're Booked

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.

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.

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While we're taking a little break, we're revisiting just a few of our favourite ever You're Booked interviews. We're travelling all the way back to our first ever series for this chat with author, journalist and podcast supremo Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth is the author of five novels including Magpie and The Party plus her memoir, based on her massively successful podcast How To Fail and her most book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict. While snooping around her (small but perfectly formed) flat, we discussed being nosey, literary heroines, EM Forster related tattoos and learning the facts of life from The Thorn Birds. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting the You're Booked page at Bookshop.org.
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Elizabeth Day - The Party Elizabeth Day - How To Fail Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Sea Change Elizabeth Jane Howard - After Julius Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Long View Elizabeth Day - Scissors, Paper, Stone Judy Blume - Forever Judy Blume - Deenie Elizabeth Day - Home Fires Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway TC Boyle - The Terranauts Neel Mukherjee - The Lives of Others Alasdair Gray - Lanark Muriel Spark - Momento Mori Muriel Spark - The Girls of Slender Means Aldous Huxley - Beyond the Mexique Bay Aldous Huxley - Two or Three Graces Tara Westover - Educated Simon Reid-Henry - Fidel & Che Sally Field - In Pieces Sophie Mackintosh - The Water Cure Lily Allen - My Thoughts Exactly James O'Brien - How To Be Right Damian Dibben - Tomorrow Leila Slimani - Adele Colleen McCullough - The Thorn Birds Barbara Taylor Bradford - A Woman of Substance John Banville - The Sea Barbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susie Dent - You're Booked

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