You're Booked

By Daisy Buchanan

You're Booked episodes

June 01 Daisy reads an exclusive extract from All Grown Up!
To celebrate the release of Daisy's new novel, a modern retelling of the classic Little Women entitled All Grown Up, here's an exclusive reading from the first chapter from the author herself! After thirty long years, Louisa’s daughters can finally look after themselves… or so she thinks. Because suddenly, they’re back – apparently for good. Meg’s second-guessing her marriage. Jo’s career hangs in the balance. Amy has inexplicably quit university. None of them empty the dishwasher. Louisa knows it’s time for some life lessons. She adores her girls, but if she’s ever going to get her (sex) life back, they’ll have to grow up – and go. But maybe they’re not the only ones with lessons to learn… And Louisa might just discover that her daughters have something to teach her about being an adult too. All Grown Up is out on June 4th and available from Bookshop.org, Waterstones, and wherever great books are sold. The audio version of the books features Harriet Kemsley, Isy Suttie, Stevie Martin and Helen Bauer is available from Audible.
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15 min
March 02 Daisy reads an exclusive extract from Read Yourself Happy!
To celebrate the paperback release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy: How a Book Habit Can Make You Feel Better, here's an exclusive extract just for you! In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Read Yourself Happy offers the perfect source of anti-anxiety, inviting you to discover the literary worlds that have helped and inspired Daisy. As well as interviews with authors (and YB favourites) like David Nicholls and Emma Gannon, Daisy provides personally curated reading lists and over 200 book recommendations to help you process your emotions and find more peace with every page. Read Yourself Happy is out now and available from Bookshop.org, Waterstones, Audible and wherever great books are sold.
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10 min
November 03, 2025 Rachel Parris - You're Booked
It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious, alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter Murray, her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. 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
Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up
Rachel Parris - Introducing Mrs Collins
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen - Persuasion
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Monique Roffey - Mermaid of Black Conch
Jennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious Things
Ambrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1
George Eliot - Middlemarch
Julie Owen Moylan - Elizabeth and Marilyn
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary
Jilly Cooper - Rivals
Jackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge
Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys
Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day
Nikki May - This Motherless Land
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife
Graydon Carter - When the Going Was Good
Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries
Andrew O'Hagan - Caledonian Road
Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
Louise Candlish - Our House
Adele Parks - Just Between Us
Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party
Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You
J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - S
Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman
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51 min
August 11, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: I Cried on my Sunlounger
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
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7 min
August 04, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: Raunchy Reads
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
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8 min
July 28, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: Holiday Escapism
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
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7 min
July 21, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: Perfect Places
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
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6 min
July 14, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: Heatwave Crimewave
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
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8 min
July 07, 2025 Daisy's Beach Reads: Summer Loving
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
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8 min
June 30, 2025 Donna Freitas and Daisy Buchanan - You're Booked Live at Backstory
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
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1 hr 10 min

About You're Booked

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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…