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This week we are delighted to peruse the bookshelves of author, performer and podcaster Janina Matthewson! Janina created the acclaimed novel Of Things Gone Astray and co-created the Welcome to Night Vale affiliated podcast Within the Wires. Her latest book, co-written with Night Vale creator Jeffrey Cranor is You Feel It Just Below the Ribs. We talked to her about Bridget Jones picnics, suitable Jane Austen husbands, Susanna Clarke, Sarah Perry and the power of the Princess Diaries.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Janina Matthewson - Of Things Gone Astray

Janina Matthewson & Jeffrey Cranor - You Feel It Just Below the Ribs

Patricia Lockwood - Priestdaddy

Sarah Perry - Melmoth

Patricia Lockwood - No One is Talking About This

Meg Cabot - Princess Diaries

Sarah Perry - Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry - After Me Comes the Flood

Agatha Christie - Short Stories

Agatha Christie - Death on the Niles

Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider

Lynley Dodd - Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy 

Patricia Grace - Potiki

Elizabeth Knox - The Vintner's Luck

Elizabeth Knox - The Absolute Book

Ali Smith - How To Be Both

Donna Tarrt - The Secret History

Eva Ibbotson - The Song for Summer

Eva Ibbotson - The Secret Countess

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends

Maeve Binchy - Evening Class

Maeve Binchy - Tara Road

Brit Bennett - The Vanishing Half

Julia Quinn - Bridgerton

Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim

Aka Akasaka - Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 

Anita Brookner - Fraud

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey

Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

Jean Webster - Daddy-Long-Legs

Stephen King - Joyland

Stephen King - On Writing

Stephen King - The Shining

Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Terry Pratchett - Small Gods

Terry Pratchett - The Hogfather

Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker

Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe

Cassandra Peterson - Yours Cruelly, Elvira

Allena Hansen - Chomp Chomp Chomp

Various - Make More Noise

Mark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Sarah Knight - Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck

Isabel Allende - Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende - House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende - Paula

Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle

Susanna Clarke - Ladies of Grace Adieu

Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Susanna Clarke - Piranesi

Louis de Bernieres - Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Henry James - Complete Short Stories

CS Lewis - The Last Battle

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This week we present a cosy fireside chat in the fabulous home of journalist, presenter and author Sophia Money-Coutts! Sophia is the former features editor at Tatler, Daily Telegraph columnist and the author of the bestselling comedies What Happens Now, The Plus One, The Wish List and her latest, the hilarious Did You Miss Me? We talked to her about interview technique, Roald Dahl's curious desserts, the joy of PG Wodehouse and, for the first time in You're Booked history, a special guest (and former guest) drops in!

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Sophia Money-Coutts - Did You Miss Me?

Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet

Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife

Elizabeth MacNeal - Doll Factory

Elizabeth MacNeal - Circus of Wonders

Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters - Fingersmith

Lynn Barber - Mostly Men

Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl - Matilda

Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach

Laura Freeman - Reading Cure

Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol

Evanna Lynch - Opposite of Butterfly Hunting

Elizabeth Graham - Vision of Love

Lindsay Armstrong - Spitfire

Sally Wentworth - Man For Hire

Elizabeth Graham - Highland Gathering

Sarah Ferguson - Heart For a Compass

Sally Rooney - Normal People

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

Robinne Lee - Idea of You

Nancy Mitford - Don't Tell Alfred

Sarah Winman - Still Life

Sarah Winman - When God was a Rabbit

Meg Mason - Sorrow and Bliss

Sarah Winman - Tin Man

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Laurie Colwin - Family Happiness

Jilly Cooper - Octavia

Jilly Cooper - Riders

Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times

Lucy Deedes - Little Book of Marmalade

Crispin Latymer - Where the Ocean Meets the Sky

Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser

Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation

Katherine Heiny - Single Carefree Mellow

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt - In Her Own Sweet Time

PG Wodehouse - Jeeves in the Offing

PG Wodehouse - Blandings Castle

F Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night

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This week we're delighted to present this fun and fascinating conversation with author and producer Miranda Cowley Heller! After a career in publishing and head honcho at HBO, Miranda's debut novel The Paper Palace has been a runaway bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon book club pick and is now being adapted as a TV mini-series. We talked to her about parenting in the 1970s, classic kids books, dream adaptations and naughty Victorian reads.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Miranda Cowley Heller - The Paper Palace

Sally Rooney - Normal People

Laurie Colwin - Family Happiness

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby

F Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night

Mary Renault - The King Must Die

Mary Renault - The Bull From the Sea

Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird

Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie

Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin

Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife

Walter - My Secret Life

George Eliot - Middlemarch

JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings

Various - Illustrated Fairy Tales

Ada Calhoun - Why We Can't Sleep

The Editors - The Incomplete Framley Examiner

Mario Puzo - The Godfather

Garth Williams - The Rabbit's Wedding

Jane Austen - Persuasion

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

Stephenie Meyer - Twilight

Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love

Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Joan Aiken - Necklace of Raindrops

James Fenimore Cooper - Last of the Mohicans

Alexander Dumas - Three Musketeers

Elizabeth George Speare - Witch of Blackbird Pond

Scott O'Dell - Island of the Blue Dolphins

Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Lord Fauntleroy

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

Diana Gabaldon - Outlander

Winston Graham - Poldark

MM Kaye - Far Pavilions

Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See

Ali Smith - Autumn

James Salter - Light Years

James Salter - A Sport and a Pastime

James and Kay Salter - Life is Meals

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This week we're delighted to present this late night, transatlantic phone chat with the legendary Dave Eggers! Dave is the author of many books including The Circle, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain. His latest if the tech satire The Every. He's also the founder of publishing house McSweeney's and co-founder of 826 National, a network of youth writing and tutoring centres around America. We talked to him about avoiding The Plague, deep-diving into Melville, timeless kids books and who the funniest writer in the world happens to be.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable 

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Dave Eggers - Heartbreaking Work...

Dave Eggers - The Every

Dave Eggers - The Circle

Albert Camus - The Plague

Herman Melville - Selected Writing

Herman Melville - Moby Dick

Frank Herbert - Dune

Walter Wangerin - Book of the Dun Cow

Richard Adams - Watership Down

Jason Reynolds - Long Way Down

L Frank Baum - Wizard of Oz

Hugh Lofting - Dr Dolittle

Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island

Florence and Richard Atwater - Mr Poppers Penguins

SE Hinton - The Outsiders

Beverley Cleary - Beezus and Ramona

Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows

EB White - Trumpet of the Swan

EB White - Charlotte's Web

Katherine Ryan - The Audacity

EB White - Letters

EB White - One Man's Meat

Kurt Vonnegut - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

John Brandon - Ivory Shoals

Peter Ferry - Old Heart

Vendela Vida - We Run The Tides

Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run Frog Hospital

Lorrie Moore - Birds of America

Richard Russo - Straight Man

Nick Hornby - How To Be Good

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This week we're delighted to present this frank, funny and thoroughly entertaining chat with author, journalist and podcaster Lindsey Kelk! Lindsey is the bestselling author of the I Heart series of books, plus In Case You Missed It, One in a Million and her latest On a Night Like This. Lindsey also co-hosts the beauty podcast, Full Coverage, and Tight and Fights, a wrestling podcast, We talked to her about James Herbert issues, the importance of Paula Danziger, a variety of vampires and the genius of Marian Keyes.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Lindsey Kelk - On a Night Like This

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen - Style Secrets

Donna Tartt - Secret History

James Herbert - Magic Cottage

Barbara Taylor Bradford - Woman of Substance

VC Andrews - Heaven

VC Andrews - Flowers in the Attic

Lindsey Kelk - I Heart New York

Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho

Lorrie Moore - Collected Stories

Gillian McAllister - That Night

Mhairi McFarlane - Last Night

Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High

Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark

Stephenie Meyer - Twilight

Erin Sterling - Ex Hex

Emily Henry - Beach Read

KM Jackson - How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

Sarah Macleane - Bombshell

Clare Finney - Female Chef

Megan Abbott - Dare Me

Megan Abbott - Turnout

Andie J Christopher - Hot Under His Collar

Paula Danziger - Remember Me To Harold Square

Paula Danziger - Pistachio Prescription

Paula Danziger - Cat Ate My Gym Suit

Marian Keyes - Last Chance Saloon

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Marian Keyes - Watermelon

Lauren Weisberger - Devil Wears Prada

Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Woman

Marian Keyes - Grown Ups

Kathleen Tessaro - Elegance

Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham

Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro - Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go

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It's our 100th episode! Sort of - we may have slightly lost count. But there is still plenty of cause for celebration as we are in the company of poet, author, memoirist and actor Yrsa Daley-Ward! Her poetry collection Bone was widely acclaimed while her memoir The Terrible won the PEN/Ackerley Prize. She co-wrote Black Is King with Beyonce and her latest book is The How described as "a gratifying exploration of the self". We talked to her about the best books to listen to, the genius of Jeanette Winterson, finding books on stoops and books that induce calm.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Yrsa Daley-Ward - The Terrible

Yrsa Daley-Ward - The How

Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson - Written on the Body

Helen Oyeyemi - Boy Snow Bird

Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels

Jenny Slate - Little Weirds

Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me

Helen Oyeyemi - Peaces

Spike Milligan - Collected Poetry

Rolad Dahl - James and the Giant Peach

Roger McGough - Collected Potery

Vātsyāyana - Kama Sutra

Alice Walker - Colour Purple

Alice Walker - By the Light of my Father's Smile

Toni Morrison - Sula

Toni Morrison - Beloved

Jeanette Winterson - Sexing the Cherry

Samantha Hunt - The Seas

Phyllis Grant - Everything is Under Control

Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life

Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Kiese Laymon - Heavy

Patricia Lockwood - No One is Talking About This

Samantha Hunt - The Dark Dark

Alice Walker - Collected Stories

Carmen Maria Machado - Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado - In The Dream House

Akwaeke Emezi - Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi - Fresh Water

Kevin Wilson - Nothing To See Here

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This week we're delighted to share this wonderful, nourishing conversation with novelist, playwright and short story writer Helen Oyeyemi! Helen's debut, The Icarus Girl was called "a masterly first novel" by the New York Times. White is For Witching won a Somerset Maugham Award, while What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours won the PEN Open Book Award. Her latest novel is the eagerly anticipated Peaces. We talked to her about rereading Little Women, Emily Dickinson's jokes, unreliable memoirists and bunking off school to read Ali Smith.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Helen Oyeyemi - Peaces

Ali Smith - Hotel World

E Nesbit - Five Children and It

Albert Camus - Plague

Herman Melville - Moby Dick

PG Wodehouse - Jeeves & Wooster

Zdeněk Jirotka - Saturnin

Mrs Beeton - Book of Household Management

EM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady

Charles Reznikoff - Testimony

Félix Fénéon - Novel in Three Lines

Tessa Dare - When a Scot Ties the Knot

Kristi Coulter - Nothing Good Can Come From This

F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby

JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye

Emily Dickinson - Letters

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Margaret Atwood - Testaments

Margaret Atwood - Handmaid's Tale

Benjamin Moser - Susan Sontag

Sigrid Nunez - Sempre Susan

Sigrid Nunez - What Are You Going Through

Sigrid Nunez - The Friend

Susan Sontag - Against Interpretation

Diana Vreeland - DV

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This week we're delighted to chat to author and journalist Lucy Mangan! Lucy's book Bookworm has been discussed many times on the show and is a firm favourite in YB Towers. Her new novel Are We Having Fun Yet? is fun, furious and unforgettable. We talked to her about reading epiphanies, the literary merits of Les Dawson, quintessential children's books and finding writing solace in Ikea.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Lucy Mangan - Bookworm

Lucy Mangan - Are We Having Fun Yet?

Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind

Patrick Ness - Knife of Never Letting Go

Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden

Norton Juster - Phantom Tollbooth

Gwen Grant - Private Keep Out

E Nesbit - Five Children and It

Eve Garnett - Family From One End Street

Eve Garnett - Further Adventures

Eve Garnett - Holiday At The Dew Drop Inn

Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle

Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends

Norah Lofts - House at Old Vine

Rose Allatini - Despised & Rejected

Helen Hull - Heat Lightning

Dorothy Whipple - Young Anne

Dorothy Whipple - They Knew Mr Knight

Dorothy Whipple - Someone at a Distance

Anne Brontë - Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anita Brookner - Start in Life

Rosamond Lehmann - Invitation To the Waltz

Emma Jane Unsworth - After the Storm

Les Dawson - Come Back With the Wind

PG Wodehouse - Jeeves & Wooster

Wodehouse - Indiscretions of Archie

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This week we are honoured to talk to globally acclaimed author, poet, screenwriter and Booker prize winner Ben Okri OBE! Ben has won numerous awards and honorary doctorates for his fiction and poetry and is considered one of the foremost African authors of the modern era. We talked to Ben about the meaning of being, the character of Walt Whitman, the idea of comfort reading and the importance of reading to our humanity.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Daisy Buchanan - Careering

Ben Okri - The Famished Road

Ben Okri - Every Leaf a Hallelujah

Marcel Proust - Swann’s Way

Marcel Proust - In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

Marcel Proust - The Guermantes Way

Marcel Proust - Sodom and Gomorrah

Marcel Proust - The Prisoner

Marcel Proust - The Fugitive

Marcel Proust - Time Regained

Plato - The Republic

Aristotle - Complete Works

Homer - The Odyssey

Homer - The Iliad

Ana Sampson (Ed) - Wonder

Stendahl - La Chartreuse de Parme

Paul Zweig - Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass

Olivia Laing - The Lonely City

TS Eliot - The Waste Land

Albert Camus - The Plague

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We're preparing a brand new season of YB - but as a delicious taster, enjoy this wonderful conversation with avid reader, book blogger and lover of all things literary Tilly Fitzgerald AKA TillyLovesBooks (on all branches of social media). We were delighted when Tilly got involved with our Books to Nourish auction, raising funds for Fareshare, a charity fighting hunger and food waste - if you can, please do contribute to this fantastic cause at fareshare.org.uk. We talked to Tilly about antipodean authors, books that make you cry, great books for kids and tackling the TBR pile.

BOOKS

Maggie O’Farrell - Hamnet

Clare Chambers - Small Pleasures

Charlotte Wood - The Weekend

Anna Hope - Expectation

Eva Carter - How To Save a Life

Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport

Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life

Abi Dare - Girl With the Louding Voice

Peace Adzo Medie - His Only Wife

Cathy Rentzenbrink - Everyone is Still Alive

Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles

Marian Keyes - Rachel’s Holiday

Marian Keyes - Again Rachel

Fiona Scarlett - Boys Don’t Cry

Armistead Maupin - Days of Anna Madrigal

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Sarah Winman - Still Life

Sarah Winman - Tin Man

John Boyne - Heart’s Invisible Furies

John Boyne - Echo Chamber

Sally Rooney - Normal People

Sally Rooney - Beautiful World Where Are You

Tiffany McDaniel - Betty

Janice Hallett - The Appeal

Catriona Ward - Last House on Needless Street

Fran Lebowitz - Reader

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