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This week we are delighted to present a funny, freewheeling conversation with author, actor, podcaster and comedy legend Charlie Higson! As well as co-creating The Fast Show and Down the Line, adapting Marple and Jekyll and Hyde for TV, hosting the Charlie Higson & Friends podcast and popping up in Broadchurch, he's the author of many books including the hugely successful Young Bond and The Enemy series. His latest is the sweet and hilarious kids book Worst Holiday Ever. We talked to him about Fungus, Octopi, Bond, diaries and Samuel Beckett’s influence on the Fast Show.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Charlie Higson - Young Bond

Charlie Higson - The Enemy

Charlie Higson - Worst Holiday Ever

Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles

George Eliot - Middlemarch

Ian Fleming - Thunderball

Cervantes - Don Quixote

Herman Melville - Moby Dick

Samuel Beckett - Three Novels

Samuel Beckett - Krapps Last Tape

Steve Martin - Born Standing Up

Michael Palin - Diaries

Andy Warhol - Diaries

EB White - Letters

Richard Burton - Diaries

Henry 'Chips' Channon - Diaries

Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love

Chris Kraus - I Love Dick

Peter Godfrey-Smith - Other Minds

Merlin Sheldrake - Entangled Life

Giulia Enders - Gut

Will Storr - Status Game

Will Storr - Science of Storytelling

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What a great way to start a new series! The brilliant Emma Jane Unsworth joins us down the line from Brighton. Emma is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hungry, the Stars and Everything, Adults and Animals, which was turned into a lauded film. Her latest work is a memoir about motherhood: After the Storm. We talked to her about werewolves, living in Jane Eyre's world, dirty girl gangs and the redemptive qualities of Carrie Fisher.

BOOKS

Emma Jane Unsworth - Animals

Emma Jane Unsworth - Adults

Emma Jane Unsworth - After The Storm

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Agatha Christie - Collection

Carrie Fisher - Postcards From the Edge

Marian Keyes - Rachel’s Holiday

Edward St Aubyn - Bad News

Calla Henkel - Other People’s Clothes

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

Nikesh Shukla - Brown Baby

Candice Brathwaite - I Am Not Your Baby Mother

Sigrid Nunez - The Friend

Gayl Jones - Corregidora

Candice Carty-Williams - Queenie

Raven Leilani - Luster

Kristen Roupenian - You Know You Want This

Glen Duncan - Last Werewolf

Jilly Cooper - Rivals

Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary

Maggie Nelson - Argonauts

Sinead Gleeson - Constellations

Maggie O’Farrell - I Am I Am I Am

Lynn Enright - Vagina

Kirstin Innes - Scabby Queen

Jenn Ashworth - Ghosted: A Love Story

Jenni Fagan - Luckenbooth 

Jenni Fagan -The Panopticon 

Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation

Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser

Katherine Heiny - Single Carefree Mellow

Laurie Colwin - Happy All The Time

Jennifer Egan - Visit From the Good Squad

Chloe Caldwell - I'll Tell You in Person

Lorrie Moore - Gate at the Stairs

Lorrie Moore - Bark

Margaret Atwood - Cat’s Eye

Zadie Smith - White Teeth

Zadie Smith - Intimations

Patricia Lockwood - No One is Talking About This

Patricia Lockwood - Priestdaddy

Annie Proulx - Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay

Billy Mernit - Writing the Romantic Comedy

Syd Field - Screenplay

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This week's guest is a full-blown National Treasure. Mel Giedroyc is a versatile presenter, actor and comedian, who formed a formidable comedy partnership with Sue Perkins, hosted the iconic Great British Bake Off and has starred in West End musicals. And now Mel can add novelist to her list of achievements with her critically acclaimed debut The Best Things already topping the charts. We talked to her about her ferocious devotion to Jean Valjean, the funny book she always gives as a gift and the book so scary she'd only read it when other people were in the room.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Mel Giedroyc - The Best Things

Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind

Jane Austen - Persuasion

Victor Hugo - Les Miserables

Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

Nigel Planer & Christopher Douglas - I an Actor

Thomas Harris - Silence of the Lambs

Robert Goddard - Past Caring

Robert Goddard - The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

Alice Thomas Ellis - Unexplained Laughter

Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickelby

Charles Dickens - Bleak House

Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin - More Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin - Happy All The Time

Elena Ferrante - Lying Life of Adults

Elena Ferrante - Neapolitan Quartet

Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies

Lissa Evans - V For Victory

Mary Wesley - Sensible Life

Mary Welsley - Camomile Lawn

Zadie Smith - Swing Time

Donatella Di Pietrantonio - A Girl Returned

Dante - Inferno

Georgia Pritchett - My Mess is a Bit of a Life

Nina Stibbe - Reasons To Be Cheerful

Fanny Craddock - Fanny Craddock Invites

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This week's guest may just hold the record for the You're Booked interviewee with the most books sold at a modest 500 million and counting. Dean Koontz's first book, Star Quest, was released in 1968 and since then he's produced over 100 more in a variety of genres. His books have been published in 38 languages and 14 have been New York Times number one bestsellers, with the latest being The Other Emily. We talked to Dean about dogs, self doubt, paperback binges, rereading and always hanging onto hope.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Dean Koontz - Star Quest

Dean Koontz - The Other Emily

Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun

Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows

Dean Koontz - Intensity

Donald Westlake - The Hot Rock

James Kirkwood - There Must Be a Pony

William Goldman - Marathon Man

William Goldman - The Colour of Light

William Goldman - Adventures in the Screen Trade

Eve Babitz - Sex and Rage

John Fante - Ask the Dust

John D MacDonald - Cape Fear

Charles Dickens - Tale of Two Cities

Kate DiCamillo - Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo - Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 

Kate DiCamillo - Magician’s Elephant

Benjamin Moser - Susan Sontag

Herman Wouk - Caine Mutiny

Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land

Ray Bradbury - Collected Stories

Arthur C Clark - Collected Stories

Theodore Sturgeon - More Than Human

Jane Ions - Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters

David Mitchell - Bone Clocks

Dean Koontz - From the Corner of his Eye

Dean Koontz - Watchers

Jack London - Call of the Wild

Fred Gipson - Old Yeller

F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby

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This week we are delighted to have a genuine literary legend on the show: Patricia Cornwell! Patricia has sold over 100 million books in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. Her most iconic character is medical examiner Kay Scarpetta who features in Patricia's next novel Autopsy - her latest novel is the space thriller Spin. She has also written non-fiction books concerning the Jack the Ripper case and a cookbook. We talked to her about AI reading lists, Queen Victoria's knickers, what books to take into space and Cleopatra. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable click HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Patricia Cornwell - Spin

Patricia Cornwell - Food To Die For

Patricia Cornwell - Jack the Ripper

Stacy Schiff - Cleopatra

Bettany Hughes - Hemlock Cup

Gertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar Children

Ernest Hemingway - Moveable Feast

Paul Hendrickson - Hemingway's Boat

Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens - Dictionary of the Thames

Charles Dickens - Dictionary of London

Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Tayari Jones - American Marriage

AN Wilson - Victoria

Paula Hawkins - Girl On The Train

TS Eliot - Waste Land

Ernest Hemingway - Garden of Eden

Nora Ephron - Heartburn

Patricia Cornwell - Red Mist

Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles

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This week, we know you are going to enjoy this wonderful, nourishing conversation with the author Robert Jones, Jr. Robert's first dazzling novel, The Prophets, is a New York Times bestseller that Marlon James described as "devastating and glorious". As you'll hear, Robert is a wonderful, knowledgable advocate for books, authors and life in general. We talked to him about James Baldwin, Book Brothers, empathy, rereading and Wonder Woman. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable click HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Robert Jones Jr - The Prophets

Mateo Askaripour - Black Buck

James Baldwin - Here Be Dragons

James Baldwin - Collected Essays

Toni Morrison - Sula

SS Prokofiev - Peter & the Wolf

Dr Seuss - Cat in the Hat

Terry McMillan - Mama

Deesha Philyaw - Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Maisy Card - These Ghosts are Family

RO Kwon - The Incendiaries

William Moulton Marston - Wonder Woman

Kelly Sue DeConnick - Wonder Woman Historia

NK Jemisin - Far Sector

Kiese Laymon - How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon - Heavy

Kiese Laymon - Long Division

Morgan Parker - There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce

Kola Boof - Sexy Part of the Bible

Gayl Jones - Corregidora

Gayl Jones - Healing

NK Jemisin - City We Became

Raven Leilani - Luster

Brit Bennett - Vanishing Half

Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age

Ocean Vuong - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic 

Chloe Benjamin - Immortalists

Tayari Jones - An American Marriage

Tayari Jones - Silver Sparrow

De'Shawn Charles Winslow - In West Mills

Maurice Carlos Ruffin - We Cast a Shadow

Brandon Taylor - Real Life

Bryan Washington - Memorial

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This week we are delighted to welcome the author of our of our favourite books in recent times, Naoise Dolan. Naoise's debut novel was the critically acclaimed Exciting Times, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award. We talked to her about memorable book deaths, the literary allure of London, Zadie Smith and sneaking sexy books. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable head HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables

Brandon Taylor - Real Life

Raven Leilani - Luster

Anne Enright - Actress

Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle

Patricia Scanlon - Divided Loyalties

Marian Keyes - Sushi for Beginners

Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime & Punishment

George Eliot - Mill on the Floss

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure

Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation

Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser

Zadie Smith - On Beauty

Zadie Smith - Swing Time

Elena Ferrante - Neapolitan Quartet

Zadie Smith - NW

Caleb Azumah Nelson - Open Water

Brian Friel - Philadelphia Here I Come

Nicole Flattery - Show Them a Good Time

Molly Aitken - Island Child

Roisin Kiberd - Disconnect

Michelle Gallen - Big Girl Small Town

Patrick Freyne - Ok Let's Do Your Stupid Idea

Sinead Gleeson - Art of the Glimpse

Camilla Pang - Explaining Humans

Sayaka Murata - Earthlings

Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman

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It's the turn of one of our absolute heroes to get the Book Inspector treatment this week - the majestic Jill Mansell! Jill is the author of OVER 20 Sunday Times bestsellers, has sold millions of books and won numerous awards during her glittering career. Her latest is the wonderful And Now You're Back. We talked to her about rereading (and not rereading), Jilly Cooper, the genius of Marian Keyes and the dangers of reading online evaluations of your work. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable head HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Jill Mansell - Head Over Heels

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie

Susan Howatch - Penmarric

PD James - Cover Her Face

Jilly Cooper - Rivals

Jilly Cooper - Between the Covers

Jilly Cooper - Riders

Jilly Cooper - Imogen

Jilly Cooper - Harriet

Jill Mansell - Fast Friends

Jill Mansell - Two’s Company

Kate Quinn - Alice Network

Kate Quinn - Huntress

Kate Quinn - Rose Code

Gillian McAllister - How To Disappear

Jill Mansell - And Now You’re Back

Deborah Davis - Party of the Century

Raven Leilani - Luster

Helene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road

Lissa Evans - V For Victory

Mary Wesley - Camomile Lawn

Jilly Cooper - Common Years

Nicky Haslam - Impatient Pen

Jerrard Tickell - Odette

Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Jasper Rees - Victoria Wood: Let’s Do It

Erin Carlson - I’ll Have What She’s Having

Erin Carlson - Queen Meryl

Eloisa James - Paris In Love

Julia Quinn - Bridgerton

Jane Austen - Sense & Sensibility

Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice

Emma Thompson - Sense & Sensibility Diaries

Marian Keyes - Rachel’s Holiday

Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca

Will Young - Funny Peculiar

Lisa Jewell - Invisible Girl

Lisa Jewell - Ralph’s Party

Lisa Jewell - One Hit Wonder

Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

Lucy Adlington - Red Ribbon

Ruth Druart - While Paris Slept

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This week we are giddy with excitement to welcome one of our longtime, beloved authors to the show: Simon Doonan. Writer, bon vivant, fashion icon and renowned TV judge - Simon's memoir Beautiful People was turned into an acclaimed BBC series, he's also the author of Eccentric Glamour, Gay Men Don't Get Fat, and many more. He's also a judge on the TV shows America's Next Top Model and Making It. His latest book is a biography of the artist Keith Haring. We talked to him about the wonders of retail, the glamour of James Bond, Iris Murdoch's fashion sense and Dawn Powell's alcoholic aquarium. More about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Simon Doonan - Beautiful People

Simon Doonan - Eccentric Glamour

Simon Doonan - Keith Haring

Philip Norman - Jimi Hendrix: Wild Thing

Paul Trynka - Brian Jones

Keith Richards - Life

Luis Bunuel - My Last Breath

Keith Haring - Journals

JP Donleavy - Ginger Man

Ian Fleming - Goldfinger

Germaine Greer - Female Eunuch

Holly Madison - Down the Rabbit Hole

Judith Krantz - Scruples

Rona Jaffe - Best of Everything

Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls

Grace Metalious - Peyton Place

Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling

Craig Brown - One Two Three Four

David Bailey - Look Again

Viv Albertine - Clothes, Music, Boys

Cherie Currie - Neon Angel

Eve Babitz - Eve’s Hollywood

Brian Kellow - Can I Go Now: Sue Mengers

Sam Wasson - Big Goodbye: Chinatown

Robert Evans - Kid Stays in the Picture

Ira Levin - Rosemary’s Baby

Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk

Iris Murdoch - Flight From the Enchanter

Judith Watt - Penguin Book of Fashion Writing

Patrick Dennis - Auntie Mame

Steve Martin - Shopgirl

Eve Babitz - Black Swans

Dawn Powell - Time To Be Born

Dawn Powell - Locust Have No King

Olivia Laing - Trip To Echo Spring

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You're Booked is very proud to present Daisy's brand new podcast: Daisy is Insatiable. Daisy is Insatiable is an intimate look at love, lust, life, and everything that makes sex fascinating. Why do we yearn for romance? How can we feel confident when it comes to our body image hang ups? What is the difference between sex and love? What happens when money gets involved? Each week, Daisy will be sharing a revealing conversation with a different guest - it's going to be fun, it's going to be explicit, and no-one is getting left in the dark. The first episode features a frank and funny conversation with writer and broadcaster Dolly Alderton. Listen out for future episodes with Paul Mendez, Andi Osho, Shahroo Izadi and many more...

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The podcast accompanies the launch of Daisy’s debut novel – Insatiable, which has been receiving rave reviews.

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