This week we are back in LA, not far from The Getty, visiting the beautiful home of bestselling author Jessica Knoll! Jessica wrote the mega-hits The Luckiest Girl Alive (soon to be a film) and The Favourite Sister (soon to be a TV series). We talked to her about inspirational books, favourite book shops, scary reads and the the best book to read if you want to write a screenplay. For more information about Daisy's new newsletter Further Reading visit: https://furtherreading.substack.com/p/coming-soon
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood
Jessica Knoll - Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica Knoll - Favourite Sister
Steph Cha - Your House Will Pay
Anthony Horowitz - Magpie Mysteries
Caroline Kepnes - You
Ottessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh - Eileen
Shirley Jackson - Dark Tales
LS Hilton - Maestra
Jay McInerney - Bright Lights Big City
Sylvia Plath - Bell Jar
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Anthony Minghella - Minghella on Minghella
Kamila Shamsie - Home Fire
Donna Tartt - Secret History
Bret Easton Ellis - Rules of Attraction
Esquire - History of Bennington
Donna Tartt - Goldfinch
Elaine Dundy - Dud Avocado
Matt Ruff - Bad Monkeys
Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout - Olive Again
Ruth Franklin - Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Sun Tzu - Art of War
Anais Nin - Diaries
Anais Nin - Delta of Venus
Anais Nin - Henry and June
Stephen King - On Writing
Ann Lamott - Bird By Bird
Tana French - In The Woods
Michelle McNamara - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Adrienne Brodeur - Wild Game
Judith Rossner - Looking For Mr Goodbar
Sebastián Edwards - Untold Story of FDR
Anne Knoll - Secret Life of Thomas Bradford
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