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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