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For the grand finale of our fifth season American adventure (and our 50th episode!), we find ourselves in... Bloomsbury. But we are there for a wonderful reason. To meet the legendary novelist, feminist, and philanthropist Isabel Allende! Isabel is the internationally renowned, bestselling author of works such as House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune, and her latest breathtaking epic A Long Petal of the Sea. We talked to her about illicit reads, writing superstitions, dogs, poetry and Elvis. For more information about Daisy's new newsletter Further Reading visit: https://furtherreading.substack.com/p/coming-soonBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodIsabel Allende - Long Petal of the SeaPeter Christen Asbjørnsen - Fairytales From the Far NorthVarious - Arabian NightsTa-Nehisi Coates - The Water DancerLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenIsabel Allende - House of the SpiritsJohnston McCulley, - ZorroHenri Troyat -Tant Que La Terre Durera (While the Earth Endures)Cherie Currie - Neon AngelThe Isabel Allende FoundationIsabel Allende - PaulaJeanine Cummins - American DirtColum McCann - Let the Great World SpinColum McCann - ApeirogonPablo Neruda - MemoirsPablo Neruda - Selected PoemsIsabel Allende - RipperAnne Lamott - Bird By Bird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are heading to Brooklyn and the home of Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun! Ada wrote the fantastic history of New York St Marks is Dead and the hugely popular memoir Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give. Her new book is the already bestselling Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis. We talked to her about New York writers, the New York Post, true crime, memoir, Dolly Parton and rediscovering classic YA. For more information about Daisy's new newsletter Further Reading visit: https://furtherreading.substack.com/p/coming-soonBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableAda Calhoun - Wedding Toasts I’ll Never GiveAda Calhoun - Why We Can’t SleepDawn Powell - Wicked PavilionDawn Powell - Locusts Have No KingAda Calhoun - St Marks is DeadEilert Sundt - Sexual Customs in Rural NorwayLisa Sliwa - AttitudeSusannah Cahalan - Great PretenderSusannah Cahalan - Brain on FireKaren Abbott - Ghosts of Eden ParkLisa Carver - Dancing QueenDerek Jarman - ChromaN. Whittal-Perry - Treasury of Traditional WisdomGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchBarbara Wersba - Beautiful LosersBarbara Wersba - Fat A Love StoryFrancesca Lia Block - Weetzie BatMelissa Broder - The PiscesM Masters - Case of the Clever Computer CrooksPG Wodehouse - Psmith in the CityPG Wodehouse - Right Ho JeevesWilkie Collins - Woman in WhiteCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreJane Austen - EmmaMildred Gilman - Sob SisterNora Ephron - Scribble ScribbleJane Gardam - Old FilthAnnie Baker - JohnAnnie Baker - FlickMichael Ondaatje - WarlightMichael Ondaatje - English PatientOscar Wilde - Decay of LyingMaureen Callahan - American PredatorDavid Carr - Night of the GunJoe Coomer - Flatland FableLewis Shiner - GlimpsesLewis Shiner - SlamSalman Rushdie - QuichotteOlivia Laing - Lonely CityGilbert King - Beneath a Ruthless SunGilbert King - Devil in the GroveBarbara Ehrenreich - Nickel and DimedJames Leo Herlihy - Season of the WitchSarah Hepola - BlackoutRichard Ford - The SportswriterTara Allmen - Menopause ConfidentialMiranda Sawyer - Out of TimeDaniel Lipkowitz - Lego Ideas BookAbby Frucht - Liquorice Marilynne Robinson - Housekeeping Dolly Parton - My Life and Other Unfinished Business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-soonBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodJessica Knoll - Luckiest Girl AliveJessica Knoll - Favourite SisterSteph Cha - Your House Will PayAnthony Horowitz - Magpie MysteriesCaroline Kepnes - YouOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationOttessa Moshfegh - EileenShirley Jackson - Dark TalesLS Hilton - MaestraJay McInerney - Bright Lights Big CitySylvia Plath - Bell JarCheryl Strayed - WildAnthony Minghella - Minghella on MinghellaKamila Shamsie - Home FireDonna Tartt - Secret HistoryBret Easton Ellis - Rules of AttractionEsquire - History of BenningtonDonna Tartt - GoldfinchElaine Dundy - Dud AvocadoMatt Ruff - Bad MonkeysElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeElizabeth Strout - Olive AgainRuth Franklin - Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeSun Tzu - Art of WarAnais Nin - DiariesAnais Nin - Delta of VenusAnais Nin - Henry and JuneStephen King - On WritingAnn Lamott - Bird By BirdTana French - In The WoodsMichelle McNamara - I’ll Be Gone in the DarkAdrienne Brodeur - Wild GameJudith Rossner - Looking For Mr GoodbarSebastián Edwards - Untold Story of FDRAnne Knoll - Secret Life of Thomas Bradford Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're visiting the beautiful Bay Area and popping into the home of Daniel Gumbiner! Daniel is the author of the National Book Award and California Book Award nominated novel The Boatbuilder and is the managing editor of The Believer magazine. We talked to him about Swallows and Amazons, nature, EB White and living in Las Vegas.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDaniel Gumbiner - The BoatbuilderArthur Clayton Smith - Natural History of the San Francisco Bay RegionR Tucker Abbot - Field Identification Seashells of North AmericaBarry Lopez - Of Wolves and MenDave Hickey - Air GuitarAmanda Fortini - Life After Near-Death In The Las Vegas ShootingAmanda Fortini - People of Las VegasArthur Ransom - Swallows and AmazonsSarah Harrison Smith - Fact Checkers BibleAlejandro Zambra - My DocumentsLeonard Gardner - Fat CityEB White - LettersThe Believer FestivalThe Believer - Border IssueBoots Riley - McSweeney'sJia Tolentino - Trick MirrorSam Quinones - Dream LandCyra McFadden - The SerialArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityKen Kesey - Sometimes a Great NotionChris Kraus - I Love DickMarta Becket - To Dance on SandsDavid Morris - The Evil HoursSarah Broom - The Yellow HouseMeghan O’Gieblyn - Interior StatesOlja Savičević Ivančević - Adios CowboyRichard Maury - CimbaJohn Williams - StonerSteve Almond - John Williams' StonerHarper Lee - To Kill a MockingbirdGary Paulsen - HatchetWilson Rawls - Where the Red Fern GrowsEB White - Charlotte’s Web Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are in South Slope, Brooklyn this week to meet author and Instagram superstar Shelby Lorman! Shelby is the genius behind the Awards For Good Boys social media phenomenon, now a book of the same name. We talked to her about disappointing book endings (and letting the author know), marginalia, lending books you never see again and meeting (and befriending) your heroes.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodShelby Lorman - Awards For Good BoysElif Batuman - The IdiotLucia Berlin - Manual For Cleaning WomenWG Sebald - Rings of SaturnGiuliana Bruno - Atlas of EmotionElizabeth Bishop - PoemsBrian K. Vaughan - SagaClaudia Rankine - Don’t Let Me Be LonelyNell Zink - The WallcreeperNell Zink - MislaidLois Lowry - The GiverAlexander Chee - How To Write an Autobiographical NovelKim Stanley Robinson - Mars TrilogyLydia Davis - Collected StoriesAndrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlClaudia Rankine - CitizenDavid Hockney - Dog DaysNK Jemisin - Inheritance TrilogyUrsula Le Guin - Left Hand of DarknessJames Agee - Death in the FamilyGarth Nix - AbhorsenLeigh Bardugo - Ninth HouseRebecca Traister - Good and MadBrittney Cooper - Eloquent RageMarilynne Robinson - HousekeepingMeg Wolitzer - Female PersuasionOyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister The Serial KillerElena Ferrante - Neapolitan NovelsAM Homes - May We Be ForgivenAnne Carson - PlainwaterMary Roach - StiffAnna Burns - MilkmanKarl Ove Knausgård - My StruggleAnn Leckie - Ancillary JusticeAda Palmer - Too Like the LightningJames Bridle - New Dark AgeJames Corey - The ExpanseLiana Finck - Passing For HumanLiana Finck - Excuse MeSamantha Irby - We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're in Brooklyn this week for a visit with award-winning journalist, New York Times gender editor and author Jessica Bennett. Jessica's first book was the global phenomenon Feminist Fight Club: A Survival Manual For a Sexist Workplace and her most recent release is This Is 18: Girls’ Lives Through Girls’ Eyes. We talked to her about feminist icons, Sweet Valley High, internet slang, embarrassing diaries and marriage.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodJessica Bennett - Feminist Fight ClubJessica Bennett - This is 18Lisa Taddeo - Three WomenBart Houseman - You Don’t Need a Man To Fix ItBernard Gladstone - Home Repairs Without a ManKay B Ward - Feminine Fix It Auto HandbookVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticAnonymous - Go Ask AliceRachel Simmons - Curse of the Good GirlMary Roach - BonkPamela Haag - Marriage ConfidentialLori Gottlieb - Marry HimElena Ferrante - Neapolitan NovelsGayl Jones - CorregidoraGretchen McCulloch - Because InternetFlorence Williams - BreastsEllen Sussman - Dirty WordsVarious - Girl Scout HandbookBoston Women's Health Book Collective - Our Bodies OurselvesHelen Gurley Brown - Having It AllE Jean Carroll - What Do We Need Men ForFrancine Pascal - Double LoveFrancine Pascal - Secrets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our American sojourn continues with a trip to Manhattan's Gramercy Park and a visit to the esteemed, million-selling author Amor Towles! Amor is the writer of the bestselling titles Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow which was a recommended read of both Bill Gates and Barack Obama as well as appearing on a multitude of best of the year lists. We talked to him about reading the canon, inhaling James Bond and the amount of time you're allowed before giving up on a book.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodAmor Towles - Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles - Rules of CivilityEdith Wharton - Collected NovelsHarold Bloom - American CanonMarcel Proust - Remembrance of Things PastPaul Scott - Raj QuartetHerman Melville - Moby DickPhilip Roth - American PastoralPhilip Roth - Human StainRoss Macdonald - Collection Raymond Chandler - Big SleepFranklin W Dixon - Hardy BoysRay Bradbury - StoriesAgatha Christie - CollectionJohn Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyJohn Le Carre - Honourable SchoolboyGabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of SolitudeFyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and PunishmentRhik Samadder - I Never Said I Loved YouThomas Mann - Magic MountainThomas Mann - BuddenbrooksNaguib Mahfouz - Cairo TrilogyNaguib Mahfouz - The QuarterHarry Matthews - The ConversionsJonathan Lethem - Motherless BrooklynJames Baldwin - Go Tell It To The MountainFlannery O’Connor - Complete StoriesSloan Wilson - Man in the Grey Flannel SuitDavid Goodis - Black FridayAnthony Powell - Dance To The Music of TimeKazuo Ishiguro - Remains of the DayFord Madox Ford - Good SoldierGrace Metalious - Peyton PlaceJohn Cheever - Wapshot ChronicleWalker Percy - The MoviegoerAdler & Van Doren - Great Treasury of Western ThoughtEmily Post - EtiquettePhilip Gourevitch - Paris Review InterviewsVarious - WPA Guide To New York CityRaymond Carver - Selected StoriesAnton Chekhov- Short StoriesKingsley Amis - James Bond Dossier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week our American series continues with a visit to Brooklyn and stopping by the book and pop culture ephemera crammed apartment of Gabrielle Moss! Gabrielle is the author of the fabulous book Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction which is a must read for any You're Booked fans. We talked to her, obviously, about Sweet Valley High and Babysitter's Club, plus spooky reads, murderous memoirs, Peg Bundy and finding forgotten cheques in unexpected books.BOOKSGabrielle Moss - Paperback CrushSusy Smith - Prominent American GhostsLaura Nathanson - Trouble With WednesdaysRL Stine - Fear StreetRL Stine - GoosebumpsErica Jong - Fear of FlyingRobert Tralins - Clairvoyance in WomenLois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last SummerLois Duncan - RansomLois Duncan - Who Killed My DaughterCraig Marks - I Want My MTVJohn Taylor - In The Pleasure GrooveTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixDianne Lake - Member of the FamilySandra Shevey - Ladies of Pop and RockJudy Blume - Judy Blume DiaryEstelle Jelinek - Ladies Own EroticaXaviera Hollander - Xaviera Goes WildShere Hite - Sexual HonestyAnn M Martin - Babysitters ClubFrancine Pascal - All Night LongCaroline B Cooney - Nice Girl’s Don’tCaroline B Cooney - Face on the Milk CartonBill Cunningham - On The StreetJoan Didion - Slouching Towards BethlehemShirley Jackson - Haunting of Hill HouseShirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the CastleRuth Franklin - Shirley JacksonTracy Daugherty - Last Love SongJanet Malcolm - Journalist and the MurdererSusanna Kaysen - Girl InterruptedJames St James - Party MonsterSiri Hustvedt - What I LovedCat Marnell - How To Murder Your LifeJeannette walls - The Glass CastleSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleAnonymous - Go Ask AliceHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryPeriel Aschenbrand - The Only Bush I Trust Is My OwnAnnabel Gat - Astrology of Love & SexPatricia Lockwood - PriestdaddyPhilip Roth - Plot Against AmericaGay Talese - Thy Neighbour’s WifeGilda Radner - It’s Always SomethingGilda Radner - Paper Doll Book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are in West Hollywood, LA and the delightful confines of the great Book Soup bookstore to meet with Taylor Jenkins Reid! Taylor is the author of six books, the most recent being the smash hit Daisy Jones and the Six. We talked to her about rock memoirs, gift giving, influential reads and seeing your own book in the book shop.BOOKSTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixAllie Rowbottom - Jello GirlsRebecca Makkai - Great BelieversSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsBessel van der Kolk - Body Keeps the ScoreByron Lane - A Star is BoredTom Shales, James Andrew Miller - Live From New YorkJames Andrew Miller - PowerhouseLegs McNeil, Gillian McCain - Please Kill MeMatt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall - Soprano SessionsEmily Nussbaum - I Like To WatchBlake Snyder - Save the CatAllen Rucker - Sopranos Family CookbookJann Wenner - Rolling Stones InterviewsMichael Walker - Laurel CanyonKeith Richards - LifeBruce Springsteen - Born to RunBrian Hiatt - Springsteen: Stories Behind the SongsKathy Iandoli - God Save the QueensRamin Setoodeh - Ladies Who PunchSally Field - In PiecesScotty Bowers - Full Service Taylor Jenkins Reid - 7 Husbands of Evelyn HugoVarious - Little People Big DreamsJudith Kerr - Tiger Who Came To TeaJudith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitSarah Jane Hinder - Yoga BearJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryLauren Bravo - How To Break Up With Fast FashionDr Seuss - Oh The Places You’ll GoLisa Taddeo - Three WomenRebecca Traister - Good and MadEve Babitz - I Used To Be CharmingJoan Didion - White AlbumTruman Capote - In Cold BloodTerry Newman - Legendary Authors and the Clothes They WoreLaura Thompson - Take Six GirlsJacqueline Susan - Valley of the DollsMohsin Hamid - Exit WestAlex Michaelides - Silent PatientNina Freudenberger - BibliostyleThatcher Wine - For The Love of BooksSilvia Moreno-Garcia - Gods of Jade & ShadowSally Rooney - Normal PeopleEtaf Rum - A Woman is No ManSalman Rushdie - QuichotteAlexi Zentner - CopperheadTana French - Wych ElmMadeline Miller - Song of AchillesMadeline Miller - CirceKatherine Dunn - On CussingMark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're very excited to announce that for season 5 of You're Booked we're jetting off to the USA for an entire series featuring our favourite American writers. And we're even more excited to start off in Baltimore at the home of the legendary author and auteur John Waters! John is the director of 18 films including the classics Pink Flamingos and Hairspray and the author of 10 books, the latest being Mr Know-It-All. We perused just a tiny section of his his vast 12,000 volume book collection and discussed shoplifting, porn parodies, and, scoop alert, John's first novel, which is currently being written.BOOKSJohn Waters - Mr Know-It-AllEvelyn Waugh - The Loved OneWitold Gombrowicz - DiariesJacqueline Susan - Valley of the DollsPauline Kael - I Lost It At The MoviesSiv Holm - I, a WomanNick Mays - Proper Care of Fancy RatsPhil Shaw - Extreme IroningAnonymous - Break Dance HunksDean Starkey - Mondo SexoJoseph Jenkins - Slate Roof BibleUgo Mulas - New York: The New Art SceneDian Hanson - Big Book of PussyDian Hanson - Big Book of BreastsZandha Rhodes - 50 Fabulous Year of FashionBrigid Berlin - PolaroidsTim Coghlan - Notre DamnedJean-Claude Lebensztejn - Pissing FiguresJulia Hall - Slaves of ChristoHubert Selby - Last Exit To BrooklynJohn Rechy - City of NightWilliam Burroughs - Naked LunchWilliam Burroughs Jr - SpeedSheila Weller - Carrie FisherAugusten Burroughs - Toil and TroubleJohn Waters - Role ModelsDenton Welch - JournalsNorris Mailer - Windchill SummerNorris Mailer - Ticket to the CircusAnne Lamot - Almost EverythingLucy Ellman - Ducks, NewburyportKarl Ove Knausgaard - My StruggleRichard Tuttle - Art ofAmanda Lepore - Doll PartsJohn Kennedy Toole - Confederacy of DuncesGrace Metalious - Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious - Return To Peyton PlaceGrace Metalious - Tight White CollarCandy Darling - My Face For The World To SeeDavid Rank - Bend Over PigKlaus Kinski - All I Need is LoveLinda Russell - My Daughter Susan SmithDeborah Spungen - And I Don't Want To Live This LifeLionel Dahmer - Father's StoryJane Bowles - Two Serious LadiesTennessee Williams - MemoirsTennessee Williams - Suddenly Last SummerLili Anolik - Hollywood's EveRicki Lake - Never Say Never Julian Barnes - Only StoryJohn Rechy - About My Life and the Kept WomanJohn Waters - CarsickChristopher Bonanos - Making of Weegee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.