You're Booked

We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. We're kicking off with some saucy, spicy, swooning romantic favourites to slip into your luggage. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKSLucy Vine - Book BoyfriendFreya North - FenLauren Bravo - Probably NothingBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackJojo Moyes - We All Live HereDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyMarian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday

You're Booked is on its travels! Here's a very special live episode recorded at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona with with the wonderful Donna Freitas! Donna resides in Barcelona and is the author of many books including Stefi and the Spanish Prince (set in the city), The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano and Wishful Thinking. She interviewed Daisy to celebrate the release of Read Yourself Happy and they discussed conquering difficult reads, childhood library etiquette and we discover what books the residents of Barcelona can't live without. Thanks to the Grand Hotel Central for hosting us during our stay. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDonna Freitas - Wishful ThinkingDonna Freitas - The Nine Lives of Rose NapolitanoDonna Freitas - Stefi and the Spanish PrinceDaisy Buchanan - LimelightAnn M Martin - Babysitters ClubFrancine Pascal - Sweet Valley HighJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityEnid Blyton - Famous FiveDick King Smith - The Sheep PigCarolyn Keene - Nancy Drew MysteriesLemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate EventsBeverley Cleary - Beezus and RamonaNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - Curtain UpSamuel Richardson - PamelaHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeJilly Cooper - RivalsLaurent de Brunhoff - Babar's World TourNikki May - WahalaNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkMin Jin Lee - PachinkoAlexander Chee - Queen of the NightDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicKhaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini - Kite RunnerHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiarySue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleAlberto Moravia - ContemptAlberto Moravia - Time of IndifferenceAnn Morgan - Reading the WorldAnn Morgan - Unlearning to ReadDavid Whitehouse - Saltwater MansionsJonathan Swift - Gulliver's TravelsJoyce Carol Oates - Book of American MartyrsF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyChris Whitaker - All The Colours of the DarkCarlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the WindNatasha Lunn - Conversations on LoveNiall Williams - This is HappinessOlga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the DeadHenri Cole - Orphic ParisTaylor Jenkins Reid - AtmosphereSamantha Harvey - OrbitalAlice Winn - In MemoriamDaisy Buchanan - All Grown UpLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenSusan Morrison - LorneNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveCharles Baudelaire - Collected PoemsRebecca Stead - When You Reach MeGillian Flynn - Gone Girl

This week we're delighted to spend some time with the magnificent Coco Mellors. Coco's books, Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Blue Sisters have been frequent picks by former You're Booked guests, so it's an absolute treat to welcome her to YB Towers. We talked to her about boxing, being taught by Martin Amis, books about motherhood, her next novel and trying to find the rude bits in The Golden Notebook. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop. Find out more about the Shelter Box Book Club by HEADING HERE.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyCoco Mellors -Cleopatra and FrankensteinCoco Mellors - Blue SistersMartin Amis - London FieldsMartin Amis - MoneyClaire Dederer - MonstersJames Baldwin - The Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 2Ursula Parrot - Ex WifeDoris Lessing - Golden NotebookDoris Lessing - Martha QuestRosamond Lehmann - Invitation to the WaltzGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchKarl Ove Knausgård - My StruggleSally Rooney - IntermezzoNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveMary Oliver - New and Selected PoemsDaisy Buchanan - LimelightBernadine Evaristo - Mr Loverman Ada Calhoun - Why We Cant SleepNell Frizzell - Panic YearsLindsay Nicholson - Perfect Bound Leslie Jamison - SplintersCaroline O'Donoghue - The Rachel IncidentMartin Amis - Inside StoryAA Gill - Pour MeTessa Hadley - The PastEnid Blyton - Mallory TowersJuhea Kim - Beasts of a Little LandJuhea Kim - City of Night BirdsJoyce Carol Oates - On BoxingBallet Shoes

As a treat, we're resharing one of our most beloved and popular archive episodes from 2023. Author, book aficionado and YB favourite Sarra Manning joined us to help us with our reading resolutions. Featuring Kindle hacks, reading slump fixes, cosy reads and a whole slew of books to look forward to in the new year! Discover the books you'll be snapping up, a few tips to get you back on the reading path if you've strayed and some excellent advice for those struggling with the classics. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop. BOOKSDale Shaw - Help! I Think My Baby Brother is Henry the Eighth!Daisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - How to be a Grown UpDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodSarra Manning - UnstickySarra Manning - London With LoveCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseLeo Tolstoy - Anna KareninaGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchHannah Dolby - No Life For a LadyBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesTina Brown - Palace PapersKate Sawyer - This FamilyKate Sawyer - The StrandingVarious - Marple: 12 New StoriesJD Salinger: For Esme With Love and SqualorSylvia Plath - Johnny Panic and the Bible of DreamsF Scott Fitzgerald - Diamond as Big as the RitzDorothy Parker - Collected StoriesVarious - FuriesDanielle Evans - The Office of Historical CorrectionsDanielle Evans - Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool SelfLucia Berlin - Manuel For Cleaning WomenPenelope Mortimer - Saturday Lunch with the BrowningsJilly Cooper - RivalsNoel Streatfeild - GemmaSarra Manning - The Rise and Fall of Becky SharpSarra Manning - Rescue MeJames Reeves - The Critical SenseSarra Manning - Guitar GirlMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayHolly Bourne - PretendingMilly Johnson - Together AgainMarian Keyes - Again RachelElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicAnne Lamott - Bird By BirdCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible ThingsJojo Moyes - Someone Else's ShoesEva Rice - This Could Be EverythingCurtis Sittenfeld - Romantic ComedyKatherine Heiny - Games and RitualsKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single Carefree MellowLauren Bravo - PrelovedEmily Henry - Happy PlaceBella Mackie - How To Kill Your FamilyKaty Brent - How To Kill Men and Get Away With ItAlice Slater - Death of a BooksellerRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceJennifer Saint - AtalantaCostanza Casati - ClytemnestraKatherine Bradley - The SisterhoodIsabelle Schuler - Lady MacbethadEleanor Catton - Birnam WoodNiamh Hargan - The Break-Up ClauseSophie Irwin - A Lady's Guide to ScandalSarra Manning - The Man of Her DreamsCesca Major - Maybe Next TimeLucy Vine - Seven ExesNina Stibbe - Went to London, Took the DogNina Stibbe - Love, Nina

Christmas has come early! And do we have a festive treat for you! It's a funny, thrilling and thorough chat with returning champ Helen Lederer! We visited Helen's home back in 2019, but now she's coming to us, visiting the prestigious Margate Bookie book festival in front of an ecstatic audience. We talked to her about her legendary comedy career (including the people she got off with), the game-changing Comedy Women in Print Prize that she instigated, her hilarious books Losing It and Not That I'm Bitter, the mindbending experience that was Celebrity Big Brother and almost getting a tattoo. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyHelen Lederer - Not That I'm BitterHelen Lederer - Losing ItCarrie Fisher - Wishful DrinkingAnthony Trollope - Can You Forgive Her?Daisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyMiranda July - All FoursSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleJohn Betjeman - Collected Poems

It's our season finale! And we are spending it with an absolute legend. Miranda Sawyer is a brilliant and inspirational journalist, broadcaster and author. She started her career at the iconic Smash Hits and has since worked for practically every major newspaper and magazine including The Face, Select, The Guardian, The Observer and Vogue. She's the author of the books Park and Ride, Out of Time and her latest Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs. We talked to Miranda about the women of Britpop, the genius of Smash Hits, corresponding with Joan Didion and getting off with Grace Jones. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyMiranda Sawyer - Uncommon PeopleMiranda Sawyer - Out of TimeHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouViv Albertine - Clothes, Music, BoysAgatha Christie - And Then There Were NoneIan Fleming - Casino RoyaleRaymond Chandler - The Long GoodbyeTruman Capote - In Cold BloodTom Wolfe - The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyHunter S Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las VegasLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodJoan Didion - Slouching Towards BethlehemJessica Stanley - Consider Yourself KissedLily Allen - My Thoughts ExactlyJude Rogers - The Sound of Being HumanSylvia Patterson - I'm Not With the BandMiki Berenyi - Fingers CrossedVivien Goldman - Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and JazzMichael Cragg - Reach For the StarsCraig Brown - One Two Three Four: The Beatles in TimeEva Rice - This Could Be EverythingOliver Burkeman - Meditations For MortalsOliver Burkeman - Four Thousand WeeksPatrick Freyne - Ok Lets Do Your Stupid Idea

Get ready for a really fun, warm and refreshing chat with one of our favourite authors, the brilliant Amanda Prowse! Amanda is an Internationally bestselling author of novels, non-fiction books and short stories, whose books have been published worldwide in dozens of languages. Her chart topping titles include What Have I Done?, Perfect Daughter, My Husband’s Wife, The Girl in the Corner and her latest is the wonderful Swimming to Lundy. We talked to her about magic, library love, literary Christmas gift ideas, the joy of annuals and the genius of Maeve Binchy. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyAmanda Prowse - Swimming to LundyColleen McCullough - The Thorn BirdsThe Bunty AnnualThe Mandy Annual The Beano AnnualJackie - 60 Years of MagicJill Mansell - Promise MeKatie Hickman - She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in IndiaClarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the WolvesArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDorothy Whipple - High WagesPersephone BooksLouise Bagshawe - Career GirlsShirley Conran - LaceDanielle Steele - PalazzoVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - PoloJilly Cooper - Between the CoversRufi Thorpe - Margot's Got Money TroublesCallum Robinson - IngrainedCarol Ann Duffy - Three Wise Men Chapter 34 BooksDr Seuss - Oh The Places You'll GoCathy Rentzenbrink - How To Feel BetterNigella Lawson - Nigella ChristmasDiana Henry - SimpleNigel Slater - A Thousand FeastsJane Austen - PersuasionThomas Hardy - Collected PoemsJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseThomas Hardy - Far From the Madding CrowdMaeve Binchy - Evening ClassStephenie Meyer - TwilightJoyce Lankester Brisley - Milly Molly MandyJoyce Lankester Brisley - Marigold in Godmother's HouseHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouHolly Bourne - You Could Be So PrettyLemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate EventsDaniel Handler - And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer's LifeBruce Omar Yates - The Muslim CowboyShelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures

This week we are welcoming podcast, comedy and writerly royalty to the show. It's the amazing Cariad Lloyd! Cariad is the host of the podcasts Weirdos Book Club, alongside former guest Sara Pascoe, and the award-winning Griefcast, plus a book based on the podcast You Are Not Alone. She is an actor, comedian and improviser and has just released her first children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe (plus another one soon - revealed exclusively during the show!) We talked to her about helpful reading habits, the importance of a great booklight, good books about grief and a surprising literary obsession (with a former guest). Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyCariad Lloyd - You Are Not AloneCariad Lloyd - The Christmas WishtastropheLili Anolik - Didion and BabitzJRR Tolkien - Lord of the RingsJRR Tolkien - The HobbitBrian Jacques - MossflowerNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesAA Milne - Winnie the PoohBrothers Grimm - Fairy TalesLynne Reid Banks - Fairy RebelAnne Fine - Diary of a Killer CatTerry Pratchett - Colour of MagicTove Jansson - Tales from MoominvalleyAstrid Lindgren - Pippi LongstockingNadia Shireen - GrimwoodNadia Shireen - Billy and the BeastNadia Shireen - BumblebearDouglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJill Murphy - Worst WitchPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsJeffrey Archer - As the Crow FliesRoger Lewis - Erotic VagrancyLucy Ellmann - Ducks NewburyportGeorge Saunders - Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders - Swim in the Pond in the RainGuadalupe Nettel - Still BornMadeline Linford - Out of the WindowTessa Hadley - Free LoveJoe Heap - Rules of SeeingHilary Mantel - Mirror and the LightCharles Darwin - Bleak HouseGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeDouglas Stuart - Young MungoJohn Ransom - The Whale TattooJohn Ransom - The GallopersCariad Lloyd - Where Did She GoTom Percival - Ruby's WorryTom Percival - Meesha Makes FriendsTom Percival - Perfectly NormanJulia Donaldson - Paper DollsOliver Jeffers - Heart and the BottleFrances Hodgson Burnett - Secret GardenNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkNikki May - WahalaAnn Patchett - Tom LakeAnn Patchett - Bel CantoOctavia Butler - Kindred