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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we welcome another publishing legend onto the podcast. It's the amazing Liane Moriarty! Liane has sold over 20 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into forty languages. Her blockbusters Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall and Nine Perfect Strangers have been adapted into hugely successful TV shows. Her latest novel is the gripping, mysterious Here One Moment. We talked to her about her fellow novelist sisters, extended literary universes, the first book to make her cry and a particularly disturbing sex scene from Jaws. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of The Book Lovers Journal HERE. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyLiane Moriarty - Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty - Big Little LiesLiane Moriarty - Here One MomentAnna Quindlen - After AnnieBarbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From WoolworthsEthel Turner - Seven Little AustraliansPL Travers - Mary PoppinsPeter Benchley - JawsMichael Coleman - One, Two, Three, Oops! LM Montgomery - Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery - Emily of New MoonJoanna Trollope - The ChoirAlice Winn - In MemoriamRebecca Makkai - Great BelieversHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeCatherine Newman - SandwichMaeve Binchy - Light a Penny CandleMichelle Gallen - Factory GirlsClaire Lombardo - Same as it Ever WasClaire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever HadAnne Tyler - Accidental TouristShelia Heti - MotherhoodOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableKaren Joy Fowler - BoothMary Wesley - A Sensible LifeMary Wesley - Camomile LawnDaisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyLizzy Stewart - AlisonBarbara Trapido - Noah's ArkBarbara Trapido - Traveling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackMarian Keyes - My Favourite MistakeMarian Keyes - Rachels HolidayMarian Keyes - Again RachelMarian Keyes - Anybody Out ThereNicola Moriarty - You Need To KnowJaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the ThingJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceKate Atkinson - Life After LifeAudrey Niffenegger - Time Traveler's WifeDorothy Whipple - High WagesBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenNina Stibbe - Love NinaJane Harper - The DrySally Hepworth - The Family Next DoorPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainPatricia Highsmith - DiariesKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About KevinSally Rooney - IntermezzoEmma Forrest - Father FigureMatt Haig - Midnight LibraryCesca Major - Maybe Next TimeBella Mackie - What a Way to GoMary Beth Keane - The Half MoonMary Lawson - Crow LakeElizabeth Berg - Say WhenJo Jo Moyes - Someone Else's Shoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More legends of literature are dropping by as we welcome bestselling author and crime icon Paula Hawkins! Paula's first book was the phenomenal The Girl on the Train which sold over 20 million copies and was translated into over 50 languages. She followed it up with the bestsellers Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning. Her latest is the highly anticipated The Blue Hour. We talked to her about art books, the writers so good they make you want to give up, great authors from Zimbabwe and being disappointed by a lack of Wombles. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and see book tour dates and find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyPaula Hawkins - The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins - The Blue HourEleanor Clayton - Barbara HepworthCelia Paul - Self PortraitPatrick Elliot - Joan EardleyWalter De La Mare - The Three Royal MonkeysEnid Blyton - The Famous FiveEnid Blyton - Mallory TowersElisabeth Beresford - The WomblesJoan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby ChaseGeoffrey of Monmouth - History of the Kings of BritainAli Smith - AutumnZadie Smith - IntimationsSarah Moss - The FellSigrid Nunez - The FriendSigrid Nunez - What Are You Going ThroughSigrid Nunez - The VulnerablesBenjamin Moser - SontagSigrid Nunez - Sempre SusanKate Atkinson - Life After LifePat Barker - The Regeneration TrilogyPat Barker - Life ClassPat Barker - Silence of the GirlsPat Barker - The Women of TroyPat Barker - Voyage HomePenelope Lively - Moon TigerPatricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr RipleyPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainAgatha Christie - And Then There Were NoneRuth Rendell - A Judgement in StoneGillian Flynn - Gone GirlRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceMolly Keane - Good BehaviourCaroline Kepnes - YouOyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial KillerGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsColleen Hoover - It Ends With UsSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsSally Rooney - Normal PeopleClaire Keegan - Small Things Like TheseCarys Davies - ClearJonathan Abrams - The Come UpCraig Brown - Ma'am DarlingAnne Glenconner - Lady in WaitingTsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable BodyTsitsi Dangarembga - Nervous ConditionsPetina Gappah - An Elegy for EasterlyPetina Gappah - Rotten RowRaymond Carver - CathedralKate Atkinson - Normal Rules Don't ApplyElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeEvie Wyld - The EchoesEvie Wyld - All the Birds SingingCharlotte Wood - Stone Yard DevotionalCharlotte Wood - The Weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are in the esteemed company of novelist, journalist, broadcaster and all-around inspiration, the wonderful Dawn O'Porter! Dawn is the author of the bestselling mega-hits The Cows, So Lucky, Cat Lady and her latest is the highly anticipated sequel to Paper Aeroplanes and Goose, Honey Bee. She has presented a vast array of television documentaries and hosts the 'Dawn Loves' WH Smith book club. We talked to her about the genius of Jeanette Winterson, inappropriate honeymoon beach reading, books about farts and how deviating from the TBR pile can lead you to your new favourite book. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates and virtual appearances at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. BOOKSDawn O'Porter - Honey BeeJeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only FruitJeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be NormalDawn O'Porter - Paper AeroplanesCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyrePatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainPaul Murray - The Bee StingMiriam Toews - All My Puny SorrowsMiriam Toews -Fight NightChris Whitaker - All The Colours of the DarkJonathan Abrams - The Come UpTaylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is BackTaylor Jenkins Reid - Malibu RisingTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodEve Babitz - Two By TwoEve Babitz - I Used to be CharmingNora Ephron - Crazy SaladGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyEmily St John Mandel - Station 11James Carlisle - The Big Book of FartsJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosophers StoneLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About KevinLisa Jewell - None of This is TrueDawn O'Porter - Cat LadyGail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineMiranda July - The First Bad ManMiranda July - All FoursElaine Dundy - Dud AvocadoAsako Yuzuki - ButterKaveh Akbar - MartyrCaleb Azumah Nelson - Open WaterLaura Dockrill - I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are ending series 15 in style with one of our all-time favourite authors Catherine Newman! Catherine wrote the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, novel for kids One Mixed-Up Night, craft book Stitch Camp and the acclaimed novels We All Want Impossible Things and Sandwich. We talked to her about food in books, Laurie Colwin, disaster reading, the importance of pretension and reading the Ikea catalogue for fun. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. This week's Steal of the Week is sponsored by Action Tutoring - to find out more at: https://actiontutoring.org.uk/Daisy Buchanan - Pity PartyCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things Catherine Newman - SandwichKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLaurie Colwin - Home CookingLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeLaurie Colwin - Shine On Bright and Dangerous ObjectNora Ephron - Most of Nora EphronLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the PrairieLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big WoodsLaura Ingalls Wilder - Farmer BoyCoco Mellors - Blue SistersHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyKristi Coulter - Nothing Good...Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in BatterseaJoan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby ChaseMadeleine L'engle  - Wrinkle in TimeRoald Dahl - James and the Giant PeachAnne Lamott - Almost EverythingJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneEnid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the SchoolWilliam Golding - Lord of the FliesArthur Ramsome - Swallows and AmazonsE Nesbit - The LarkMichelle Magorian - A Little Love SongMichelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr TomEva Ibbotson - Dragonfly Pool Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River SeaRoald Dahl - Henry SugarMiye Lee - DallerGut Dream Department StoreStephen King - CarrieStephen King - The ShiningLily King - Writers & LoversDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableNina Stibbe - Went To London Took the DogSamantha Irby - Wow, No Thank YouJames Joyce - UlyssesMilan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of BeingJorge Luis Borges - LabyrinthsItalio Calvino - If On a Winter's Night...Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of EvilDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyAnn Patchett - State of WonderCarol Shields - Larry's PartySue Miller - MonogamyTessa Hadley - After the FuneralTessa Hadley - Free LoveMiriam Toews - Fight NightMiriam Toews - All My Puny SorrowsAlison Espach - The Wedding PeopleTaylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is BackDonna Freitas - Wishful ThinkingRufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money TroublesRufi Thorpe - The Knockout QueenNussaibah Younis - Fundamentally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.