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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. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins - The Blue Hour Eleanor Clayton - Barbara Hepworth Celia Paul - Self Portrait Patrick Elliot - Joan Eardley Walter De La Mare - The Three Royal Monkeys Enid Blyton - The Famous Five Enid Blyton - Mallory Towers Elisabeth Beresford - The Wombles Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase Geoffrey of Monmouth - History of the Kings of Britain Ali Smith - Autumn Zadie Smith - Intimations Sarah Moss - The Fell Sigrid Nunez - The Friend Sigrid Nunez - What Are You Going Through Sigrid Nunez - The Vulnerables Benjamin Moser - Sontag Sigrid Nunez - Sempre Susan Kate Atkinson - Life After Life Pat Barker - The Regeneration Trilogy Pat Barker - Life Class Pat Barker - Silence of the Girls Pat Barker - The Women of Troy Pat Barker - Voyage Home Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr Ripley Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Ruth Rendell - A Judgement in Stone Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Molly Keane - Good Behaviour Caroline Kepnes - You Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial Killer George Eliot - Middlemarch Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Colleen Hoover - It Ends With Us Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends Sally Rooney - Normal People Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These Carys Davies - Clear Jonathan Abrams - The Come Up Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling Anne Glenconner - Lady in Waiting Tsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga - Nervous Conditions Petina Gappah - An Elegy for Easterly Petina Gappah - Rotten Row Raymond Carver - Cathedral Kate Atkinson - Normal Rules Don't Apply Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Evie Wyld - The Echoes Evie Wyld - All the Birds Singing Charlotte Wood - Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood - The Weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are graced with undeniable literary royalty this week. It's the stupendous, legendary Jodi Picoult! Jodi Picoult is the New York Times bestselling author of 29 novels, including Mad Honey, Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with her daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She has won numerous awards, including a lifetime achievement award from the Romance Writers of America, and her work has been translated into 34 languages. Her latest is the highly anticipated By Any Other Name. We talked to her about erotic Shakespeare poetry, the book that inspired her to be a writer, perfect books to swim to and the message Judy Blume wrote in Jodi's copy of Forever. 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 find out about Daisy's Creative Confidence Clinic writing course at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Jodi Picoult - By Any Other Name William Shakespeare - Complete Works Elizabeth Winkler - Shakespeare Was a Woman Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are Sydney Taylor - All-of-a-Kind Family Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds William Shakespeare - Complete Sonnets and Poems Judy Blume - Forever Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises Martin Amis - The Rachel Papers Rebecca Makkai - The Great Believers Don DeLillo - Underworld Lindsey Kelk - Love Story Emily Henry - Beach Read Brigid Kemmerer - A Curse So Dark and Lonely Scarlett St. Clair - A Touch of Darkness Amanda Bouchet - A Promise of Fire Maria Vale - Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death Edmond Rostand - Cyrano De Bergerac Leigh Bardugo - The Familiar Miranda July - All Fours Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than You William Thackeray - Vanity Fair Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Isak Dinesen - Babette's Feast and Other Stories Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Out of Africa Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen - Shadows in the Grass Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables LM Montgomery - Emily of New Moon Alice Hoffman - The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman - The World That We Knew Jojo Moyes - Me Before You 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. BOOKS Dawn O'Porter - Honey Bee Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal Dawn O'Porter - Paper Aeroplanes Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Paul Murray - The Bee Sting Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews -Fight Night Chris Whitaker - All The Colours of the Dark Jonathan Abrams - The Come Up Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid - Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the Six Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood Eve Babitz - Two By Two Eve Babitz - I Used to be Charming Nora Ephron - Crazy Salad Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Charles Dickens - Bleak House Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Emily St John Mandel - Station 11 James Carlisle - The Big Book of Farts JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin Lisa Jewell - None of This is True Dawn O'Porter - Cat Lady Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Miranda July - The First Bad Man Miranda July - All Fours Elaine Dundy - Dud Avocado Asako Yuzuki - Butter Kaveh Akbar - Martyr Caleb Azumah Nelson - Open Water Laura Dockrill - I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! And we're kicking off series 16 in style with the brilliant author, journalist and broadcaster Bella Mackie! Bella is the author of the inspirational running book Jog On, the bestselling How To Kill Your Family and her highly anticipated latest What a Way To Go. We talked to her about the importance of Judy Blume, funny books, finding the right book at the right time and vanishing chickens. 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. This week's Steal of the Week is sponsored by Action Tutoring - to find out more at: https://actiontutoring.org.uk/ BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Bella Mackie - How To Kill Your Family Bella Mackie - What a Way To Go Amanda Prowse - Swimming to Lundy George Eliot - Middlemarch JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien - Hobbit Ian Serraillier - Silver Sword Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Dorothy L Sayers - Gaudy Night Richie Tankersley Cusick - Point Horror: The Lifeguard Judy Blume - Are You There God, It's Me Margaret Judy Blume - Forever Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High: Perfect Summer Holly Bourne - Girl Friends Juno Dawson - Her Majesty's Royal Coven Marina Hyde - What Just Happened Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Lili Anolik - Didion & Babitz Brene Brown - Gifts of Imperfection Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Long Island Compromise Bess Kalb - Nobody Will Tell You This But Me Charles Dickens - Bleak House Jilly Cooper - Rivals Taylor Jenkins-Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Robert Harris - Precipice William Boyd - Any Human Heart Samantha Harvey - Orbital Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Anne Glenconner - Lady in Waiting Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling Jonathan Keates - La Serenissima: The Story of Venice Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Sloane Crosley - Grief is For People James Frey - A Million Little Pieces Cathy Rentzenbrink - The Last Act of Love PG Wodehouse - Jeeves and Wooster Samantha Irby - Quietly Hostile Joel Golby - Four Stars Miriam Toews - Fight Night Elizabeth Heichelbech - Chopin in Kentucky Tom Lamont - Going Home LP Hartley - The Go Between Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach Kiley Reid - Come and Get It Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age EB White - Essays EB White - Charlotte's Web Gay Talese - Frank Sinatra Has a Cold Calvin Trilling - The Chicken Vanishes 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 Party Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things  Catherine Newman - Sandwich Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Laurie Colwin - Shine On Bright and Dangerous Object Nora Ephron - Most of Nora Ephron Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder - Farmer Boy Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby Kristi Coulter - Nothing Good... Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase Madeleine L'engle  - Wrinkle in Time Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach Anne Lamott - Almost Everything JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Enid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the School William Golding - Lord of the Flies Arthur Ramsome - Swallows and Amazons E Nesbit - The Lark Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom Eva Ibbotson - Dragonfly Pool
 Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea Roald Dahl - Henry Sugar Miye Lee - DallerGut Dream Department Store Stephen King - Carrie Stephen King - The Shining Lily King - Writers & Lovers Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Nina Stibbe - Went To London Took the Dog Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You James Joyce - Ulysses Milan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of Being Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths Italio Calvino - If On a Winter's Night... Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Carol Shields - Larry's Party Sue Miller - Monogamy Tessa Hadley - After the Funeral Tessa Hadley - Free Love Miriam Toews - Fight Night Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Alison Espach - The Wedding People Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe - The Knockout Queen Nussaibah Younis - Fundamentally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.