Welcome to You’re Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favourite authors’ bookshelves.I’m Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I’ll be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants – even though they couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages.We’ll also be talking about what makes readers into writers, how our guests became book lovers and their favourite reading memories, all with a dash of intelligence and a dollop of irreverence. Our guests include Dolly Alderton, Nina Stibbe, Nikesh Shukla, and many more favourites from our own bookshelves.
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Daisy reads an exclusive extract from All Grown Up!
To celebrate the release of Daisy's new novel, a modern retelling of the classic Little Women entitled All Grown Up (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781529963052), here's an exclusive reading from the first chapter from the author herself! After thirty long years, Louisa’s daughters can finally look after themselves… or so she thinks. Because suddenly, they’re back – apparently for good. Meg’s second-guessing her marriage. Jo’s career hangs in the balance. Amy has inexplicably quit university. None of them empty the dishwasher. Louisa knows it’s time for some life lessons. She adores her girls, but if she’s ever going to get her (sex) life back, they’ll have to grow up – and go. But maybe they’re not the only ones with lessons to learn… And Louisa might just discover that her daughters have something to teach her about being an adult too. All Grown Up is out on June 4th and available from Bookshop.org (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781529963052), Waterstones (https://www.waterstones.com/book/all-grown-up/daisy-buchanan/9781529963052), and wherever great books are sold. The audio version of the books features Harriet Kemsley, Isy Suttie, Stevie Martin and Helen Bauer is available from Audible. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Grown-Up-hilarious-heartwarming/dp/B0G1BV188R/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0)
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2 Mar 2026
Daisy reads an exclusive extract from Read Yourself Happy!
To celebrate the paperback release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy: How a Book Habit Can Make You Feel Better (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9780241768105), here's an exclusive extract just for you! In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Read Yourself Happy offers the perfect source of anti-anxiety, inviting you to discover the literary worlds that have helped and inspired Daisy. As well as interviews with authors (and YB favourites) like David Nicholls and Emma Gannon, Daisy provides personally curated reading lists and over 200 book recommendations to help you process your emotions and find more peace with every page. Read Yourself Happy is out now and available from Bookshop.org (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9780241768105), Waterstones (https://www.waterstones.com/book/read-yourself-happy/daisy-buchanan/9780241768105), Audible (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Read-Yourself-Happy-Audiobook/B0D7WFNP18) and wherever great books are sold.
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3 Nov 2025
Rachel Parris - You're Booked
It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris (https://www.rachelontour.com/)! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious (https://www.austentatiousimpro.com/), alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd (https://shows.acast.com/booked/episodes/cariad-lloyd) and Andrew Hunter Murray (https://shows.acast.com/booked/episodes/andrew-hunter-murray), her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781399751612), is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop (https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/rachel-parris-you-re-booked?&new-list-page=true). Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. (https://creativeconfidenceclinic.substack.com/)
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781529963052)
Rachel Parris - Introducing Mrs Collins
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen - Persuasion
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Monique Roffey - Mermaid of Black Conch
Jennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious Things
Ambrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1
George Eliot - Middlemarch
Julie Owen Moylan - Elizabeth and Marilyn
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary
Jilly Cooper - Rivals
Jackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge
Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys
Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day
Nikki May - This Motherless Land
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife
Graydon Carter - When the Going Was Good
Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries
Andrew O'Hagan - Caledonian Road
Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead
Louise Candlish - Our House
Adele Parks - Just Between Us
Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party
Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You
J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - S
Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman
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