Dawn O'Porter - You're Booked

You're Booked

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

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