This week we are delighted to welcome the author of our of our favourite books in recent times, Naoise Dolan. Naoise's debut novel was the critically acclaimed Exciting Times, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award. We talked to her about memorable book deaths, the literary allure of London, Zadie Smith and sneaking sexy books. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable head HERE.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables

Brandon Taylor - Real Life

Raven Leilani - Luster

Anne Enright - Actress

Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle

Patricia Scanlon - Divided Loyalties

Marian Keyes - Sushi for Beginners

Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime & Punishment

George Eliot - Mill on the Floss

Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure

Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking

Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time

Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation

Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser

Zadie Smith - On Beauty

Zadie Smith - Swing Time

Elena Ferrante - Neapolitan Quartet

Zadie Smith - NW

Caleb Azumah Nelson - Open Water

Brian Friel - Philadelphia Here I Come

Nicole Flattery - Show Them a Good Time

Molly Aitken - Island Child

Roisin Kiberd - Disconnect

Michelle Gallen - Big Girl Small Town

Patrick Freyne - Ok Let's Do Your Stupid Idea

Sinead Gleeson - Art of the Glimpse

Camilla Pang - Explaining Humans

Sayaka Murata - Earthlings

Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman

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