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Mark Watson - You're Booked

Nov 09, 202054 minSeason 7Ep. 65
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Episode description

This week we are snuffling around the bookshelves of comedian and author Mark Watson! Mark is a well-known face on British TV, appearing on show such as QI and Taskmaster and he's renowned as an award-winning stand-up. He's also the author of nine books including the graphic novel Dan and Sam, the non-fiction work Crap at the Environment and novels including Eleven, Hotel Alpha and his latest Contacts (which deals with issues surrounding suicide and mental health - if you're affected by this then the Samaritans are always there). We talked to him about loving Agatha Christie, bookshop positioning, reading on planes and why you should never trust a book that features a map. For details on how you can bid to be a guest on You're Booked (and win lots of lovely books) head to Books To Nourish.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Mark Watson - Contacts

Derren Brown - Happy

Derren Brown - A Little Happier

James Smythe - I Still Dream

Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the Six

Sarah Waters - Little Stranger

Sarah Waters - Fingersmith

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie - A Murder is Announced

Richard Powers - The Overstory

Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport

Ros Barber - Marlowe Papers

Ann Patchett - State of Wonder

Ann Patchett - Dutch House

Jilly Cooper - Between the Covers

EL Doctorow - Ragtime

Mohsin Hamid - How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid - Exit West

Mohsin Hamid - Reluctant Fundamentalist

George Orwell - 1984

Extinction Rebellion - This is Not a Drill

Jonathan Safran Foer - We Are The Weather

Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything is Illuminated

Daphne Du Maurier - Rule Britannia

David Nicholls - One Day

Flann O’Brien - Third Policeman

John Fowles - Magus

Flann O’Brien - At Swim Two Birds

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