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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