This week we are back in LA, not far from The Getty, visiting the beautiful home of bestselling author Jessica Knoll! Jessica wrote the mega-hits The Luckiest Girl Alive (soon to be a film) and The Favourite Sister (soon to be a TV series). We talked to her about inspirational books, favourite book shops, scary reads and the the best book to read if you want to write a screenplay. For more information about Daisy’s new newsletter Further Reading visit: https://furtherreading.substack.com/p/coming-soon

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan – The Sisterhood

Jessica Knoll – Luckiest Girl Alive

Jessica Knoll – Favourite Sister

Steph Cha – Your House Will Pay

Anthony Horowitz – Magpie Mysteries

Caroline Kepnes – You

Ottessa Moshfegh – My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh – Eileen

Shirley Jackson – Dark Tales

LS Hilton – Maestra

Jay McInerney – Bright Lights Big City

Sylvia Plath – Bell Jar

Cheryl Strayed – Wild

Anthony Minghella – Minghella on Minghella

Kamila Shamsie – Home Fire

Donna Tartt – Secret History

Bret Easton Ellis – Rules of Attraction

Esquire – History of Bennington

Donna Tartt – Goldfinch

Elaine Dundy – Dud Avocado

Matt Ruff – Bad Monkeys

Elizabeth Strout – Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout – Olive Again

Ruth Franklin – Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Sun Tzu – Art of War

Anais Nin – Diaries

Anais Nin – Delta of Venus

Anais Nin – Henry and June

Stephen King –

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