Everything in the world is making us want to retreat to our beds with a book right now. But what to read? Enter our guest this week, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is a writer of naughty books and heartwarming books and books that can help us to look at ourselves with more generosity – from her hot novel Insatiable to the most recent Careering. She also has a mini-book out with The Pound Project called Burn Before Reading which is full of books to hold on to when you are in the emotional quicksand. We talk about how to read our way out of the slow-release burnout that so many of us are suffering from. It’s a heavenly listen as Dr Daisy prescribes books for all sorts of emotional ailments…. Here are Daisy’s literary prescriptions…   A book to make you feel like you’re 13 again High Wages by Dorothy Whipple   A book to give you hope for 2023 When The Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope   A book for heartbreak  A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara   The book that changed my year – that celebrates vulnerability We Are The Luckiest by Laura McKowen   A book to heal from dealings with a narcissist The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendleson   A book for anyone grieving a complicated friendship One Day I Shall Astonish The World by Nina Stibbe   A book for when you feel like no-one understands you Fight Night by Miriam Toews   A book for grey days Sunny by Sukh Ojla   You can also find Daisy interviewing writers on her brilliant podcast You’re Booked.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices