This week we are delighted to have a rummage around the bookshelves of writer and presenter C.D. (Cesca) Major! Cesca is the prolific author of the bestselling thriller The Other Girl and also writes under the pseudonyms Rosie Blake and Ruby Hummingbird, producing a variety of brilliant books. We talked to her about Jilly Cooper, literary sisters, funny books, Christmas reads and writing something so scary you can't read it yourself.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableCD Major - The Other GirlHolly Miller - Sight of YouRosamund Lupton - Three HoursKate Elizabeth Russell - My Dark VanessaVladimir Nabokov - LolitaJodi Picoult - Spark of LightJodi Picoult - Book of Two WaysErin Kelly - Stone MothersJilly Cooper - RivalsEnid Blyton - Faraway TreeEnid Blyton - Malory TowersEnid Blyton - St ClaresJean Webster - Daddy Long LegsHenry James - Portrait of a LadyKirsty Greenwood - It Happened on Christmas EveJilly Cooper - Between the CoversCraig Brown - Maam DarlingBaroness Glenconner - Lady in WaitingDaisy Buchanan - SisterhoodMarian Keyes - Grown Ups Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows - Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyWilliam Boyd - Any Human HeartHilary Mantel - Wolf HallCD Major - Thin PlaceRL Stine- BabysitterShirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the CastleShirley Jackson - Haunting of Hill HouseRoald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryJK Rowling - Harry PotterPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsKirsty Greenwood - He Will Be MineCurtis Sittenfeld - Man of My DreamsNina Stibbe - Love NinaNatasha Solomon - Mr Rosenblum’s ListAyisha Malik - Green and Pleasant LandNatasha Solomon - Novel in the ViolaNatasha Solomon - Gallery of Vanished HusbandsRosie Blake - Gin O’Clock Club See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.