This week we are truly honoured to welcome the legendary Susanna Clarke to You're Booked! Her debut novel was the beloved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. Her short story collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu, set in the world of Jonathan Strange, followed in 2006. Her latest is Piranesi, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction. We talked to her about the lure of the library, reading and running away, magic, mysterious narrators and there's even a few bonus Christmas gift ideas!BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - CareeringDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableSusanna Clarke - Ladies of Grace AdieuSusanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellSusanna Clarke - PiranesiCS Lewis - Chronicles of NarniaReginald Hill - A Clubbable WomanJane Austen - SanditonThomas Lovell Beddoes - AnthologyJohn Irving - The World According To GarpRosemary Sutcliffe - Eagle of the NinthCynthia Harnett - The Great HouseBarbara Leonie Picard - Ransom For a KnightRuth Manning Sanders - Book of DwarvesJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJRR Tolkien - Lord of the RingsUrsula K Le Guin - Wizard of EarthseaWilliam Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part 1Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveWilliam Shakespeare - HamletAA Gill - Pour MeAlbert Camus - The PlagueJoan G Robinson - CharleyWilliam Shakespeare - The TempestWilliam Shakespeare - King LearJane Austen Sense and SensibilityDorothy L Sayers - Strong PoisonEM Delafield - Dairy of a Provincial LadyAnne Lister - The Secret DiariesAnthony Horowitz - Foyles WarAnthony Horowitz - The Word is MurderChris Packham - Fingers in the Sparkle JarElizabeth Kostova - The Historian See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.