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What better way to kick off the month of love than with the queen of historical romance, Julia Quinn. The Bridgerton author chats all about how her series became a global phenomenon, the unexpected ways Bridgerton has reshaped the genre, and why historical romance deserves its moment in the spotlight again. And can you believe Julia almost became a doctor instead of a novelist? She’s sharing some behind-the-scenes insights for season 4 of Bridgerton and reminding us why we should still believe in happy endings. BOOKS MENTIONED  In Her Defense by Phillipa Malicka Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn First Time Caller by B.K. Borison The Last Lady B by Eloisa James An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole Lord of Scoundrels  by Loretta Chase  The Duke and I by Julia Quinn The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Returning Reese’s Book Club author, Laura Dave, gives us all the earnest insights on her newest release, “The First Time I Saw Him.” Laura talks with our host, Danielle Robay, about the quotes that inspire her, the two books every aspiring writer must read, and how much (or rather, how little) she knows about the story as she’s writing it. We also get a glimpse behind the curtain into the second season of the Apple TV series, based on the book. BOOKS MENTIONED The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave  How About Now by Kate Baer London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave On Writing by Stephen King Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelide Defending Jacob by William Landay The Land of Men by Adrienne Miller Heartburn by Norah Ephron Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Danielle sits down to discuss the adaptation of Hamnet for the screen with director Chloé Zhao, author Maggie O’Farrell, and actor Paul Mescal. When Hamnet hit the shelves in 2020, it left everyone obsessed — and devastated. Now that the story is on the silver screen, audiences are crying and cheering all over again. Together on Bookmarked, Chloé, Maggie, and Paul discuss the synchronicities that allowed the film to develop, the freedom of telling the story of a real life icon we know little about, and crafting the perfect tear-jerker ending.  Books mentioned in the episode:  Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Normal People by Sally Rooney Hamlet by William Shakespeare House of Light by Mary Oliver The Underground by Seamus Heaney Macbeth by William Shakespeare See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It may be winter, but this week we are feeling the summer heat with the crew behind the movie “People We Meet on Vacation.” Danielle sits down with author Emily Henry, director Brett Haley, and stars Emily Bader and Tom Blyth for a look at bringing People We Meet on Vacation to the screen. They talk about the early conversations that shaped the adaptation, the scenes Emily Henry insisted stay in, and the iconic moments fans can’t wait to see. Brett shares how he approached the friends-to-lovers dynamic, and the cast opens up about instant chemistry, summer-camp-style rehearsals, and even creates an entirely new rom-com on the fly. BOOKS MENTIONED People We Meet on Vacation  From Scratch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year, book club besties! What better way to start anew than to chat with the woman who reinvented makeup for an entire generation – and then, when she was 60, reinvented herself. No matter where you know her from, or what she’s doing, Bobbi Brown is totally, completely herself. No compromising. So when we heard that Bobbi was writing a memoir, called Still Bobbi – because, of course it is – I knew we had to have her on Bookmarked. Books mentioned: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten Still Bobbi by Bobbi Brown  Brother and Sister by Diane Keaton Susan Sarandon: Actress-Activist by Marc Shapiro Estée: A Success Story by Estée Lauder Becoming Elizabeth Arden: The Woman Behind the Global Beauty Empire by Stacy A. Cordery My Life For Beauty by Helena Rubinstein The Carb Reset: Store Less Fat, Burn the Rest, and Harness the Power of Carbs to Lose Weight by Harley Pasternak Trust Your Gut by Jennifer Fisher Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Breaking Night by Liz Murray   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re closing out 2025 with our final Reese’s Book Club Pick of the year: Rebecca Armitage’s The Heir Apparent. Rebecca and our host, Danielle, get into all the goss you could ever want – from the real-life royal parallels in Rebecca’s debut novel, to who would make the best influencer IRL – and dig into questions that will absolutely guide us into the new year. What does inheritance look like, when you’re not from a family dripping in jewels? How do you reconcile power and love? And if no one will see your art… should you still make it?  BOOKS MENTIONED The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot Karen's Wish (Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Super Special #1) by Ann M. Martin The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris On Writing by Stephen King The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, our book loving besties! We're taking a break this week to enjoy some time with our friends and family, but to keep your ears cozy we’re re-releasing an episode you loved! Don’t worry -- we’ll be back next week with a new episode. Happy holidays! It may be the middle of summer, but this week, we’re getting chills with the queen of the psychological thriller, Ruth Ware. Her latest book, The Woman in Suite 11, hit shelves on July 3rd, and is her first ever sequel.  Ruth talks with our host, Danielle Robay, about what inspired her to revisit a beloved character, how to craft the perfect thriller and the wildest thing she’s ever Googled for a plot twist. Like what you heard? Subscribe to the Bookmarked newsletter HERE for more buzzy book talk, and be sure to follow us @reesesbookclub for more.  Follow Reese’s Book Club on Apple Books and never miss a chapter. Books Mentioned The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - find it HERE The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware - find it HERE  One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware - find it HERE  The Lying Game by Ruth Ware - find it HERE In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware - find it HERE Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn  - find it HERE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Bookmarked, Danielle Robay dives under the covers with Amanda Seyfried and Paul Feig to unravel the deliciously twisty adaptation of Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid. From childhood reading memories to mapping the psychology of a woman who’s playing a woman, Amanda shares how she tapped into fear, rage, and complicated motherhood to build one of her most surprising roles yet. Paul reveals how he crafted tension, why he cut a shocking original opening, and what makes this story such a wild ride for audiences. Expect big laughs, big feelings, red herrings galore, and a conversation that’s as layered as the characters themselves. BOOKS MENTIONED: Winnie the Pooh  I Know What You Did Last Summer  The Housemaid  The Goldfinch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This might be the ultimate gift-giving episode for all the Bookmarked listeners out there. This week, Danielle gets to sit down with two book bosses and indie bookstore owners, Lucy Yu (Yu and Me Books in New York City) and Emma Straub (Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, NY). Danielle gets to find out what books are hitting their stores’ best-of lists for the year, what books are surprising them, and what books they can't stop thinking about. Danielle also gets to ask Lucy and Emma to come up with books that fit some very specific shopping requests from Bookmarked listeners. This episode is also for everyone out there who has romanticized the dream of owning a bookstore, whoever pictured themselves as Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (I know you all have). Find out what it's really like to run a little shop around the corner. BOOKS MENTIONED: Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD  Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The City in Which I Love You by Li-young Lee Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba Strange Pictures by Uketsu Strange Houses by Uketsu Murder on Sex Island: A Luella Van Horn Mystery by Jo Firestone Audition by Katie Kitamura Heart the Lover by Lily King All Fours by Miranda July How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy  Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa   We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying by Youngmi Mayer Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Jo-tzu Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Couple by Eliette Abécassis Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen Go Gentle by Maria Semple The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory Bahn Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews The Art Thief by Michael Finkel The Details by Ia Genberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all know and love Zosia Mamet from Girls, where she played Shoshanna Shapiro. But now we have a whole new reason to be obsessed with her: Zosia’s searing new collection of personal essays, Does This Make Me Funny? This week, Danielle and Zosia are getting a little “woo-woo” with it all, talking about everything from loneliness to falling in love to the pain of loving what you’re meant to do. BOOKS MENTIONED: The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Does This Make Me Funny? By Zosia Mamet  My First Popsicle edited by Zosia Mamet Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Black Swans by Eve Babitz The Elements by John Boyne The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant The Year of the Horses Courtney Maum End of Story by A.J. Finn The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal by Gwyneth Paltrow She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb Sex and Rage by Eve Babitz A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we’re heading back to Oz with acclaimed director Jon M. Chu, the visionary behind Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights, Wicked, and now its sequel, Wicked: For Good. Jon opens up about the emotional and creative journey of adapting one of America’s most beloved and most reinterpreted stories. He talks about friendship, the meaning of home, the power of musical storytelling, and how becoming a father reshaped the way he sees the world. From the magical specificity that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande brought to their roles to exploring the deeper truths beneath the spectacle, this conversation is full of magic, meaning, and heart. BOOKS MENTIONED; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Wicked by Gregory Maguire  Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jeremy McCarter and Jon M. Chu Mother Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones Build by Tony Fadell Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr by Ron Chernow Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Mystery of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether raising a child or planting a garden, preparing for the future is an act of faith. What does it mean to bring life into the world when you can’t protect it from everything? In the November Reese’s Book Club Pick, Wild Dark Shore, author Charlotte McConaghy explores the space between hope and fatalism with a story that is part eco-thriller, part lit fic, part love story, and fully captivating. Charlotte and Danielle discuss a choppy boat ride to a sub-Antarctic island, crafting the perfect first line, and staying positive in the face of climate change.  Books Mentioned: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy  What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan  Felicity by Mary Oliver  Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do book clubs and dinner parties have in common? Gathering with intention and enjoying community. Brie Larson and Courtney McBroom join the podcast to discuss their new cookbook, “Party People.” It’s more than just a cookbook — it’s an entertaining guide and invitation to pour a glass of punch, make some snacks, and let loose. Danielle, Brie, and Courtney talk about the different types of party people, the perfect book club snacks, and the sense of empowerment that can come from hosting a good dinner party. Press play and find out what type of party person you are — because everyone is invited.   BOOKS MENTIONED Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pop royalty meets literary queen! Hayley Kiyoko stops by Bookmarked to chat about her swoony new novel “Where There’s Room for Us”, a queer Victorian romance inspired by her real-life romance. She and host Danielle Robay talk about love, creativity, and how Hayley keeps turning every era of her life into pure gold. From Disney days to “Lesbian Jesus” status, she’s built a world entirely on her own terms. Plus, get a sneak peek of the November Reese’s Book Club Pick, Wild Dark Shore. BOOKS MENTIONED Where There’s Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed  The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz The Fifth Agreement by Don Jose Ruiz, Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This may be a peak Bookmarked conversation — It’s got joy, surprises, a strong female lead, best-selling energy, and our Book-Lover-in-Chief, Reese Witherspoon. On this live Bookmarked episode, recorded at the Apple SoHo Store in New York City, Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben introduce the world to their first collaboration — and the thriller of the season — Gone Before Goodbye. They talk about stepping toward creative fear, what their writing process was like, and the many real-life inspirations behind their heroine, Maggie McCabe. This live recording was made in partnership with Apple Books, where you can read and listen to the audiobook of Gone Before Goodbye, voiced by Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. BOOKS MENTIONED:  Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens  The Measure of Our Success by  Marian Wright Eastman Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.