One Nightstand

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo to talk about four incredible titles, his role in The Odyssey — including playing padel with Tom Holland — as well as the book that took him five years to write.  And don’t worry, his turn as Tybalt in Baz Luhrmann's ‘Romeo & Juliet’ comes up too!  

John Leguizamo’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

Long Day's Journey I...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with SNL alum and Tony nominee Ana Gasteyer to talk about the book she’s desperate to adapt, what it was like working on ‘Mean Girls’ with Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan, and why playing the villain is so fun!  

Ana Gasteyer’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts 

Everybody by Brendan Jacob Jenkins

Shy by Mary Roger a...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with Top Gun: Maverick star Lewis Pullman to discuss the books he was introduced to while filming Outer Range, what it was like growing up following his famous father (Bill Pullman) around the country, and how he deals with the pressure of working on adaptations like Lessons in Chemistry and Remarkably Bright Creatures.  

Lewis Pullman’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich

Close Range by Annie Proulx

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with actress, producer, and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus to discuss the author who moved her to tears, her experience at the helm of Veep, and the particular Seinfeld punchline she doesn’t agree with.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s One Nightstand picks: 

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout  

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen talks with multihyphenate star Colman Domingo about the title he considered adapting, why he wishes Season 3 of Euphoria was released all at once, and what it’s like working with Steven Spielberg. 

Colman Domingo’s One Nightstand picks: 

Hollywood by Garson Kanin.

Theater Kid by Jeffrey Seller.

The Hinterland; Cabins, Love Shacks and Other Hide-Outs by Gestalten (publisher).

Pimp by Iceberg Slim.

Colman Domingo is current...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with the hysterical Elizabeth Banks to talk about her endless love of Salinger and Colson Whitehead, why she thinks the world needs more Effie Trinkets, and if Matthew Macfadyen is her Mr. Darcy.

Elizabeth Banks’s One Nightstand picks: 

Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger.

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 

The full first...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Outlander actor Caitriona Balfe about the importance of intimacy in storytelling, why she thinks Daphne du Maurier wrote women the way she did, and the book she’s gifted more than any other. 

Caitriona Balfe’s One Nightstand picks: 

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy.

Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

The final season of Outlander is st...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with EGOT winner and New York Times No. 1 bestseller Viola Davis, who shares the book she says brought her “into consciousness,” what she’d like to ask Richard Wright, and why she chose to quote August Wilson after Michael B. Jordan’s iconic win.

Viola Davis’ One Nightstand picks: 

Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown

Black Boy by Richard Wright

The Color Purple by Ali...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Daniel Radcliffe to talk about the title he still thinks about “all the time,” if he got advance copies of the Harry Potter series, and why his new play is different from anything he’s done before. 

Daniel Radcliffe’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester 

How to Hide an Empi...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with former Housewife and icon Lisa Rinna. The pair talk about everything from the books that changed her life, her stint on The Traitors, and that ill-fated Amsterdam trip.

Lisa Rinna’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne 

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale 

Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer 

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Jennifer Garner to discuss the five titles that “shaped” her, which character she played in Little Women, and what it’s like sharing the screen with 13 Going on 30 co-star Judy Greer again. 

Jennifer Garner’s One Nightstand picks: 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White 

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary 

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud M

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy. The New York Times bestselling author shares why it was important to her to write realistic sex scenes, which author she can’t get enough of, and the latest with the adaptation of her memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died.

Jennette McCurdy’s One Nightstand picks: 

Fireworks Every Night by Beth Raymer

Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carrière

Little Children By T...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Oscar-nominated actor and fellow Brummie Felicity Jones. The pair discuss their shared love of Virginia Woolf, the real reason she left The Worst Witch, and what would be on Jyn Erso’s reading list. 

Felicity Jones’ One Nightstand picks: 

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books.  On this episode, Hamnet star Jessie Buckley delights with tales of playing monsters alongside Christian Bale in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, the origins of her love of Shakespeare, and a plea for more people to read Jean Rhys.

Jessie Buckley's One Nightstand picks: 

Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser.

Complete Works of Shakespeare.

Windows on Eternity: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäus...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Elizabeth Olsen reveals to host Charlotte Owen which author makes her laugh out loud, what she read before playing Marvel’s Scarlet Witch, and the one subject her publicist wishes she’d stop talking about. 

 Elizabeth Olsen’s One Nightstand picks: 

When We Cease to Understand The World by Benjamin Labatut 

Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq 

Circe by Madeline Miller 

All Fours by Miranda July 

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. White Lotus star Haley Lu Richardson joins Charlotte Owen to discuss her love of poetry, smut, and Taylor Swift.    

Haley Lu Richardson’s One Nightstand picks: 

Three women by Lisa Taddeo. 

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 

Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão.

The Orange by Wendy Cope.

I'm Sad and Hornyby Haley Lu Richardson.

Haley’s new book I'm Sad and Horny is available now. 

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Samantha Leach talks with Girls star Allison Williams to discuss her undying love for Homer’s Odyssey, the part of motherhood that’s shocked her most, and which book Lena Dunham told her she needed to option.    

Allison Williams’ One Nightstand picks: 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Odyssey by Homer

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Netflix’s hottest killer, Penn Badley, about his love of James Baldwin, what he really thinks of Joe Goldberg’s reading list, and how he’s handling being a father to three boys under 5.  

Penn Badley ’s One Nightstand picks: 

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Hidden Words by Baháʼu'lláh

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Samantha Leach sits down with comedy genius Judd Apatow to discuss Steve Martin, taking ayahuasca, and how being the ultimate pack rat gave him enough material for a 576-page memoir.   

Judd Apatow’s One Nightstand picks: 

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.

Andre Dubus (Selected Stories) by Andre Dubus.

The Untethered Soul by Mi

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen talks with Emmy Award-winning writer, actor, and producer Lena Waithe about her love of memoirs, how she feels about The Chi ending, plus an exclusive on what she’s cooking up with Issa Rae. 

Lena Waithe’s One Nightstand picks: 

Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

This Is Your Mother by Erika J. Simpson

Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Boyar, a...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. This episode has Charlotte Owen sitting down with writer, actor, and comedian Mindy Kaling to talk rom-coms, murder, what she learned from Steve Carrell, and which major A-lister is trying to set her up.. 

Mindy Kaling's One Nightstand picks: 

Yours for the Season — Uzma Jalaluddin

Romantic Comedy — Curtis Sittenfeld

Really Good, Actually — Monica Heisey

My Sister, the Serial Killer — Oyinkan Braithwaite

Mindy's new series Not Suitable for Work is c...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Samantha Leach sits down with pal Lukas Gage to talk about his new memoir I Wrote This for Attention, why he thinks Julia Fox’s Down the Drain is one of the best celebrity memoirs ever written, and the two-word advice he got from Jennifer Coolidge. 

Lukas Gage’s One Nightstand picks: 

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Poisonwoo...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Samantha Leach goes deep with Jesse Williams on the titles that shaped his life, what attracted him to his most recent project, Hotel Costiera, and how reading A Confederacy of Dunces feels almost more relevant now. Special thanks to Tory Burch. 

Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison

Of Water and the Spirit – Malidoma Patrice Some

A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with friend and The Hunting Wives star Brittany Snow, who shares the title that helped during her divorce, why she co-wrote September Letters, and what’s next. 

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

Are You Mad at Me? by Meg Josephson

Untamed by Glennon Doyle 

September Letters by Brittany Snow and Jaspre Guest 

Blood on Their Ha...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Jay Ellis to talk about his childhood imaginary friend, when he realized Lawrence was wrong on Insecure, and what Bell Hooks taught him about love. 

Chain-Gang All-Star by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

All About Love by Bell Hooks

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Did Everyone Have an

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books.In this episode, writer, producer, and actor Issa Rae sits down with Charlotte Owen to discuss her new book, I Should Be Smarter by Now. Issa shares why life is better after your 20s, the book she’s desperate to adapt, and what she “romanticized” in her hit HBO series Insecure.

The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, ‘Girls’ star and writer Zosia Mamet discusses escapism, flying by the seat of her pants at work, and a life affirming encounter with David Sedaris.

‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen 

‘Slow Days, Fast Company’ by Eve Babitz

‘The Heart’s Invisible Furies’ by John Boyne

‘Me Talk Pretty One Day’ by David Sedaris

Zosia Mamet’s collection of essays, ‘Does This Make Me Funny?’, is out September 9. 

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with scene stealer Justine Lupe, to talk about her top five books, her chemistry with Nobody Wants This co-star Timothy Simons, and when she knew Succession had officially entered the zeitgeist. 

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

My Brilliant Friend Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante 

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, author and Japanese Breakfast frontwoman Michelle Zauner discusses the follow up to her bestselling memoir, ‘Crying In H Mart’, reveals the title she dreams of adapting one day, …and the book that inspired a song on her new album.. 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 

Anagrams by Lorrie Moore

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Rock Springs by Richard Ford

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

Japanese Breakfast’s fourth a...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. ‘Past Lives’ director and Oscar-nominee Celine Song discusses the books that helped shape her life and work, including new A24 romantic comedy, Materialists. 

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm

How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, 13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman shares four titles, including the author who made her feel like she could be a writer one day.

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller

Severance by Ling Ma

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Tommy’s debut memoir, Maybe This Will Save Me: A Memoir of Art, Addiction...

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠the blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books – in this episode, influencer and New York Times bestselling author, Tinx, shares five titles, including one that’s stuck with her since college.

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Tinx’s debut novel, Hotter in the Hamptons, hits stands on May 6, 2025. 

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In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠the blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books – in this episode, actor, producer, and Booker Prize judge Sarah Jessica Parker sits down with Sam Leach to share six reads she’ll never forget.  

These Days by Lucy Caldwell

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Clear by Carys Davies

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠the blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books – in this episode, actor Bryce Dallas Howard shares five non-fiction titles, including a memoir from two family members, and one from a music legend.

Just Kids by Patti Smith

The Boys by Ron Howard & Clint Howard

Daily Rituals: Women at Work by Mason Currey

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

Bryce Dallas Howard’s new documentary, Pets, is out now...

In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at the blond in 11 Howard to discuss four of their favorite books – in this episode, comedian Chelsea Handler explains why she gravitates toward “meaty and juicy” tomes, shares the not age-appropriate novels she read aged 8, and reveals her thoughts on chick lit, the Book of Mormon, and getting her period.

I’ll Have What She’s Having by Chelsea Handler is

In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at the blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books — in this episode, Oscar winning actress Ariana DeBose shares the reads that keep her awake at night (in a good way), reminisces on doing "the thang", and unpacks the challenges of being a multi-hyphenate.

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In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at the blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books – in this episode, Julia Stiles shares a novel from a former co-star, a memoir by a mentor, and a poetry collection that always makes her cry, as well as revealing where 10 Things I Hate About You's Kat Stratford would be today.

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In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us in the blond at 11 Howard to discuss four of their favorite books – in this episode, creator and star of Bad Sisters, Sharon Horgan, shares a celebrity memoir, a psychotherapy deep dive, a novel she's adapting for the small screen, and one that didn't make it past pitch meetings.

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In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us in the blond at 11 Howard to discuss four of their favorite books — in this episode, actress and star of TheSex Lives Of College Girls, Pauline Chalamet, shares her thoughts on two-person book clubs, the author she'll always fangirl over, and the pandemic read she recommends to every person she comes across.

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In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us in ⁠the blond⁠ at ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books — in this episode, comedian Cat Cohen brings four titles with a common theme: Secrets.

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