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 Tom Perrotta

• Flesh by David Szalay

• The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

• Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Jennette’s highly anticipated first novel, Half His Age, is available everywhere now.

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Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

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

• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Felicity stars with Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Denis Leary in Oh. What. Fun., currently streaming now on Amazon.

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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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 Birkhäuser.

Jessie Buckley stars with Paul Mescal in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet in theaters now. Her next film The Bride! hits theaters in March 2026.

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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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

Elizabeth Olsen stars with Miles Teller and Callum Turner in A24’s thoughtful new romantic comedy Eternity, which hits theaters Nov. 26.

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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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

Catch Allison’s latest movie Regretting You in theaters now!

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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmin Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post-Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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

• Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

• Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss, and Coming-of-Age by Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin

Penn’s book ‘Crushmore’ is on sale now.

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Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post-Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

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 Michael Alan Singer.

• Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures by Judd Apatow.

Judd’s book Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures is on sale everywhere now.

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Director/Director of Photography: Jasmin Velez

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post-Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Matt Hoffman

Producer: Aubree Lennon