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One Nightstand

Bustle’s One Nightstand asks celebrity readers and writers to share their four favourite books. Our host — Charlotte Owen — will go deep on each selection, learning more about the lives of each guest in the process.

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Lukas Gage Oct 14, 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, 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 Drainby Julia Fox
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
I Wrote This for Attention by Lukas Gage

Lukas’ tell-all memoir I Wrote This for Attention is out everywhere now!

Credits

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

Jesse Williams Oct 03, 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, 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

All episodes of Jesse’s hit new show, Hotel Costiera, are streaming on Amazon now.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmin Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Jeff Striker / James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Brittany Snow Sep 30, 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, 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 Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty by Mandy Matney

The Hunting Wives is streaming now. Brittany stars in The Beast in Me with Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys out on Netflix on Nov. 13, 2025.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Matt Hoffman

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Jay Ellis Sep 16, 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, 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 Manifestoby Colson Whitehead
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
All About Love by Bell Hooks
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)? by Jay Ellis

Pick up a copy of Jay’s book Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)? on paperback Sept. 16.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Jasmine Velez

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Cian Smith

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Issa Rae Sep 10, 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, 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
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
I Should be Smarter by Nowby Issa Rae

Issa’s new collection of essays, I Should Be Smarter by Now, is available now on Amazon and Audible.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmin Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Alex Viola

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Zosia Mamet Aug 20, 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, ‘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.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Jasmine Velez

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Matt Hoffman

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Justine Lupe Jul 29, 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, 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 Edenby John Steinbeck
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
My Brilliant Friend Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
Small Things Like Theseby Claire Keegan
Stoner by John Williams

Season 2 of Nobody Wants This’ premieres Oct. 23.

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Director/Director of Photography: Ryan Mitchel

Assistant Camera: Sam Cowan

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Matt Hoffman

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Michelle Zauner Jun 26, 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, 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..

Japanese Breakfast’s fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), is streaming now.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Cian Smith

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Celine Song Jun 13, 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. ‘Past Lives’ director and Oscar-nominee Celine Song discusses the books that helped shape her life and work, including new A24 romantic comedy, Materialists.

Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal is out now.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: Matt Hoffman

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Tommy Dorfman May 26, 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, 13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman shares four titles, including the author who made her feel like she could be a writer one day.