My guest this week is one of my closest friends, Dan Houser. Dan created a cultural phenomenon. He is the former lead writer and creative director of Rockstar Games and he was the head writer and creative director of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. GTA5 is the most successful entertainment product in history. It has sold over 150 million copies. Red Dead Redemption 2 made a billion dollars in three days. Dan is my dearest friend from Oxford and Godfather to my daughter.Dan's Books<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Holiday-Swallows-Amazons-Ransome/dp/1567924883/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1638197608&amp;sr=8-1">Winter Holiday</a> by Arthur Ransome, 1933<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wuthering-Heights-1847-Literary-Classic/dp/B09LGTN6Y6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Wuthering+Heights+by+Emily+Bronte%2C+1847&amp;qid=1638197667&amp;qsid=147-1234031-5182624&amp;sr=8-1&amp;sres=B09LGTN6Y6%2CB083XVYSVR%2C3346100820%2CB00RJG7NWG%2CB000UD7M9O%2C2070114945%2CB08HTM6C8B%2CB09FCHPMVB%2CB09MPMSVV7%2CB09MKSVZVW%2CB09MFX77VZ%2CB091WJ6RJ2%2C1981017356%2CB089M2H3HN%2CB09DN193HX%2CB09GP771VG&amp;srpt=ABIS_BOOK">Wuthering Heights</a> by Emily Bronte, 1847<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tender-Night-F-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/068480154X/ref=pd_sbs_2/147-1234031-5182624?pd_rd_w=XxQG4&amp;pf_rd_p=0a3ad226-8a77-4898-9a99-63ffeb1aef90&amp;pf_rd_r=636018WQRWR2T3CM9SFM&amp;pd_rd_r=4331bef2-e154-4815-aa5a-bd9158417e6a&amp;pd_rd_wg=L7IqL&amp;pd_rd_i=068480154X&amp;psc=1">Tender is the Night</a> by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thin-Red-Line-Novel/dp/0385324081/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=The+Thin+Red+Line+by+James+Jones+%281962%29&amp;qid=1638197742&amp;qsid=147-1234031-5182624&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2&amp;sres=B08K96WYDY%2CB006HCU64A%2CB096KT3YL4">The Thin Red Line</a> by James Jones, 1962<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Middlemarch-George-Eliot/dp/1718750927/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1638197785&amp;sr=1-1">Middlemarch</a> by George Eliot, 1872 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

John Simm

Could you pick the 5 books that have shaped you most? Every week actress and avid reader Sonya Walger invites a guest to explore their five most formative books and how they affected their lives.