In <a href="https://www.bustle.com/one-nightstand">⁠One Nightstand⁠</a>, celebrity readers and writers join us at <a href="https://www.11howard.com/the-blond">⁠The Blond⁠</a> in <a href="https://www.11howard.com/">⁠11 Howard⁠</a> 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: <ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Sailor-Novel-Claire-Kilroy/dp/1668051818/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11J07DCD5MJMJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ipJk-BmwaOLrph--xHXizAiILB_S1Cj81Y2HNjRWCAaSmWMUYa6AUUHm4GSlYZhT7WUan3qWGlrG1ILcHoeVW0YaLYsTMpu4A66Dszd8Dqzo4ybxUj1vhHjK2sYgo2MUoPryk4v1NbECxOTzy2_f7ZLS3bGYxCp8HvxazjVzTIV7GaSn2XTR6OfwPdswVRPZZrs2YDeBcbzkWyvqiy6A1LBFadf_GCI0SjuTBUBt37s.Lij1n-gRIimJ9F55ZHaijeZZXGS6npRjdNcbBcuwrsE&dib_tag=se&keywords=Soldier+Sailor&qid=1772455961&s=books&sprefix=soldier+sailor%2Cstripbooks%2C140&sr=1-1">Soldier Sailor</a> by Claire Kilroy.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Orbital-Samantha-Harvey/dp/0802163629/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19Y4WDVCTBA0F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o88sSJ2Seo6sP2vSUHbeEJBSZMwivmGfAIvYvseXYq4tN7OVkoMbb3kducjVCOVouwyfOm9tPi_vp0_kx7XPPvDuyzYtOMh6iuaSBUe96IFEBecMeV7NctttJCCCzNu5BlgC41n8kN_IEboNFgP6AYRRtuwQ1SLHtS9PJYY9q47yiwG-C_IPqrliJrV0B-ieVxyTgWRdEjywdYB6sVKmtC_1vRJVLjIulBXmoh5jMDI.xPz5KA5nszcj-oLR5u8c-Gxl_UY5nt2fHF7Q-8WwiW0&dib_tag=se&keywords=orbital&qid=1772456047&s=books&sprefix=orbital%2Cstripbooks%2C129&sr=1-1">Orbital</a> by Samantha Harvey.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Song-Novel-Booker-Winner/dp/0802163017/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AYIC3OOO4L29&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WcJQxgR7bMqBwMLfXN3h2bvl89eaJ8qQNFLEwYRnWaCcbOpBY20mn_lPruT53UesvnmqUQ8_ANMwVh6zd6aE-34g4_I2tyrP9W_WRYECW-fMOSMh--yaWJoF3Hed9oCWhbihEzGKrH_w6AQSM_pAIfkHrVqnK45Fqa80Dog6E17QFS_mEjcAQRJ9qJ1azxtlBAcmXdNP9YHcwoWF9RmQRwxftPL2XZJtt0tIJ-c8YsM.KqxJf92uy5ruqmOrwv1eloer6iGsgnmaDbe2y_Apo3g&dib_tag=se&keywords=Prophet+Song&qid=1772456064&s=books&sprefix=prophet+song%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-1">Prophet Song</a> by Paul Lynch.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Daphne-du-Maurier/dp/0316575208/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PF2E4QCFRQ1V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m9-VjAyaeG9PAhtrOwCQlXAvA_nPi9e4MTywNTBR2RwVoGpJjAoUR0vIZbSeS-pyqjVOkoziwnVhNXnOZkn6Vkz-W5bJVz-nL-zUxeK1PIfZ4tXhePHOLVut7vHYqcy0l4BzMBN1pHQaSzC1I4Cm10uglP9G0NEcbRmieOWUMbEajeNwWinsbclMcSY3lxzoMhtumqkBgqLhEnxJQxEPHUisUgOq10ksoWZCKiOcngA.PcM_WGanP9DsxtZAEIB2eGl2YAbKWOwziUgAgr5KkZQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Rebecca&qid=1772456087&s=books&sprefix=rebecca%2Cstripbooks%2C135&sr=1-1">Rebecca</a> by Daphne du Maurier.</li></ul>The final season of Outlander is streaming on Starz now. Balfe will also appear in Sense and Sensibility with Daisy Edgar-Jones, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw out later this year.  CreditsDirector of Photography: Konstantin YelisevichAssistant Camera: Ian SanchezProducer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas Editor: James Koroni

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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.