One Nightstand – Details, episodes & analysis

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 Montgomery 

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Jennifer Garner returned as Hannah Hall in the second season of The Last Thing He Told Me, now streaming on Apple TV+. 

Credits

Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

Host Makeup: Jewels Grogan

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. 

Credits

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. 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 currently filming in New York now and will air in 2026 exclusively on Hulu .   

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Ryan Mitchell

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, 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 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

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

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

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 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

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 Now by 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

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

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 

• Stoner by John Williams 

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

Credits

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