My Name Is Why
By: Lemn Sissay
4.29
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes…
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1. The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more
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2. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more
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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
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3. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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4. In Memoriam
By: Alice Winn
4.53
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more
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"It’s intimate."-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
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"Do you believe in magic?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
5. And Away...
By: Bob Mortimer
4.33
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more
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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."-Bob Mortimer, And Away...
6. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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7. Just Sayin': My Life In Words
By: Malorie Blackman
4.53
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering… read more
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"Sometimes, when love has flown or is absent, when life knocks us to the ground and won't let us get back up, hope may be all we have left to cling to."-Malorie Blackman, Just Sayin': My Life In Words
8. Soldier Sailor
By: Claire Kilroy
4.10
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more
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9. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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10. The Satsuma Complex
By: Bob Mortimer
3.68
Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition
'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more
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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex
11. My Name Is Why
By: Lemn Sissay
4.29
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes… read more
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12. Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
By: Angela Hui
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening memoir revealing the stories behind living in and running a Chinese takeaway. Gro… read more
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13. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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14. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict
By: Elizabeth Day
3.79
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more
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15. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
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16. brother. do. you. love. me.
By: Manni Coe
4.39
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more
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17. The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography
By: Benjamin Zephaniah
4.33
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the … read more
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18. I Heard What You Said
By: Jeffrey Boakye
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifet… read more
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19. Looked After: A Childhood in Care
By: Ashley John-Baptiste
4.68
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Who Am I, Again?
By: Lenny Henry
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer ber… read more
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21. Meant to Be: Embracing my Plan B and finding a different path to family
By: Lisa Faulkner
4.35
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when life doesn’t turn out as you expect?When Lisa Faulkner learned that she wouldn’t … read more
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