20 Best nonfiction books like The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it by Stuart Maconie

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The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

By: Stuart Maconie

4.32

Format: 299 pages, ebook

'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' Observer It was the spirit of our finest hour, th…

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1. Crippen

By: John Boyne

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walt… read more

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2. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • contemporary

3. Kill Your Friends

By: John Niven

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

It's not dog-eat-dog around here...it's dog-gang-rapes-dog-then-tortures-him-for-five-days-before-b… read more

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4. Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food

By: John Dickie

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Buon appetito!Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well? The answer… read more

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5. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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6. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

Similar categories in James O'Brien's How They Broke Britain book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • society
  • audiobook
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7. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

By: Billy Connolly

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more

Similar categories in Billy Connolly's Rambling Man: My Life on the Road book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

Similar categories in Ian Dunt's How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • audiobook
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9. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • audiobook
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10. This Is What Happened

By: Mick Herron

3.42

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

From CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense a… read more

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  • audiobook
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11. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

By: Edward Chisholm

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more

Similar categories in Edward Chisholm's A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

12. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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15. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

Similar categories in Julie McDowall's Attack Warning Red! book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Paper Cuts

By: Ted Kessler

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more

Similar categories in Ted Kessler's Paper Cuts book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Old Boys

By: Nick Spalding

4.19

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In this hilarious and heartfelt story from the bestselling author of Dry Hard, Will hasn’t seen his… read more

Similar categories in Nick Spalding's Old Boys book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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20. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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21. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it by Stuart Maconie

22. The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

By: Stuart Maconie

4.32

Format: 299 pages, ebook

'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' Observer It was the spirit of our finest hour, th… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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23. Fire Rush

By: Jacqueline Crooks

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set amid the Jamaican diaspora in London at the dawn of 1980s, a mesmerizing story of love, loss, a… read more

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  • audiobook
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24. What About Men?

By: Caitlin Moran

3.70

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • contemporary
"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"

-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?

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25. Rising to the Surface

By: Lenny Henry

3.58

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s. 'Mo… read more

Similar categories in Lenny Henry's Rising to the Surface book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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26. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

By: Greg Jenner

4.11

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more

Similar categories in Greg Jenner's Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. Death at Paradise Park (DS Ashley Knight, #2)

By: Ross Greenwood

4.16

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

When a body is discovered at Hunstanton seaside, DS Ashley Knight and her Major Investigation Team … read more

Similar categories in Ross Greenwood's Death at Paradise Park (DS Ashley Knight, #2) book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • audiobook
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28. The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more

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  • contemporary
"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

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29. Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

By: Otto English

3.96

Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the gr… read more

Similar categories in Otto English's Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society

By: Daniel Chandler

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it - rich or poor, ma… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Chandler's Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society book and Stuart Maconie's The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it

  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
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31. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

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  • audiobook

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Barbara Pym

3.90

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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Old Boys

Nick Spalding

4.19

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Stuart Maconie

4.32

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Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

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3.62

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Mary Gabriel

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