19 must-read nonfiction books like English by Ben Fogle

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English

By: Ben Fogle

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred…

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1. The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

By: Natalie Livingstone

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Sunday Times bestseller, The Mistresses of Cliveden is the extraordinary story of how five women … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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2. The Consul's File

By: Paul Theroux

3.88

Format: None pages,

The Consul's File is a journey to post-colonial Malaysia with a young American diplomat, to a "bach… read more

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  • travel
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3. The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

By: W.B. Yeats , Richard J. Finneran

4.15

Format: 333 pages,

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsincludes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in hi… read more

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4. Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Ibn Battutah was the greatest traveller of the pre-mechanical age, journeying for 29 years and cove… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Once Upon A Time In The West...Country

By: Tony Hawks

3.42

Format: None pages,

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  • travel
  • humor
  • nonfiction

6. The Agony and the Ecstasy

By: Irving Stone , None

4.40

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo's David, New American Library releases a special … read more

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7. The Marble Collector

By: Cecelia Ahern

3.59

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. What if you only had one day to find out who you really w… read more

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8. One Summer: America, 1927

By: Bill Bryson

4.09

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • history
"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

9. The Words in My Hand

By: Guinevere Glasfurd

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Words in My Handis the re-imagined true story of Helena Jans, a Dutch maid in 17th-century Amst… read more

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10. The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World

By: Marti Olsen Laney

3.68

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Do you "zone out" if too much is going on? Are you energised by spending time alone? In meetings, d… read more

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11. Living With Books

By: Alan Powers

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Some people never have more than a shelf or two of books. Others are more committed: they hoard boo… read more

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12. Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory

By: Francis Pryor

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In Home Francis Pryor, author of The Making of the British Landscape, archaeologist and broadcaster… read more

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13. The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts

By: Graham Robb

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Fifty generations ago the cultural empire of the Celts stretched from the Black Sea to Ireland and … read more

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14. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

15. Remarkable Creatures

By: Tracy Chevalier

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on th… read more

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16. One Man and His Narrowboat: Slowing Down Time on England's Waterways

By: Steve Haywood

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Escaping a mid-life crisis, Steve Haywood celebrates his birthday with a trip through England's can… read more

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17. The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides

By: Adam Nicolson

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. In the sea is… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes."

-Adam Nicolson, The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides

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18. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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19. Unbreakable

By: Ronnie O'Sullivan

3.90

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023 AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her by Daisy May Cooper

20. Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her

By: Daisy May Cooper

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Glouce… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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21. The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole

4.30

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"

-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain

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22. A Short History of the World According to Sheep

By: Sally Coulthard

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An addictively free-ranging survey of the huge impact that sheep have had on human history. From… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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23. The Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths

By: Francis Pryor

4.13

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply per… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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24. Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings

By: Thomas Williams

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past. As Tolk… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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25. The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

By: Christopher Hadley

3.66

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? The Romans built thousands of mi… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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26. English

By: Ben Fogle

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • travel
  • humor
  • nonfiction
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27. The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There

By: Jack Cornish

4.10

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Pre-order now to discover the rich history of Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, and it w… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Something of his Art: Walking to Lubeck with J. S. Bach (Field Notes)

By: Horatio Clare

3.93

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Something of his Art is Horatio Clare’s recreation of the long walk that J. S. Bach took in the dep… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart

29. Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins

By: Caroline Taggart

3.25

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An entertaining and informative look at the words and phrases we use most often – and the stories o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Between the Chalk and the Sea: A journey on foot into the past

By: Gail Simmons

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An old map. A lost pilgrimage route. A journey in search of our walking heritage. When Henry VII… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history

14 must-read history books like English by Ben Fogle

Transform Your Habits

The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

Natalie Livingstone

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

4.11

Transform Your Habits

One Summer: America, 1927

Bill Bryson

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

Robert Macfarlane

4.13

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15 Top history books like Between the Chalk and the Sea: A journey on foot into the past by Gail Simmons

Transform Your Habits

In Search Of England

Jan Morris , H.V. Morton

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

4.11

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Rebecca Solnit

2.84

Transform Your Habits

Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

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