20 best-selling nonfiction books like Throwing the Book by Wayne Barnes

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Throwing the Book

By: Wayne Barnes

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Wayne Barnes - one of the most-experienced international referees in history and criminal barrister…

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Cover of Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin

1. Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

By: John Carlin

3.10

Format: 271 pages,

A thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

2. The Witness for the Prosecution: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

4.33

Format: 25 pages,

Previously published in the print anthologies The Witness for The Prosecution and Other Storiesand … read more

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3. Call It Like It Is: The Jonathan Kaplan Story

By: None , None

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

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4. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more

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5. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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6. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"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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7. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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8. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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9. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

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10. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

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11. Hear Me Out

By: Sarah Harding

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. It's really the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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12. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

By: Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby

By: Rassie Erasmus

4.31

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Rassie Erasmus has been called a genius. He’s been called reckless. All his life, he’s done things … read more

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

15. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Broadly Speaking

By: Stuart Broad

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Stuart Broad is the ultimate competitor - someone addicted to the pressures of Test cricket, the bi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie

18. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

By: Sharon Blackie

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK by Simon Kuper

19. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang

20. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

By: Ha-Joon Chang

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Extra Mile

By: Kevin Sinfield

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary memoir from Rugby League's greatest and most inspirational player The Extra Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend by Chris Kamara

22. Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend

By: Chris Kamara

4.30

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Foreword by Ben Shephard‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Time… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Rise: The Brand New Autobiography by Siya Kolisi

23. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

By: Siya Kolisi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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24. Space: The Human Story

By: Tim Peake

4.38

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis

By: Conor Niland

4.38

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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26. Throwing the Book

By: Wayne Barnes

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Wayne Barnes - one of the most-experienced international referees in history and criminal barrister… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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27. Face the Music: My Story

By: Alfie Boe

4.35

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe intimate and uplifting memoir from one of Britain's most loved singe… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle by Nigel Owens

28. Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle

By: Nigel Owens

4.17

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

It's rare for a referee in any sport to be popular, yet Nigel Owens has always courted strong affec… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Who Am I?

By: Danny Cipriani

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

‘Powerful and thoughtful’ Don McRae, Guardian ‘A fascinating and incredibly honest insight into the… read more

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30. Le Coq: A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby

By: Peter Bills

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From French rugby's origins in Le Havre, (as an English export in the late nineteenth century) to t… read more

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John Carlin

3.10

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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James O'Brien

4.29

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David Mitchell

4.16

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Jennifer Saunders

3.85

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James O'Brien

4.29

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4.16

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4.16

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