8 must-read history books like Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us by Sathnam Sanghera

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Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.48

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

An accessible, engaging and essential introduction to the British empire for readers aged 9+, by be…

If you liked the history plot in Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us by Sathnam Sanghera , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Mezzanine

By: Nicholson Baker

4.35

Format: None pages,

Although most of the action of The Mezzanineoccurs on the escalator of an office building, where it… 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

"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

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3. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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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4. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • childrens
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5. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

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  • childrens
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6. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

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  • childrens
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7. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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10. Einstein the Penguin

By: Iona Rangeley

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When the Stewarts spend a sunny, frosty December day at London Zoo, they’re enchanted by one small … read more

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  • childrens
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11. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

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  • childrens
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13. The Cats We Meet Along the Way

By: Nadia Mikail

3.49

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip thr… read more

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  • childrens
"What happened when someone who made a home a home for you was not there to make it one any more?"

-Nadia Mikail, The Cats We Meet Along the Way

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14. Black and British: A Short, Essential History

By: David Olusoga

4.52

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A short, essential introduction to Black British history When did Africans first come to Britain… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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15. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

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  • childrens
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16. Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.48

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

An accessible, engaging and essential introduction to the British empire for readers aged 9+, by be… read more

Similar categories in Sathnam Sanghera's Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us book and Sathnam Sanghera's Stolen History: The Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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17. The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die

By: Peter Lantos

4.23

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

  “Deeply moving” - Booktrust “A gripping story of love, courage and triumph over evil” - The Boo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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18. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

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19. The Truth about Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism

By: Alan Lester

3.00

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

The Truth About Empire  comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Sam Francisco, King of the Disco

By: Sarah Tagholm

3.97

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A toe-tapping adventure celebrating optimism in the face of adversity about a community of cool cat… read more

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  • childrens

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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4.32

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S.F. Said

4.17

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Iona Rangeley

4.05

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Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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4.08

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John Boyne

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