13 must-read nonfiction books like The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words by Tom Mole

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The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words

By: Tom Mole

3.93

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We…

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1. Four Quartets

By: T.S. Eliot

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more

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  • literature
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2. Hotýlek

By: Alena Mornštajnová

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

Nektere veci jakoby existovaly mimo cas. Zustavaji stejne navzdory dejinam, valkam, totalitnim rezi… read more

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3. Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All

By: William Zinsser

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing… read more

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4. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

By: Kate Fox

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and fo… read more

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5. The Awesome Egyptians

By: Terry Deary , Martin Brown , Peter Hepplewhite

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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6. Library: An Unquiet History

By: Matthew Battles

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and … read more

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7. The Wolf Hunt

By: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a… read more

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8. A Villa with a View (Romantic Escapes, #11)

By: Julie Caplin

4.39

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape to the Amalfi Coast and feel the warmth of the Italian sun on your face, hear the sound of t… read more

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9. The Man I Think I Know

By: Mike Gayle

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the stunning new novel from bestselling author Mike Gayle, for fans of The Keeper of Lost T… read more

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10. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

By: Sara Leibovits

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Kde si sa vydala, tam si mlieko pýtaj

By: Júlia Marcinová

4.36

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Mám doma malý smaltovaný krúžok. Používal sa na ozdobu látkoveho obrúska pri sviatočne prestretom s… read more

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12. Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

By: Shaun Bythell

3.48

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and throu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • books about books
"It should go without saying that anyone who introduces themselves as 'a bit weird' is almost certainly not."

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

"This group derives an alternate sort of gratification from the fact that their niche obsession somehow differentiates them from other people, mistakenly assuming that it makes them more interesting."

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

"It's not as though there is anything wrong with being American, although perhaps in a land of immigrants the only way to differentiate yourself is to cling onto a piece of the land you left, even if …"

-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

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13. Frank and Red

By: Matt Coyne

4.57

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. F… read more

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14. Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

By: Neil Gaiman

4.30

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • books about books
"When things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art."

-Neil Gaiman, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

"Physical books are tough, hard to destroy, bath resistant, solar operated, feel good in your hand: they are good at being books, and there will always be a place for them."

-Neil Gaiman, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

"I love the way words and pictures work together on a page. I have also noticed how when wise words have visuals added to them, they seem to travel further online, like paper aeroplanes catching an up…"

-Neil Gaiman, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

"I decided that I would do my best in future not to write books just for the money. If you didn't get the money, then you didn't have anything. If I did work I was proud of, and I didn't get the money…"

-Neil Gaiman, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

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15. 24 dní do Vianoc

By: Michala Ries

4.47

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Bláznivá i dojemná romantická komédia zabalená do kúzla Vianoc Nina má dobre platené miesto, skv… read more

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16. A Girl's Best Friend

By: Jules Wake

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to your new cottage in the country - complete with grumpy vet, village gossip and a giant, … read more

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17. The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

By: Benjamin Carter Hett

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Alongside the viciousness of much of German politics in the Weimar years was an incongruous innocence: few people could imagine the worst possibilities. A civilized nation could not possibly vote for…"

-Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

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18. The Literary Almanac: A Year of Seasonal Reading

By: Francesca Beauman

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everyw… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • books about books
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19. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

By: Glory Edim

4.37

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • books about books
"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"That while I wanted to write with the narrative bravado of Toni Morrison, it might be okay if I started with something less ambitious than a book like beloved."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

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20. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

By: Hilary Mantel

4.33

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a noveli… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • writing
"Mourning is work. It is not simply being sad. It is naming your pain. It is witnessing the sorrow of others, drawing out the shape of loss. It is natural and necessary and there is no healing without…"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

"How nice, then, to go to Waterstones and not to have to disinfect yourself when you get home; yet sometimes as a reader I feel nostalgic for disorder, for the random and unpredictable. I find myself …"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

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21. Sila rozumu v bláznivej dobe

By: Ján Markoš

4.59

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Akými trikmi sa dá do slov prepašovať podprahová reklama? Nakoľko sa slovník Zomri odlišuje od s… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

By: Mikhail Zygar

4.28

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning Russian journalist, a brisk, clearly written history of Ukraine—from its emer… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. Dozvedela som sa, že žiješ: Skutočný vojnový príbeh z Košíc

By: Soňa Balážová

4.63

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Predstavte si, že zistíte, že váš prastarý otec bol hrdina. Taký ozajstný. Zachránil životy niekoľk… read more

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24. Dancing By The Light Of The Moon

By: Gyles Brandreth

4.18

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

There's never been a better time to read, relish and recite poetry and Gyles Brandreth has chosen 2… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Vindmakeren

By: Maja Lunde

4.51

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Maja Lunde og Lisa Aisato følger opp braksuksessene Snøsøsteren og Solvokteren med Vindmakeren, en … read more

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26. Shelf Respect

By: Annie Austen

3.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Decluttering is all the rage, but what do you do when your preferred interior decor is miles of ove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • books about books
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27. The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words

By: Tom Mole

3.93

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We… read more

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  • history
  • literature
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • books about books
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28. Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room

By: Jonathan Bate

4.16

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Siroty

By: Ondrej Štefánik

3.14

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Nebol by to Štefánik, keby cez minulosť nepriniesol prenikavý a detailný pohľad na súčasnosť. Sl… read more

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30. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

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31. Jak to działa? Książki

By: Nikola Kucharska

4.64

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Klara fascynuje się światem wokół. Chciałaby zrozumieć, skąd biorą się książki, a w przyszłości zos… read more

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Sara Leibovits

4.35

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Benjamin Carter Hett

4.27

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Hilary Mantel

4.33

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4.28

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3.86

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4.10

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4.19

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Olivia Laing

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