An Almost Perfect Christmas
By: Nina Stibbe
3.53
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Love, Nina -- a hilarious ode to the joys and insanities of the most wonderful t…
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1. The Road Home
By: Rose Tremain
3.88
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
In the story of Lev, newly arrived in London from Eastern Europe, Rose Tremain has written a wise a… read more
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- audiobook
- british literature
"Lev,' said Ruby, 'when I was younger, I always told people the things I thought they wanted to hear. But I don't do that anymore. It's a cruel thing to do. So I can't say now that you will be free of…"-Rose Tremain, The Road Home
2. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.95
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" comes an enc… read more
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- british literature
- holiday
- christmas
- short stories
- audiobook
"Our memories change as we do."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Most of us can only see the world we know."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Love affairs are discoveries of new worlds."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"The future is not fixed unless we allow it to be so."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
3. That's Another Story: The Autobiography
By: Julie Walters
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Julie Walters has been delighting audiences on screen and on stage for more than 25 years, and has … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more
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- audiobook
5. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets
By: Dawn French
3.87
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
By: Cathy Rentzenbrink
4.20
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love. 'Reading has saved my life, ag… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"It is both simple and profound to consider the vastness of human experience that sits on one small shelf of books"-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
"Don’t allow anything to dent your reading pleasure. Don’t let anyone tell you that what you like isn’t proper, that what brings comfort and ease to your soul isn’t good enough."-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
"The very way that fiction works – the process of conflict and resolution at the heart of every story – means that novels are full of people encountering challenging situations and, usually, surviving…"-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
7. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)
By: Richard Coles
3.90
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more
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- audiobook
- british literature
8. Way Back
By: Sara Cox
4.18
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
THE BIG-HEARTED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THROWN, RADIO 2 BROADCASTER A… read more
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- audiobook
9. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)
By: Janice Hallett
3.63
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more
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- christmas
- holiday
10. 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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- biography
- memoir
- humor
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries
By: Alan Bennett
3.81
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
4 March. HMQ pictured in the paper at an investiture wearing gloves, presumably as a precaution aga… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- british literature
- humor
- nonfiction
12. The Carer
By: Deborah Moggach
3.77
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Tulip Fever, a deliciously funny,… read more
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- audiobook
- humor
- british literature
13. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
By: Hadley Freeman
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
14. Loved and Missed
By: Susie Boyt
4.30
Format: None pages, None
Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, … read more
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- audiobook
- british literature
"I wanted it to be true so much it was true. Sometimes in life you have to let your heart and bones off the hook of yourself."-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"I thought of him as a long-lost relation. A sailor coming into port- agitated, sweat on his brow- who needed somewhere calm to lay his head. He was good company. And it was hard for me to feel I was …"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"You ever wish that you’d . . . ’ I waited for more, but her question politely disintegrated. But then, although no more words were forthcoming, she tilted her head slightly and suddenly what she’d as…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
"Jean’s capacity to bounce back in life always impressed me. The way she held herself in high regard. It was a form of personal, almost bodily optimism, you could say. Integrity that went deep and was…"-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
15. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou
By: Eleni Kyriacou
4.18
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more
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- audiobook
16. 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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- humor
- audiobook
17. Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
By: Angela Hui
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening memoir revealing the stories behind living in and running a Chinese takeaway. Gro… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
18. The Second Chance Store
By: Lauren Bravo
3.61
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
If clothes can get a second chance, why can’t we? Brimming with life, love, and the stories bound u… read more
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- audiobook
- humor
- british literature
19. The God Desire
By: David Baddiel
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more
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- memoir
- british literature
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
20. Gloucester Crescent: Me, My Dad and Other Grown-Ups
By: William Miller
3.98
Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition
Shortlisted for the 2019 PEN Ackerley PrizeGloucester Crescent is a curving, leafy street, tucked b… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
21. How to be Famous (How to Build a Girl, #2)
By: Caitlin Moran
4.01
Format: None pages, ebook
A hilarious, heartfelt sequel to How to Build a Girl, the breakout novel from feminist sensation Ca… read more
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- audiobook
- humor
- british literature
"You don’t live in London. You play London - to win. That’s why we’re all here. It is a city full of contestants, each chasing one of a million possible prizes: wealth, love, fame. Inspiration."-Caitlin Moran, How to be Famous (How to Build a Girl, #2)
"A book is a beautiful, paper mausoleum, or tomb, in which to store ideas... to keep the bones of your thoughts in one place, for all time I just want to say - "Hello. We can hear you. The words survi…"-Caitlin Moran, How to be Famous (How to Build a Girl, #2)
"A book is a beautiful, paper mausoleum, or tomb, in which to store ideas...to keep the bones of your thoughts in one place, for all time. I just want to say..."Hello. We can hear you. The words survi…"-Caitlin Moran, How to be Famous (How to Build a Girl, #2)
"A book is a beautiful, paper mausoleum, or tomb, in which to store ideas... to keep the bones of your thoughts in one place, for all time. I just want to say - "Hello. We can hear you. The words surv…"-Caitlin Moran, How to be Famous (How to Build a Girl, #2)
22. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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- memoir
- british literature
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances
By: Libby Page
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more
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- audiobook
24. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
By: Marcus Chown
4.04
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The House on Rye Lane: A gripping new literary thriller from the acclaimed author of THE SILENCE
By: Susan Allott
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
They thought they’d found their dream home. They were wrong. 2008. The house Maxine and Seb have… read more
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"The lie folded itself into the history of the house. It was swallowed up gladly, pulled under, so she couldn't have taken it back if she'd wanted to."-Susan Allott, The House on Rye Lane: A gripping new literary thriller from the acclaimed author of THE SILENCE
26. Everyone Is Still Alive
By: Cathy Rentzenbrink
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It is summer on Magnolia Road when Juliet moves into her late mother's house with her husband Liam … read more
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27. One December Day
By: Rachel Marks
4.04
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
One December day, Laura meets Luke... Luke's in a band. He's going places. But what good is succ… read more
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- christmas
- holiday
28. Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas (Why Mummy, #5)
By: Gill Sims
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Mummy has always loved Christmas. Sure, the kids turn into demons, the dinner gets burnt to a crisp… read more
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- christmas
- humor
29. The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter
By: Nigel Slater
3.99
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new b… read more
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- memoir
- holiday
- christmas
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. The Panther in My Kitchen: My Life With Wild Animals
By: Brian Blessed
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Brian Blessed has a lifelong love of animals and over the years has rescued cats and dogs, horses a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Ninety-Five percent of the things we worry about in life never actually happen but that's the human brain for you. It can help us do all kinds of wonderful things but can also be an absolute nightmar…"-Brian Blessed, The Panther in My Kitchen: My Life With Wild Animals
31. An Almost Perfect Christmas
By: Nina Stibbe
3.53
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Love, Nina -- a hilarious ode to the joys and insanities of the most wonderful t… read more
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- memoir
- british literature
- holiday
- humor
- christmas
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
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