Alan Bennett, Diaries 1980-1990
By: Alan Bennett
4.27
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Alan Bennett's gentle, wry observations of life have made him one of the country's best-loved and m…
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1. Be Near Me
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.44
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
"Always trust a stranger," said David’s mother when he returned from Rome. "It’s the people you kno… read more
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2. The Tin Can Tree
By: Anne Tyler
3.57
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author brings us a novel filled with "emotional pow… read more
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3. Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
By: Susan Hill
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is a year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors. Early one autu… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. The Beginner's Goodbye
By: Anne Tyler
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middl… read more
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5. An Inspector Calls
By: None
3.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and… read more
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6. Searching for Caleb
By: Anne Tyler
3.68
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
"Magic and true, dazzling and wise...It has an astounding confidence, depth and range...A wonderful… read more
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7. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his acci… read more
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8. The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant, #6)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Hardcover
The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street w… read more
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9. Last Orders
By: Graham Swift
3.82
Format: 287 pages,
Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to h… read more
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10. From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #24)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
The latest installment in Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully diverting No. 1 Ladies' Detective … read more
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11. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
12. And Away...
By: Bob Mortimer
4.33
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more
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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."-Bob Mortimer, And Away...
13. Dinosaurs
By: Lydia Millet
3.88
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new… read more
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"They say those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, but don’t we all?"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"You gotta be a generalist, in the new climate. But that’s not enough either. If there’s too much poison around. We’re talking pesticides, mostly. Agrochemicals everywhere. Take the sparrows. So anywa…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"Good news. Maybe the insects would handle it. Since the dinosaurs didn’t have it in them. The insects might be naturals at revolution, with their hive minds. Their brainless, decentralized intelligen…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
"And freedom, that sacred cow that was always invoked as an excuse for bad behavior, all manner of atrocity—what was it, even? They told you to love it, in the schools and the songs, but never said wh…"-Lydia Millet, Dinosaurs
14. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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15. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.41
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more
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16. False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.10
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusia… read more
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"If there was ever a candidate to be patron saint of computers then it would be Alan Turing. Mathematician, war hero and tragic victim of homophobia."-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
"He'd obviously wanted to tell someone about it for a long time and I was a convenient ear. I get that a lot. Stephanopoulos calls it my secret weapon. "It's that vacant expression," she said, "people…"-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
17. Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.24
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Join Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, for a brand new case . . . Martin Chorley, ak… read more
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"A sense of powerlessness can seriously exacerbate stress,"-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"Or as my dad always says: it only becomes a social problem when the working man joins in."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"The kitchen was the kind of brushed steel monstrosity that looks more like it's designed to weaponise viruses than cook dinner."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
18. Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9)
By: Lynda La Plante
4.25
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice. She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, loca… read more
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19. The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
By: Margareta Magnusson
3.58
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series… read more
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"...unless you depend on your looks for your career or your joy, hinging your life on looking young is such a bad idea."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"The world is always ending, and yet it continues to survive. We must always hope for a sustainable future, but hope is not enough."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"It is never too late to do anything, unless it is really too late and you are. dead. The moment you start thinking it is too late, then you begin to die. I will keep going and do all I want to do."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
"The older I get, the more I find that I remember clearly all the things I said yes to, just when I was about to say no. I must admit I have not been open-minded all the time. I just wish I had been."-Margareta Magnusson, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You
20. Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36)
By: M.C. Beaton
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an in… read more
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21. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
By: Joanna Cannon
3.65
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly ch… read more
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"The most important thing a garden needs is the shadow of a gardener."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"I thought I would like a job where inquiring about everyone else's private business was considered perfectly routine."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
22. After the Funeral and Other Stories
By: Tessa Hadley
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more
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23. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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24. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict
By: Elizabeth Day
3.79
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more
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25. Clock Dance
By: Anne Tyler
3.58
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mot… read more
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"My wife used to say that her idea of hell would be marrying Ghandi," Ben said ... "Think about it: Ghandi was always the good one. Everyone else looked so rude and loud and self-centered by compariso…"-Anne Tyler, Clock Dance
26. Dark Rooms (Tennison, #8)
By: Lynda La Plante
3.97
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Helena Lanark is the only one who knows about the horrors which once occurred in her family's house… read more
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27. Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance
By: Kate Solly
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like h… read more
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"The problem was with the constant deliciousness of a new idea. It was always more exciting to start a new project than to plod away with one whose appeal had gone stale."-Kate Solly, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance
28. Snowflake
By: Louise Nealon
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting… read more
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29. The Outrun: A Memoir
By: Amy Liptrot
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more
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"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir
30. Alan Bennett, Diaries 1980-1990
By: Alan Bennett
4.27
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Alan Bennett's gentle, wry observations of life have made him one of the country's best-loved and m… read more
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31. The Consequences of Love
By: Gavanndra Hodge
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Gavanndra Hodge was seven years old her world was a precarious place. Her father was a hairdre… read more
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