Life’s a Gamble
By: Pauline Murray
4.07
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Life’ s a Gamble is the autobiography of iconic singer-songwriter Pauline Murray. It recounts her j…
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1. The Fight
By: Norman Mailer
4.04
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fi… read more
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"How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse."-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"It is not uncommon for fighters’ camps to be gloomy. In heavy training, fighters live in dimensions of boredom others do not begin to contemplate. Fighters are supposed to. The boredom creates an imp…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
"(On choosing to write the book in third person, and using his name Norman as the nom de plume) NOW, OUR MAN of wisdom had a vice. He wrote about himself. Not only would he describe the events he saw,…"-Norman Mailer, The Fight
2. Dirty Snow
By: Georges Simenon , William T. Vollmann , Marc Romano
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get… read more
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3. A Moveable Feast
By: Ernest Hemingway
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast… read more
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4. Mr Norris Changes Trains
By: Christopher Isherwood
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship … read more
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5. Orient Express
By: Christopher Hitchens , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
As the Orient Express hurtles across Europe on its three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople,… read more
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6. 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year
By: David Hepworth
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by t… read more
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7. The Little Stranger
By: Sarah Waters
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Several sleepless nights are guaranteed."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly One postwar summer i… read more
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8. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
By: S.J. Parris
3.55
Format: 288 pages,
Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more
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9. Hangover Square
By: Patrick Hamilton
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
Hamilton (1904-1962) captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romanticall… read more
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10. Poor Things
By: Alasdair Gray
3.94
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more
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"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
11. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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12. Macbeth
By: Jo Nesbø
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in a dark, rainy northern town, Nesbo's Macbethpits the ambitions of a corrupt policeman agains… read more
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13. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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14. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biogra… read more
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"To adore and to devour and to be devoured is its own kind of focus: a gasp of a different kind of oxygen."-Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
15. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
16. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
By: Jo Nesbø
4.20
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more
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"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
17. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
18. 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...
19. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
By: Daniel E. Lieberman
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more
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"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
20. A Line to Kill (Hawthorne & Horowitz #3)
By: Anthony Horowitz
3.93
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sente… read more
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21. Mrs England
By: Stacey Halls
3.91
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more
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"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
22. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
By: Stuart Maconie
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more
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23. I Wanna Be Yours
By: John Cooper Clarke
4.17
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Poet Laureate of Punk, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. A… read more
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24. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
By: Miki Berenyi
4.46
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more
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25. Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II
By: Stephen Morris
4.40
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
Iconic drummer Stephen Morris presses play once more to the tune of the long-awaited second volume … read more
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26. Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure
By: Adelle Stripe
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOO… read more
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27. Life’s a Gamble
By: Pauline Murray
4.07
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Life’ s a Gamble is the autobiography of iconic singer-songwriter Pauline Murray. It recounts her j… read more
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28. Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
By: Douglas Macintyre
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Prod… read more
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29. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
By: Robyn Hitchcock
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more
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30. Revolutionary Spirit: A Post-Punk Exorcism
By: Paul Simpson
4.53
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Part memoir, part social history, Revolutionary Spirit is the poignant, often hilarious story of a … read more
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31. Dreamworld: The fabulous life of Daniel Treacy and his band Television Personalities
By: Benjamin Berton
3.75
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
London 1977: Daniel Treacy drops out of school, bored to death. With friends, he records a few song… read more
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