Self-Contained: A Memoir of a Lifelong Single
By: Emma John
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The memoir that will make you realise you complete you " I'm about to turn 40, have no boyfriend an…
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1. Animals
By: Emma Jane Unsworth
3.68
Format: 200 pages, ebook
Laura and Tyler are two young women who have been tearing up the city streets for ten years, leavin… read more
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2. Dark Matter
By: Michelle Paver
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poo… read more
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3. Fix the System, Not the Women
By: Laura Bates
4.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. … read more
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- nonfiction
"So how do we fix it? The short answer is that we don't. We have wasted decades telling women and girls how to fix things. How to fix themselves. How to stay safe. It hasn't worked. Because women were…"-Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women
4. The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies
By: Deborah Frances-White
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 2015 I described myself as 'guilty feminist' for the first time. My goals were noble but my conc… read more
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- memoir
"Feminism has always been a request, or demand, for inclusion. Inclusion is the watchword of the second decade of the 21st century and in recent waves of feminism, but its nothing new."-Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies
"First-wave feminism includes the terrifyingly brave suffragettes, who chained themselves to railings, blew up buildings, set fire to landmarks, and were force-fed horribly in prison, all so we could …"-Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies
"Including each other is the basis of our survival. The cost of complete exclusion is our mental health. Inclusion is vital to humanity. So the question can only ever be: who is included and why? Wome…"-Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies
"Feminism is a combination of social and political movements with a common goal to define, develop, and demand political, social, and fiscal rights for women. I'm sorry to tell you that a man coined t…"-Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies
5. Jaded
By: Ela Lee
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previo… read more
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"I'd tell her that recovery would be like the temple: built between an enormous boulder and a cliff's edge. The construction would be perilous, with the laying of every stone risking a drop into the a…"-Ela Lee, Jaded
6. I'm a Fan
By: Sheena Patel
3.32
Format: 207 pages, None
In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more
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"It is toxic. I am familiar"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
7. Evenings and Weekends
By: Oisín McKenna
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more
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8. Rosewater
By: Liv Little
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more
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9. What a Shame
By: Abigail Bergstrom
3.49
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more
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10. Four Stars: A Life, Reviewed
By: Joel Golby
4.10
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby ‘There’s no one funnier than Joe… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Lisa
By: Lisa Curry
4.25
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
The long-awaited memoir of one of Australia's most enduring and inspiring sporting icons. Triple … read more
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- biography
12. Cat Lady
By: Dawn O'Porter
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
CAT LADY [n.] Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone... It’s safer for … read more
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"People who hate cats are like atheists, they cannot get through a conversation without telling you their views. There is such a righteousness that comes with it. You tell someone you have a cat, and …"-Dawn O'Porter, Cat Lady
13. When We Were Friends
By: Holly Bourne
3.90
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
From the day they first meet as teenagers, Fern and Jessica are best friends. Despite their differe… read more
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14. Mad Woman
By: Bryony Gordon
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that's making us so sad? Ten years o… read more
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- biography
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15. Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
By: Sandi Toksvig
4.39
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
This long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved celebrities - a writer, broadcaster, acti… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"For years the physicist Donna Strickland was not deemed notable enough for an entry. She finally got her place in Wikipedia on the day she won the Nobel Prize. Surely that cannot be what it takes to …"-Sandi Toksvig, Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
"I had failed to follow the fundamental school rule that you ought to turn up every day. The truth is I found it boring and I don’t do well with that. I have learned to deal with hurt, embarrassment, …"-Sandi Toksvig, Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
"Margrie himself was made the first ‘Mr London’, a title which has the pleasing sense of them having had a swimsuit round in the competition. Margrie believed that he was a perfect example of a new ev…"-Sandi Toksvig, Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
16. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
17. Weirdo
By: Sara Pascoe
3.28
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more
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18. The Happy Couple
By: Naoise Dolan
3.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends… read more
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"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. All she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple
"Celine believed things for exactly as long as she wanted to. Being smart, being logical, didn't help her. It just enabled her baroque self-deceit. Phoebe took the simpler route of putting no consider…"-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple
19. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
By: Chidera Eggerue
3.77
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's not easy to find self-worth in a world that seems obsessed with telling us we're not… read more
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"You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations tha…"-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
20. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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21. The Instant
By: Amy Liptrot
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Wishing to leave the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight … read more
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- biography
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"In the simplest terms, the internet is made from pulses of light."-Amy Liptrot, The Instant
"Hearts and futures can turn on a single afternoon or an accepted invitation - but more often lead to nothing but themselves."-Amy Liptrot, The Instant
22. Arrangements in Blue
By: Amy Key
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more
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- biography
- memoir
23. Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth
By: Rebecca Humphries
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by her boyfriend.… read more
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- biography
- memoir
24. Delicacy
By: Katy Wix
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-one snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative, and p… read more
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- biography
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"Everyone has the right to own a doll that looks like them."-Katy Wix, Delicacy
"If I lived in a village now, which I don't, I'd probably be the witch."-Katy Wix, Delicacy
"My mother's hopes for me were that I would always be happy and thin. My hope for her was that she would never leave me."-Katy Wix, Delicacy
"I find myself absorbing your traits. I eat the foods you like and I use your favourite words. I say our jokes to myself. And I've come up with some new ones for us too."-Katy Wix, Delicacy
25. Notes on Heartbreak
By: Annie Lord
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b… read more
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- memoir
"Why suffer for something ordinary?"-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak
26. The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
By: Catherine Gray
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Learning how to be exalted by the everyday is the most important lesson we can possibly learn. In C… read more
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- biography
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"The overwhelming and inevitable life-lean towards the ordinary is why true deep-pile contentment is found when you re-enchant the everyday."-Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
27. Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them
By: Lalalaletmeexplain
4.31
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Have you ever been on a disastrous date and vowed never to use apps again?Are you blaming yourself … read more
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28. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
By: Joel Golby
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
By the popular Vice contributor, a collection of full-throated appreciations, elaborate theories, a… read more
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- biography
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"Instances of grief, I have found, are unique, two never coming in the same shape…"-Joel Golby, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
"A lot of our fears are completely justifiable, and as a result we hold them close around us, like rosaries"-Joel Golby, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
"There is never enough cheese on the cheese course. Bring your own bit of Brie if you have to. Put an entire Stilton in your handbag."-Joel Golby, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
"America, you only get ten vacation days a year, but you also have a far healthier pancake culture inside of you, and I’m still weighing up whether that means you come out ahead or behind"-Joel Golby, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
29. Self-Contained: A Memoir of a Lifelong Single
By: Emma John
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The memoir that will make you realise you complete you " I'm about to turn 40, have no boyfriend an… read more
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- biography
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30. Alonement
By: Francesca Specter
3.89
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Being alone has a serious branding issue. We've only ever had negative language to talk about flyin… read more
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