The Champ & The Chump: A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family
By: James McNicholas
4.27
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
THE CHAMP Terry Downes - the charismatic cockney known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world c…
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1. It's Not Me, It's You
By: Jon Richardson
3.59
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
A control freak looks for love. (Women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). "… read more
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2. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more
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3. Invincible: Inside Arsenal's Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season
By: Arsène Wenger , Amy Lawrence
3.93
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
In 2003-04, Arsenal overcame every conceivable challenge to complete a 38-game league without a sin… read more
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4. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more
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5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
By: Michael Chabon
3.95
Format: None pages,
Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, h… read more
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6. Fever Pitch
By: Nick Hornby
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more
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7. Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
By: Yoon Ha Lee
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who … read more
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"Cheris, people are very simple,"-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
"Taking away people’s names denied their power"-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
"But then, war is about taking the future away from people."-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
"Immortality was like sex: it made idiots of otherwise rational people."-Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
8. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
9. Forever and a Day
By: Anthony Horowitz
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
*THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A spy is dead. A legend is born. Read the explosive new James… read more
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10. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- biography
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
11. Bullet Train
By: Kōtarō Isaka
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of… read more
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"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Tangerine can't quite place how he felt about insects when he was younger. He has memories of killing them wholesale, but also remembers crying over dead ones and giving them miniature funerals"-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
"Then he (Lemon) leans in to Little Minegishi's corpse and takes hold of the back of the head, nodding it up and down like he's operating a puppet. "Lemon, you are a useful train," he says, doing his …"-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train
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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- biography
- audiobook
"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."-Bob Mortimer, And Away...
13. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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- audiobook
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
14. My Life in Red and White
By: Arsène Wenger
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more
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- biography
- audiobook
15. Revolution: The Rise of Arteta’s Arsenal
By: Charles Watts
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal November 2019. Unai Eme… read more
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- audiobook
16. How To Build A Car
By: Adrian Newey
4.48
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but ne… read more
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- biography
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17. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
By: Tom Vitale
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more
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- biography
- audiobook
18. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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19. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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- biography
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"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
20. Perfect Sound Whatever
By: James Acaster
3.85
Format: 304 pages, ebook
The hilarious and heartwarming new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, bestselling author, un… read more
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21. Day Zero (Sea of Rust, #0)
By: C. Robert Cargill
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this apocalyptic adventure C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between h… read more
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22. The Glutton
By: A.K. Blakemore
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy tur… read more
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23. And in the End: The Last Days of the Beatles
By: Ken McNab
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the story of the last acrimonious days of the Beatles, a final chapter reconstructing for t… read more
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24. The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
By: Evan Winter
4.31
Format: 535 pages, Hardcover
The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society… read more
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"to achieve greater results we must outlay greater effort."-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
"The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve."-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
"Your Journey ends here, on this battleground. Tomorrow is nothing more than a formality"-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
"Life is nothing more than moments in time. To achieve greatness, you have to give up those moments. You have to give your life to your goal."-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
25. How to Be a Football Manager
By: Ian Holloway
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
*** SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 20… read more
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- biography
26. The Whistleblower
By: Robert Peston
3.89
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
1997. A desperate government clings to power; a hungry opposition will do anything to win. And jour… read more
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27. The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)
By: Josiah Bancroft
4.01
Format: 636 pages, Paperback
The incredible final book in the word of mouth phenomenon fantasy series that began with Senlin Asc… read more
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"I've never known where I was going. I can hardly expect that to change now."-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)
"He was quick to rationalize the necessity of these unfortunate casualties, but it did not escape his notice that every justification he mounted was eerily similar to the ones that Marat used to execu…"-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)
"Marya felt the flying birds of her anxiety quiet once more. Rediscovering that she could be of some help and cheer to others tempered her sense of being caught in another ruse. Perhaps the world was …"-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)
"I don't think there's any shame in doing your best. Of course, in hindsight, it's easy to see a better course, a wiser choice. When I look back, I see a thousand small missteps that altogether brough…"-Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)
28. Calling the Shots: How to Win in Football and Life
By: David Dein
4.09
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and l… read more
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29. Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman
By: Jonathan Sayer
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to addres… read more
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30. The Champ & The Chump: A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family
By: James McNicholas
4.27
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
THE CHAMP Terry Downes - the charismatic cockney known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world c… read more
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31. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more
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"...What did you say?"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
