9 best-selling nonfiction books like Roots of Happiness by Susie Dent

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Roots of Happiness

By: Susie Dent

4.45

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the d…

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Cover of Marie Curie (Little People, BIG DREAMS, #6) by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Frau Isa

1. Marie Curie (Little People, BIG DREAMS, #6)

By: Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara , Frau Isa

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, di… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1) by G.M. Malliet

2. Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.47

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Max Tudor, former MI5 agent, has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwold’s in the idyllic v… read more

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"For it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single vicar must be in want of a wife."

-G.M. Malliet, Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

"...every year for decades there had been great excitement over the Largest Vegetable competition ("That would be my husband", was the standard comment)."

-G.M. Malliet, Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

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3. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

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"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

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4. The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more

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"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."

-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

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5. A Cornish Affair

By: Liz Fenwick

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Sometimes running away isthe answer... Running out on your wedding day never goes down well. When t… read more

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6. The Island at the End of Everything

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the author of the bestselling tale The Girl of Ink & Starscomes a beautiful new adventure abou… read more

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7. House of Echoes

By: Barbara Erskine

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The past isn't always dead or buried... When Joss Grant, adopted at birth, inherits Belheddon Hall … read more

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8. The Book of Tomorrow

By: Cecelia Ahern

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Tamara Goodwin has always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. Unt… read more

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9. The Pursuit of Love

By: Nancy Mitford

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Few aristocratic English families of the twentieth century enjoyed the glamorous notoriety of the i… read more

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10. Daz 4 Zoe

By: Robert Swindells

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

It is the year 2051 and Britain is a divided country, deliberately divided by economic and educatio… read more

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11. Antarctica

By: Claire Keegan

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more

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"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

12. The Picture House by the Sea

By: Holly Hepburn

4.08

Format: 96 pages,

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13. Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now mag… read more

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14. A Lesson In Dying (Inspector Ramsey, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.88

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Heppleburn, once a Northumberland pit village, has always been close-knit, friendly and safe - unti… read more

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15. 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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16. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. 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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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale #1) by Fiona Veitch Smith

18. The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale #1)

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

4.06

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Murder is no occupation for a lady... or is it? 1929: Miss Clara Vale is a woman ahead of her ti… read more

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19. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

By: Casper ter Kuile

3.88

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Ter Kuile, cohost of the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, demonstrates in his thoughtful d… read more

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  • nonfiction
"That's what this book is all about--taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating--by thinking of them as spiritual practi…"

-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

"I am convinced we are in the midst of a paradigm shift. That what used to hold us in community no longer works. That the spiritual offerings of yesteryear no longer help us thrive. And that, just lik…"

-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

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21. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

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22. Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring

By: Davina McCall

4.31

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Menopause affects every woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation or sile… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins

23. The Art of Explanation

By: Ros Atkins

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Explanation - conveying meaning - is an art. And the BBC presenter and journalist Ros Atkins, creat… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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24. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı

By: Selçuk Altun

3.41

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more

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Cover of The Last Supper (Prudence Bulstrode, #1) by Rosemary Shrager

25. The Last Supper (Prudence Bulstrode, #1)

By: Rosemary Shrager

3.66

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

The irresistible debut novel from celebrity TV chef Rosemary Shrager where cosy crime and cookery c… read more

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26. The River Home

By: Hannah Richell

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From beloved international bestselling author Hannah Richell comes a spellbinding novel about the s… read more

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27. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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28. Please Write Soon: An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II

By: Michael Rosen

4.30

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true family story, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing account of perseverance, lov… read more

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29. Roots of Happiness

By: Susie Dent

4.45

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the d… read more

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  • poetry
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • language
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

30. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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31. Little Things: A Positive Toolkit for When Life Feels Stressful

By: Fearne Cotton

3.84

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

How to make small changes to feel better, even when under stress.Stress is a normal part of life, b… read more

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  • nonfiction

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3.00

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4.50

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