The Long and Winding Road
By: Alan Johnson
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016 From the condemne…
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1. Munich
By: Robert Harris
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVEAND AN OFFICER AND A SPY. September 1938 Hitler … read more
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2. Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, #4)
By: Kate Atkinson
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tracy, a retired police detective, rescues a small child; Jackson Brodie, a detective, rescues an a… read more
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3. Thin Air (Shetland Island, #6)
By: Ann Cleeves
3.91
Format: None pages,
A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Unst, Shetland's … read more
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4. Giving Up the Ghost
By: Hilary Mantel
3.89
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinced that the most improbable of accomplishmen… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
5. The Go-Between
By: Colm Tóibín , L.P. Hartley
3.99
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
L.P. Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with … read more
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"You flew too near the sun and you were scorched."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!"-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"With the opening of the door, and the installation of electric light in the cupboard, the skeletons had crumbled into dust."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
6. When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)
By: Kate Atkinson
3.68
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Three lives come together in unexpected and thrilling ways in Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Go… read more
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7. Remarkable Creatures
By: Tracy Chevalier
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on th… read more
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8. Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)
By: J.G. Ballard
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's st… read more
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9. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more
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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
10. Bournville
By: Jonathan Coe
3.81
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more
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11. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
12. The Trial
By: Rob Rinder
4.24
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more
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"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."-Rob Rinder, The Trial
13. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
By: Mick Herron
4.13
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more
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"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
14. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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15. V2: A Novel of World War II
By: Robert Harris
3.91
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling author of Fatherland and Munich comes a WWII thriller about a German rocket e… read more
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16. They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story
By: Peter James
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee ChildPete… read more
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17. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By: Barbara Demick
4.45
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
18. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
By: Claire North
3.70
Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition
Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting a… read more
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"...for it is the poet’s art to make every ear that hears the ancient songs think they have been sung for them alone, the old made new."-Claire North, Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)
20. Tidelands (The Fairmile, #1)
By: Philippa Gregory
3.83
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . . Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and Engl… read more
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21. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)
By: Richard Coles
3.87
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more
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22. How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
By: Catherine Price
3.92
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide f… read more
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- nonfiction
"In short, if ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to look at your phone."-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
"Flow is a term coined by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to describe the feeling you get when you’re completely and totally engaged in an experience. People can experience flow when they’re …"-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
"If you wanted to invent a device that could rewire our minds, if you wanted to create a society of people who were perpetually distracted, isolated, and overtired, if you wanted to weaken our memorie…"-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
"Every moment of attention we spend scrolling through social media is attention spent making money for someone else. The numbers are staggering: a New York Times analysis calculated that as of 20414, …"-Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
23. The Devil's Bargain (Manon Tyler, #1)
By: Stella Rimington
3.93
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
'I wanted more' DAVID GILMANOne lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.Harry policeman,… read more
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24. But What Can I Do?
By: Alastair Campbell
3.87
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
25. Keir Starmer: The Biography
By: Tom Baldwin
4.06
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
26. Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
By: Caroline Lucas
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are the English? Today, the dominant story told about our national history solely serves the i… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Many resented how some expressions of Englishness were allowed, while others were not. It was acceptable to love the English countryside, English humour, English music and English Literature, and to …"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"With the 1980s came a new harshness in British politics, which included prioritising profit over public service. The Conservatives - the very party who might have been expected to support the traditi…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"The economist J.K. Galbraith wrote in The Affluent Society (1958) about 'private affluence and public squalor', demonstrating the pernicious effects on the economy and society of excessive wealth ine…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"Ultimately, the most powerful way to rebalance the interests of private owners and the common good is by shifting the focus towards taxes on wealth - that is, asking those who have accummulated subst…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
27. 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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28. Ten Years to Save the West: Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room
By: Liz Truss
2.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Can the West Be Saved? Liz Truss, the former Conservative prime minister of Great Britain, thinks t… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
29. Shy Creatures
By: Clare Chambers
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more
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30. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)
By: Donna Leon
4.05
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more
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31. The Long and Winding Road
By: Alan Johnson
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016 From the condemne… read more
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- biography
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
