The Book of the Year
By: James Harkin
4.29
Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition
In a year when much of the news was believable but fake, comes a book packed with stories that are …
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1. Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.25
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiff… read more
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- humor
- comedy
- audiobook
"...Roland de Chumsfanleigh (it wasn't his fault)."-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Mrs. Earwig said the village women know what to do,"-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese."-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
"Your own brain ought to have the decency to be on your side!"-Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
2. Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive
By: Kristen J. Sollee
3.85
Format: 178 pages, ebook
Witch, Slut, Feminist: these contested identities are informing millennial women as they counter a … read more
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- nonfiction
3. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.96
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the maj… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Actually, the “leap of faith"-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
4. Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Polly Perks joins the Discworld army to find her brother Paul. "Ozzer" cuts off blonde braids, dons… read more
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- humor
- comedy
- audiobook
5. Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
By: Jon Ronson
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times-bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson writes about the dark, unc… read more
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6. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By: Randall Munroe
4.14
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, … read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
7. Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
By: Sandi Toksvig
3.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a racket in the quiet carriage? Ho… read more
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8. I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
By: Steve Coogan , Armando Iannucci , Alan Partridge , Rob Gibbons , Neil Gibbons
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Book by Partridge, Alan. Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder:… read more
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9. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three wit… read more
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10. A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU. No real witch would casually step out of their body, leaving it empt… read more
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- humor
- comedy
- audiobook
"It's still magic even if you know how it's done."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"It's an unfair world, Child. Be glad you have friends."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"If you're too afraid of going astray you won't go anywhere"-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
"This book had two authors, and they were both the same person."-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2)
11. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By: Douglas Adams
3.00
Format: 9 pages,
At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five novels from Douglas Adams's Hitchhik… read more
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12. 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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- humor
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"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
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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- nonfiction
- 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. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
By: Hannah Fry
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book P… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"you're not using the product; you are the product"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"And how biased is too biased? At what point do you prioritize the victims of preventable crimes over the victims of the algorithm?"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"He realized that – when whetted in the right way – people’s voracious appetite for an expert’s assessment of themselves could over-ride their desire for privacy. What’s more, they were often willing …"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"Gary Marx, professor of sociology at MIT, put the dilemma well in an interview he gave to the Guardian: ‘The Soviet Union had remarkably little street crime when they were at their worst of their tot…"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
15. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
16. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)
By: Jeremy Clarkson
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
17. Surviving to Drive
By: Guenther Steiner
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- contemporary
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive
18. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
By: Adam Kay
3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
19. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
By: Richard Shepherd
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
20. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
By: Richard Osman
4.49
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more
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- audiobook
- humor
- contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
21. The Sanctuary
By: Andrew Hunter Murray
3.55
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In a disintegrating and lawless near-future, a young man journeys north to a mysterious island owne… read more
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- audiobook
22. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
23. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
By: Stephen Fry
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Green fingers are better than gold."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
24. Funny You Should Ask . . .: Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves
By: The QI Elves
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI. Every Wednesday … read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- reference
- trivia
- audiobook
25. Toksvig's Almanac 2021
By: Sandi Toksvig
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From the cover: 'Toksvig's Almanac is intended merely as a starting point for your own discoveri… read more
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- nonfiction
- reference
- comedy
- audiobook
26. Funny You Should Ask...Again
By: QI Elves
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The perfect Christmas gift for the incurably curious. With an introduction from Zoe Ball. Every We… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- trivia
- audiobook
27. The Last Day
By: Andrew Hunter Murray
3.68
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A visionary and powerful debut thriller set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian near-future--with… read more
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- audiobook
28. A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering
By: Andrew Hunter Murray
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
One perfect house. One dead body. One bad day. There are thousands and thousands of decent homes… read more
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- humor
- audiobook
29. The Book of the Year
By: James Harkin
4.29
Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition
In a year when much of the news was believable but fake, comes a book packed with stories that are … read more
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- contemporary
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- comedy
- audiobook
