7 must-read nonfiction books like Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way by Janette Benaddi

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Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way

By: Janette Benaddi

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary…

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1. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café (At the Cupcake Café, #1)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Issy Randall can bake. No, more than that - Issy can create stunning, mouth-wateringly divine cakes… read more

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2. The Lavender Garden

By: Lucinda Riley

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

An aristocratic French family, a legendary chateau, and buried secrets with the power to destroy tw… read more

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3. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules

By: Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intenti… read more

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4. The Horse Dancer

By: Jojo Moyes

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A quintessential Jojo Moyes novel about a lost girl and her horse, the enduring strength of friends… read more

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5. The Romantic

By: William Boyd

4.15

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more

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6. The Island Home

By: Libby Page

4.07

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

Lorna's world is small but safe. She loves her daughter, and the two of them is all that matters… read more

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7. Geneva

By: Richard Armitage

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alz… read more

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8. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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9. Ik kom hier nog op terug

By: Rob van Essen

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more

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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"

-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug

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10. The Murders at Fleat House

By: Lucinda Riley

4.12

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the multi-milli… read more

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"He looked at her and smiled. ‘You know, one of the things I’ve thought about in here is the fact that during your life, I may have influenced your decision-making process far too much. Because I’m to…"

-Lucinda Riley, The Murders at Fleat House

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11. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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12. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

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13. Miss Benson's Beetle

By: Rachel Joyce

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and M… read more

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  • travel
"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"But there were moments of joy. Even at its worst, life will offer such moments."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"History is not made up by events alone, but also by what lies between the lines."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"The truest friendships are those that allow us to step out of the confines of what we once were, and to realize instead what we might be."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

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14. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

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"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

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15. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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16. The Castaways

By: Lucy Clarke

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN… It should be like an… read more

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"For so long I believed that I should only feel pleasure when I no longer feel all the other things: the sadness, the loss, the fear. But emotions don't come parcelled neatly. They're shaken together …"

-Lucy Clarke, The Castaways

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17. The Merry Christmas Project

By: Cathy Bramley

4.21

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas has always meant something special to Merry - even without a family of her own. This year… read more

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18. Us Three

By: Ruth Jones

4.04

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of fem… read more

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19. Snowed In for Christmas

By: Sarah Morgan

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A family gathering This Christmas the Miller siblings have one goal—to avoid their well-meaning … read more

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20. Love Untold

By: Ruth Jones

4.33

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'Love, mess, secrets; this story of four generations of wo… read more

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21. The Corset

By: Laura Purcell

4.15

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit… read more

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"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"You'll call me heartless for thinking such thoughts. Maybe I was: a cavity yawned in my ribs, where once I'd felt a heart beat back."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

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22. Immer am Meer entlang

By: Franziska Jebens

4.01

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Josi träumt seit ihrer Kindheit davon, mit einem alten Bulli Europas Küsten zu erkunden. Paul hinge… read more

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23. The Hidden Palace (The Daughters of War, #2)

By: Dinah Jefferies

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise… A rebellious daughter1925. Among the ancient hon… read more

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24. Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe

By: Dean Nicholson

4.38

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Discover the nationally bestselling, true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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25. In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"We protect us."

-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain

"The host always said: 'Nothing you do is small. Everything begins from there."

-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain

"Even thought I rarely believed it myself, whenever I spoke it aloud, the dream grew. No matter how absurd it sounded, how impossible it seemed, dreaming got me closer to executing."

-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain

"Even while recuperating, we have to keep active. If you don't move at all, you're more likely to get sick. Continuous motion is the best way to manipulate our bodies into believing that we can fully …"

-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain

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26. Trust Me

By: T.M. Logan

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two strangers, a child, and a split second choice that will change everything . . . Ellen was ju… read more

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27. Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

By: Kate Ellis

4.27

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in… read more

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28. The Gin Sisters' Promise

By: Faith Hogan

4.28

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Three estranged sisters. Six months to come back together. When Georgie, Iris and Nola's mother di… read more

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29. A Sailor, a Chicken, an Incredible Voyage: The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique

By: Guirec Soudée

4.13

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Jeune Breton qui n’a jamais connu d’autre terrain de jeux que l’océan, Guirec Soudée écume les mers… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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30. Judicial Whispers

By: Caro Fraser

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

A rumor campaign threatens to thwart London barrister Leo Davies's hope of election to that rarefie… read more

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31. Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way

By: Janette Benaddi

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • inspirational

7 must-read travel books like Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way by Janette Benaddi

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4.18

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4.08

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Ruth Shaw

4.25

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Dean Nicholson

4.38

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4.06

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Charity Norman

4.33

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