Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop
By: Karl Whitney
3.40
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that …
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1. Collected Poems
By: Philip Larkin , Anthony Thwaite
4.21
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a … read more
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"Life is slow dying."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"Death is no different whined at than withstood."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
"I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence."-Philip Larkin, Collected Poems
2. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
3. Notes from a Small Island
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more
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4. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
By: Lizzy Goodman
4.16
Format: 622 pages, Hardcover
An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more
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5. The Sense of an Ending
By: Julian Barnes
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and … read more
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6. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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7. 1979
By: Val McDermid
3.78
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novel… read more
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8. 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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- 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
9. 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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10. 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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"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
11. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)
By: Ian Rankin
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more
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12. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
13. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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14. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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15. I'm a Fan
By: Sheena Patel
3.32
Format: 207 pages, None
In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more
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"It is toxic. I am familiar"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan
16. Starve Acre
By: Andrew Michael Hurley
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more
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"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
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17. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]
By: Philippa Perry
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good conn… read more
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18. Edge of the Grave (Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery #1)
By: Robbie Morrison
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest families is found floating in… read more
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19. 1989 (Allie Burns, #2)
By: Val McDermid
3.88
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the new installment to her historical crime series that began with 1979, internationally bestsel… read more
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20. Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
By: Chris Frantz
3.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of his life with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and his life-lon… read more
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"Without adventures, we won’t have stories."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
"...the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is selfishness."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
21. Berserker!
By: Adrian Edmondson
4.32
Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition
From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more
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22. Velvet Was the Night
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.51
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking… read more
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"He walked and let the rain kiss him."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"In the end, you either fight or lie down to be trampled."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"Cinderellas, dreaming. Maite dreamed too, but nothing came of it."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"He didn't know what the words meant, but he knew what they sounded like: it was the sound of sadness."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
23. The God Desire
By: David Baddiel
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more
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"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"-David Baddiel, The God Desire
24. In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in ’70s Britain
By: Will Hodgkinson
4.05
Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition
A Telegraph Book of the Year A Guardian Book of the Year A Shindig Book of the Year A Virgin Radio … read more
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25. Slug
By: Hollie McNish
4.51
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, … read more
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26. Boy Friends
By: Michael Pedersen
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest y… read more
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"Ever feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness - part chemical, part kismet. This is how I've felt about every friend I've fallen in love with …"-Michael Pedersen, Boy Friends
27. Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
By: Brett Anderson
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete sout… read more
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28. Coal Black Mornings
By: Brett Anderson
4.19
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star success, and in Coal Black Morni… read more
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29. 1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That
By: Matt Dickinson
4.47
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HIL… read more
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30. All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us
By: Kieran Yates
4.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
‘I tore through the pages. A book I’ll read over and over again’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of… read more
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31. Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop
By: Karl Whitney
3.40
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that … read more
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