7 must-read economics books like How To Run Britain: Therapy For A Traumatised Nation by Robert Peston

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How To Run Britain: Therapy For A Traumatised Nation

By: Robert Peston

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

'A brilliantly candid, timely and perceptive account.' Andy Haldane'Asks all the right questions.' …

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1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #… read more

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"Consistency is the playground of dull minds"

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised."

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination."

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

"Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products - contributing to economic growth twice …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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2. Politics: Between the Extremes

By: Nick Clegg

3.75

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party stat… read more

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"Reason, in the end, will win against unreason."

-Nick Clegg, Politics: Between the Extremes

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3. The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

By: Helen Russell

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth. When Helen Russell is forced to move to rural J… read more

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4. The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more

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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

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5. Thousand Cranes

By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker

3.71

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousa… read more

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"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."

-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes

"Коли вона померла, я з жалем подумала: навіть якщо її не розуміли, то все одно смерть не можна виправдати. Смерть виключає будь-яку надію на порозуміння."

-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes

"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."

-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes

"– Понимаете, Кикудзисан, человек не может быть благоразумным и мудрым, если в нем слишком сильно мужское или женское начало. – Да? Значит, мудрость среднего пола? – Иронизируете? Ну, ну… Однако, когд…"

-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes

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6. Men Who Hate Women

By: Laura Bates

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more

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"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

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7. 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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"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

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8. 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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  • politics
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9. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • economics
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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10. 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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"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

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11. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • economics
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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12. Prima Facie

By: Suzie Miller

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more

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"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

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13. 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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"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

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14. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • economics
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15. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • politics
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16. 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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17. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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18. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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19. 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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20. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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21. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV

By: Rob Burley

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more

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22. 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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23. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

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24. Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England

By: Richard Beard

3.58

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In 1975, as a child, Richard Beard was sent away from his home to sleep in a dormitory. So were Dav… read more

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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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26. Follow The Money: How much does Britain cost?

By: Paul Johnson

4.29

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

What is the truth about Britain's finances? Paul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute … read more

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  • economics
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27. The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail

By: Nick Wallis

4.64

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

This “factual thriller” from the journalist Nick Wallis details a scandal which has been described … read more

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Cover of The Seaside: England's Love Affair by Madeleine Bunting

28. The Seaside: England's Love Affair

By: Madeleine Bunting

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggl… read more

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29. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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30. How To Run Britain: Therapy For A Traumatised Nation

By: Robert Peston

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

'A brilliantly candid, timely and perceptive account.' Andy Haldane'Asks all the right questions.' … read more

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  • economics
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31. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister

By: Anthony Seldon

4.36

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the spa… read more

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24 best-selling politics books like How To Run Britain: Therapy For A Traumatised Nation by Robert Peston

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Politics: Between the Extremes

Nick Clegg

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

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Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Nicholas Shakespeare

4.09

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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