6 must-read nonfiction books like Our Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways by Timothy West

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Our Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways

By: Timothy West

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For more than half a century, a shared love of canals and narrowboats has been inseparable from the…

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1. The Railway Children

By: E. Nesbit

4.02

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more

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"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

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2. Birdsong

By: Sebastian Faulks

4.32

Format: 632 pages,

Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be r… read more

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3. Affairs at Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #7)

By: Miss Read

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

In Affairs at Thrush Green, Miss Read continues the fortunes of the Thrush Green families whom we l… read more

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4. White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: 6 pages,

The electrifying follow up to the award-winningRaven Black Raven Blackreceived crime fiction's high… read more

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5. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more

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  • audiobook
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6. Sully: My Search for What Really Matters

By: Jeffrey Zaslow , Chesley B. Sullenberger III

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks--the inspirational autobiography… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Blue Geranium: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

3.50

Format: 185 pages,

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8. Friends at Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #10)

By: Miss Read

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ever since the publication of Village School35 years ago, Miss Read's numerous novels set in Thrush… read more

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9. The Year at Thrush Green

By: Miss Read

3.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her fortieth book published by Houghton Mifflin, the inimitable Miss Read leads us through the s… read more

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10. The Blood-Stained Pavement: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

3.93

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday … read more

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11. The Absolutist

By: John Boyne

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the mo… read more

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12. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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13. Narrow Boat

By: L.T.C. Rolt , Denys Watkins-Pitchford

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

First published in 1944, this fully illustrated book has become a classic on its subject, and may b… read more

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14. When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

By: Michael Robotham

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Evie Cormack was found as a child at the scene of a brutal murder, and refuses to tell anything of … read more

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"Why do people think everything will be better if they pour boiling water on dried leaves?"

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

"... but I have grown accustomed to living alone, having one-sides conversations and arguments with myself that I still manage to lose."

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

"The real power belongs to the people who control information,’ he says, still staring at the ground. ‘Individuals who can suppress stories, fix problems, spin news and plant false information"

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

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15. 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

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16. No Way Out (DI Adam Fawley, #3)

By: Cara Hunter

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and t… read more

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17. Whereabouts

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.77

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her theme… read more

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"the routine purchases of a woman on her own,"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"My mother, by now, clings to life like a yellowing piece of Scotch tape in a scrapbook."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"wastes away like an old woman who was once a stunning beauty before shutting down completely."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"There’s no point discussing it given that she’s blind to the small pleasures my solitude affords me"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

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18. Unsettled Ground

By: Claire Fuller

3.78

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

What if the life you have always known is taken from you in an instant? What would you do to get it… read more

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19. The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.95

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outsi… read more

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"His thoughts were wheeling and dipping like the gulls over the estuary, groping for an explanation, feeling at last he was making sense of what lie behind Walden's death..."

-Ann Cleeves, The Long Call (Two Rivers, #1)

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20. Killing Commendatore

By: Haruki Murakami

3.91

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing… read more

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"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"But the forecasters and media types were clever - they never used vague words like "maybe." No, they stuck with convenient terms for which no one could be held accountable, like "probability of preci…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"There is a point is everybody's life where they need a major transformation. And when that time comes you have to grab it by the tail. Grab it hard, and never let go. There are some people who are ab…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

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21. Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch

By: Bob Mortimer

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

TWO COMEDY GREATS TALK LIFE, FRIENDSHIP AND THE JOYS OF FISHING... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whiteho… read more

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  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. A Pocketful of Happiness

By: Richard E. Grant

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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23. Wavewalker: Breaking Free

By: Suzanne Heywood

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more

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  • memoir
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"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"

-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free

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24. The Dinner Guest

By: B.P. Walter

3.63

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect … read more

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25. The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler, #10)

By: Susan Hill

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Serrailler must confront his demons as Lafferton experiences a series of shocking crimes in this 10… read more

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26. At Home in Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #8)

By: Miss Read

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the b… read more

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27. Those People

By: Louise Candlish

3.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense … read more

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28. Dead Rich

By: G.W. Shaw

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Super yachts are secretive, like their owners. The bigger the richer. Like castles, they are create… read more

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29. Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools

By: Lee Parkinson

3.88

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most pop… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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30. The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Short Story (Miss Marple)

By: Agatha Christie

3.74

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Another interesting short story featuring Miss Marple from Dame Agatha Christie. It's about a di… read more

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31. Our Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways

By: Timothy West

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For more than half a century, a shared love of canals and narrowboats has been inseparable from the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
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