11 Best nonfiction books like Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary by Susie Dent

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Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary

By: Susie Dent

4.22

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

'MAGIC' JO BRAND'HAPPIFYING' STEPHEN FRY'SUSIE DENT IS A NATIONAL TREASURE' RICHARD OSMANWhether it…

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Cover of Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18) by Ian Rankin

1. Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18)

By: Ian Rankin

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten yea… read more

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2. With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

By: Kathryn Mannix

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Through stories from her own practice, a palliative care doctor takes the reader on a journey throu… read more

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  • nonfiction

3. Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Discworld Novel. It's a hot Midsummer Night. The crop circles are turning up everywhere-even on t… read more

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4. Rubbernecker

By: Belinda Bauer

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Life is strange for Patrick Fort; being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come wit… read more

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5. The Vanishing Point

By: Val McDermid

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

One of the finest crime writers we have, Val McDermid's heart-stopping thrillers have won her inter… read more

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6. The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

By: Mark Forsyth

4.15

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Find yourself pretending to work? That's… read more

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7. Jews Don't Count

By: David Baddiel

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

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9. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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10. Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain

By: Robin Ince

3.84

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with P… read more

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  • nonfiction
"This is one of the wonders of books: the delight of being a species that can chronicle and preserve. I pick up a book from a shelf, and someone who is no more than ash or bone can still change me."

-Robin Ince, Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain

Cover of Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing

11. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

By: Elise Downing

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

By: John Koenig

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koeni… read more

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  • reference
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • language
"liberosis n. the desire to care less about things—to loosen your grip on your life, to stop glancing behind you every few steps, afraid that someone will snatch it from you before you reach the end z…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"harke n. a painful memory that you look back upon with unexpected fondness, even though you remember having dreaded it at the time; a tough experience that has since been overridden by the pride of h…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"Maybe there is no single self to speak of. Maybe you're a shifting collage of many different personas, each as authentic as the next. A kaleidoscope of ever-moving fragments, reflecting a thousand li…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"But maybe all along, we had the story backward. Maybe we were the ones who cast out the jungle, who striped it naked, and tried to teach it good and evil, breaking it down into pieces that served a p…"

-John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

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13. Wild Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Natural World

By: Mike Higgins

3.80

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

The natural world has never been wilder—with 100 fiercely fun, curiously captivating, and amazingly… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Weird Medieval Guys: A Bestiary of Curious Creatures from the Dark Ages

By: Olivia Swarthout

3.85

Format: 203 pages, ebook

Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!Explore what your medieval lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Thinking on My Feet: The Small Joy of Putting One Foot in Front of Another

By: Kate Humble

3.96

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Thinking on My Feet tells the story of Kate's walking year—shining a light on the benefits of this … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Unknown (Rath & Rune #3) by Jordan L. Hawk

16. Unknown (Rath & Rune #3)

By: Jordan L. Hawk

4.16

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian Sebastian Rath and his lover Vesper Rune continue their search for the evil Books of the … read more

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17. Be a Birder: Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024

By: Hamza Yassin

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'Birds have been with me my entire life - from the colourful weaver birds on the banks of the Nile … read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Calypso

By: Oliver K. Langmead

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role on the colony ark, Calypso . But she wakes to fi… read more

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19. The Wood at Midwinter

By: Susanna Clarke

3.73

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr… read more

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20. Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary

By: Susie Dent

4.22

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

'MAGIC' JO BRAND'HAPPIFYING' STEPHEN FRY'SUSIE DENT IS A NATIONAL TREASURE' RICHARD OSMANWhether it… read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary book and Susie Dent's Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary

  • language
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • reference

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3.81

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4.29

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