The Wood That Built London: A Human History of the Great North Wood
By: C.J. Schüler
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Chimes
By: Charles Dickens
3.54
Format: 230 pages,
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Vec… read more
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2. Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who h… read more
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3. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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4. The Turn of the Screw
By: Henry James
3.39
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more
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"When I'm bad I am bad !"-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"He fairly glittered in the gloom."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"There was something between them." "There was everything."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
5. Lolly Willowes
By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more
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6. The Hearing Trumpet
By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more
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7. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more
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8. Goodbye to Berlin
By: Christopher Isherwood
3.95
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Here, meine Damen und Herren, is Chrisopther Isherwood's brilliant farewell to a city which was not… read more
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9. 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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- nonfiction
"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
10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
11. The Twyford Code
By: Janice Hallett
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a … read more
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"A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said,…"-Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code
12. The Last Word
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more
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13. The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)
By: Emylia Hall
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
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14. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
15. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. Headshot
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more
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"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
17. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more
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18. Cahokia Jazz
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more
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19. In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder
By: Jane Monckton-Smith
4.67
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the UK, every week three women are killed by their partners. Over half the women killed by men a… read more
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- nonfiction
20. Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
By: Lara Maiklem
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert “mudlarker” Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"The Thames is England's longest archaeological landscape and thousands of the objects that fill our museums have come from its foreshore. (p.47)"-Lara Maiklem, Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
21. A Trace of Hares (Nell Ward, #5)
By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
4.03
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
A family wedding. An unsolved murder. Til death us do part? Dr Nell Ward is in the lush, emerald… read more
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22. Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
By: Lucy Jones
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet na… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Høyt: En reise i Himalaya
By: Erika Fatland
4.34
Format: 634 pages, Hardcover
Bestselgende forfatter Erika Fatland med ny, storslått reiseskildring: fra Himalaya. Erika Fatl… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)
By: Phil Rickman
3.92
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
THE FIFTEENTH INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIESThe River Wye, according to local folklore, t… read more
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"Seconds passed. If there’d been an old clock in here, its ticks would have sounded slow and menacing."-Phil Rickman, The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)
"Sliding on to a very public bench, dead centre of Ross. He was feeling heavy but insubstantial, like vinegar-soaked fish and chip paper tossed from a passing car."-Phil Rickman, The Fever of the World (Merrily Watkins, #15)
25. How to Stand Up to a Dictator
By: Maria Ressa
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more
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- nonfiction
26. Wish I Was Here
By: M. John Harrison
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
'Is M John Harrison the best writer at work today? He's certainly among the deftest and most origin… read more
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"Much of life, you will never know what happened to you at all, let alone to anyone else."-M. John Harrison, Wish I Was Here
27. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
By: Greg Jenner
4.11
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more
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- nonfiction
28. London Clay: Journeys into the Deep City
By: Tom Chivers
3.94
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
What secrets lie beneath a city? Tom Chivers follows hidden pathways, explores lost islands and un… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
30. The Future Future
By: Adam Thirlwell
2.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A wild story of female friendship, language, and power, from France to colonial America to the moon… read more
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31. The Wood That Built London: A Human History of the Great North Wood
By: C.J. Schüler
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Standing in the busy streets of South London today, it is hard to imagine that much of this suburba… read more
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- nonfiction
