6 best-selling nonfiction books like The Life of Stephen Lawrence by Verna Allette Wilkins

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The Life of Stephen Lawrence

By: Verna Allette Wilkins

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Stephen Lawrence was a bright, athletic, young man with high hopes for the future. He lived in sout…

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1. Stone Cold

By: Robert Swindells

3.27

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

'It's like parachuting. Get the first jump over and it becomes routine, but you mustn't get complac… read more

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2. Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)

By: Tom Rob Smith

4.40

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent. Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, wher… read more

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3. The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

By: Mario Puzo , Peter Bart , Robert Thompson

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost fifty … read more

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"Life is so beautiful"

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

4. The Beach

By: Alex Garland

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

After discovering a seemingly Edenic paradise on an island in a Thai national park, Richard soon fi… read more

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5. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innov… read more

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"Total annihilation has a way of sharpening people's minds."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"So if you want to know the truth about the universe, about the meaning of life, and about your own identity, the best place to start is by observing suffering and exploring what it is. The answer isn…"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"To survive and flourish in such a world, you will need a lot of mental flexibility and great reserves of emotional balance. You will have to repeatedly let go of some of what you know best, and feel …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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6. A Terrible Kindness

By: Jo Browning Wroe

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . . … read more

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7. In a Thousand Different Ways

By: Cecelia Ahern

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Finding your way is never a simple journey… Alice sees the worst in people. She also sees the… read more

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8. The Curfew

By: T.M. Logan

3.98

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thri… read more

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9. The Girls Who Disappeared

By: Claire Douglas

3.90

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

A journalist's life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that… read more

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10. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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11. The Salt Path

By: Raynor Winn

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more

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"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

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12. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

By: Natalie Haynes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more

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  • nonfiction
"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"

-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."

-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."

-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."

-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

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13. My Brother's Name Is Jessica

By: John Boyne

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and … read more

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14. I Heard What You Said

By: Jeffrey Boakye

4.41

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifet… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation

By: Colin Grant

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**'Hopeful and angry, joyful and tear-jerking' Grazia'An extraordi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. The Life of Stephen Lawrence

By: Verna Allette Wilkins

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Stephen Lawrence was a bright, athletic, young man with high hopes for the future. He lived in sout… read more

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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David Nicholls

4.08

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4.17

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