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Spare

by Prince Harry • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

3.83

400k+

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery

Spare

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

by Prince Harry 2023 557 pages

3.83

400k+ ratings

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery

1776

by David McCullough • 2005

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

4.10

200k+

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare

1776

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

by David McCullough 2005 386 pages

4.10

200k+ ratings

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare

The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides • 2021

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

3.61

400k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Maidens

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

by Alex Michaelides 2021 337 pages

3.61

400k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Understanding John Lennon

by Francis Kenny • 2020

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

4.00

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma

Understanding John Lennon

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

by Francis Kenny 2020 320 pages

4.00

9 ratings

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma

Shattered Nation

by Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Shattered Nation

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

by Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages

3.97

119 ratings

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Black Flags, Blue Waters

by Eric Jay Dolin • 2018

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

3.76

4k+

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

Black Flags, Blue Waters

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

by Eric Jay Dolin 2018 380 pages

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

The Great Boer War

by Byron Farwell • 1976

To beat a handful of farmers, Britain burned 30,000 farms and invented the concentration camp.

4.15

500+

🎖️ Boer War 🇿🇦 South African History 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

The Great Boer War

To beat a handful of farmers, Britain burned 30,000 farms and invented the concentration camp.

by Byron Farwell 1976 532 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🎖️ Boer War 🇿🇦 South African History 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

by Mark Hodkinson • 2022

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

3.74

500+

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

by Mark Hodkinson 2022 360 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories

Old Rage

by Sheila Hancock • 2022

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

4.06

500+

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary

Old Rage

Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.

by Sheila Hancock 2022 238 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Memoirs 🎭 Celebrity Memoirs 🗳️ Political Commentary

Politics

by Nick Clegg • 2016

Coalition with the Tories nearly destroyed his party. His case for why it was still right.

3.72

1k+

🏛️ Coalition Government 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Political Compromise

Politics

Coalition with the Tories nearly destroyed his party. His case for why it was still right.

by Nick Clegg 2016 304 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Coalition Government 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Political Compromise

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

by T. Ryle Dwyer • 1998

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

4.23

129

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

by T. Ryle Dwyer 1998 371 pages

4.23

129 ratings

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

by Maxine Berg • 2023

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

4.42

🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

by Maxine Berg 2023 282 pages

4.42

26 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Natives

by Akala • 2018

Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.

4.53

22k+

🇬🇧 British Empire 🏛️ Structural Racism 👮 Police And Race

Natives

Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.

by Akala 2018 352 pages

4.53

22k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Empire 🏛️ Structural Racism 👮 Police And Race

On History

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1997

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

3.98

500+

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

On History

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1997 416 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

Agent Garbo

by Stephan Talty • 2012

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

4.08

1k+

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

Agent Garbo

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

by Stephan Talty 2012 301 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

The Battle of New Orleans

by Robert V. Remini • 1999

Two thousand British fell. Seven Americans died. The battle that forged a nation was already over.

3.85

500+

🎖️ Military History 🏛️ Early American Republic ⚔️ War Of 1812

The Battle of New Orleans

Two thousand British fell. Seven Americans died. The battle that forged a nation was already over.

by Robert V. Remini 1999 226 pages

3.85

500+ ratings

🎖️ Military History 🏛️ Early American Republic ⚔️ War Of 1812

Bournville

by Jonathan Coe • 2022

In a chocolate-maker's utopian village, one family mirrors Britain's long argument with itself.

3.78

8k+

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🕰️ Postwar Britain 🏛️ State Of The Nation

Bournville

In a chocolate-maker's utopian village, one family mirrors Britain's long argument with itself.

by Jonathan Coe 2022 354 pages

3.78

8k+ ratings

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🕰️ Postwar Britain 🏛️ State Of The Nation

Gideon

by Lily Morton • 2019

A closeted actor, a cruise ship, and a Welsh nurse who refuses to be another secret.

4.23

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🚢 Forced Proximity

Gideon

A closeted actor, a cruise ship, and a Welsh nurse who refuses to be another secret.

by Lily Morton 2019 268 pages

4.23

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🚢 Forced Proximity

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