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Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court — Edward Lazarus
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
Edward Lazarus 
Invisible Women — Caroline Criado-Perez
Invisible Women
Caroline Criado-Perez Audiobook
Leaving Las Vegas — John O'Brien
Leaving Las Vegas
John O'Brien 

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Fiction
A Change of Climate — Hilary Mantel
A Change of Climate
Hilary Mantel 
All the Pretty Horses — Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy 
A Rage in Harlem — Chester Himes
A Rage in Harlem
Chester Himes 
Beautiful World, Where Are You — Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney 
Brokeback Mountain — Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain
Annie Proulx  Recommended
Child of God — Cormac McCarthy
Child of God
Cormac McCarthy 
Crash — J. G. Ballard
Crash
J. G. Ballard 
Diamonds are Forever — Ian Fleming
Diamonds are Forever
Ian Fleming 
Don't Look Now and Other Stories — Daphne du Maurier
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Daphne du Maurier 
Duffy — Dan Kavanagh
Duffy
Dan Kavanagh 
Every Day is Mother's Day — Hilary Mantel
Every Day is Mother's Day
Hilary Mantel 
Exciting Times — Naoise Dolan
Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan 
Fludd — Hilary Mantel
Fludd
Hilary Mantel 
Grey Bees — Andrey Kurkov
Grey Bees
Andrey Kurkov 
House of Correction — Nicci French
House of Correction
Nicci French 
Layer Cake — J.J. Connolly
Layer Cake
J.J. Connolly 
Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov  Recommended
Luster — Raven Leilani
Luster
Raven Leilani  Recommended
Men Without Women — Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami 
Millennium People — J. G. Ballard
Millennium People
J. G. Ballard 
Mona — Pola Oloixarac
Mona
Pola Oloixarac  Recommended
Mr. Beethoven — Paul Griffiths
Mr. Beethoven
Paul Griffiths 
Mr Phillips — John Lanchester
Mr Phillips
John Lanchester 
My Brilliant Friend — Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante  Recommended
Notes from the Burning Age — Claire North
Notes from the Burning Age
Claire North 
Patrimony — Philip Roth
Patrimony
Philip Roth Audiobook
Private Lessons — Cynthia Salaysay
Private Lessons
Cynthia Salaysay 
Record of Spaceborn Few — Becky Chambers
Record of Spaceborn Few
Becky Chambers 
Regeneration — Pat Barker
Regeneration
Pat Barker 
Sag Harbor — Colson Whitehead
Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead  Recommended
Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel 
Solaris — Stanislaw Lem
Solaris
Stanislaw Lem  Recommended
Spring — Ali Smith
Spring
Ali Smith 
The Buried Giant — Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro 
The Cement Garden — Ian McEwan
The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan 
The Elegance of the Hedgehog — Muriel Barbery
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery 
The Little Friend — Donna Tartt
The Little Friend
Donna Tartt 
The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco 
The Noise of Time — Julian Barnes
The Noise of Time
Julian Barnes 
The Quiet Earth — Craig Harrison
The Quiet Earth
Craig Harrison 
The Red House Mystery — A. A. Milne
The Red House Mystery
A. A. Milne 
The Sense of an Ending — Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes 
The Story of a New Name — Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante  Recommended
The Thin Man — Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett 
The Tombs of Atuan — Ursula K. Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin 
Touch — Claire North
Touch
Claire North 
Where the Crawdads Sing — Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens 
White Noise — Don DeLillo
White Noise
Don DeLillo 
Winter — Ali Smith
Winter
Ali Smith 
Your Inner Hedgehog — Alexander McCall Smith
Your Inner Hedgehog
Alexander McCall Smith 
Classics
A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway 
And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie 
Animal Farm — George Orwell
Animal Farm
George Orwell 
A Passage to India — E. M. Forster
A Passage to India
E. M. Forster 
Catch-22 — Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Joseph Heller 
Coming Up for Air — George Orwell
Coming Up for Air
George Orwell 
Doctor Zhivago — Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak 
Howards End — E. M. Forster
Howards End
E. M. Forster  Recommended
Mrs Dalloway — Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf 
Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell  Recommended
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey 
The Brothers Karamazov — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky 
The Good Soldier — Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford  Recommended
The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck 
The Leopard — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa  Recommended
The Secret Agent — Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad 
The Violent Bear It Away — Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear It Away
Flannery O'Connor 
Non-fiction
Arguably — Christopher Hitchens
Arguably
Christopher Hitchens 
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals — Oliver Bullough
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
Oliver Bullough 
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation — Anne Helen Petersen
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Anne Helen Petersen Audiobook
Chauvo-Feminism — Sam Mills
Chauvo-Feminism
Sam Mills 
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World — Adam Tooze
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Adam Tooze Audiobook Recommended
Culture of Complaint — Robert Hughes
Culture of Complaint
Robert Hughes 
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World — Otto English
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
Otto English Audiobook
Holbein's Sir Thomas More — Hilary Mantel and Xavier Salomon
Holbein's Sir Thomas More
Hilary Mantel and Xavier Salomon 
Humankind: A Hopeful History — Rutger Bregman
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman Audiobook
Image-Music-Text — Roland Barthes
Image-Music-Text
Roland Barthes 
Investigations of a Dog — Franz Kafka
Investigations of a Dog
Franz Kafka 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa — Adam Hochschild
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild  Recommended
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making The Godfather — Mark Seal
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making The Godfather
Mark Seal 
Longitude — Dava Sobel
Longitude
Dava Sobel  Recommended
Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness — Elizabeth D. Samet
Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
Elizabeth D. Samet 
Made in America — Bill Bryson
Made in America
Bill Bryson Audiobook
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape — Michael Prestwich
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape
Michael Prestwich 
Of Wolves and Men — Barry Lopez
Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez 
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths — Natalie Haynes
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
Natalie Haynes 
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy — Adam Tooze
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
Adam Tooze Audiobook Recommended
Stolen Focus — Johann Hari
Stolen Focus
Johann Hari Audiobook Recommended
St. Pancras London — Kenneth Powell
St. Pancras London
Kenneth Powell 
The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny — Michael Wallis
The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
Michael Wallis 
The Dead Center — Luke Savage
The Dead Center
Luke Savage 
The Great War and Modern Memory — Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory
Paul Fussell  Recommended
The Library Book — Susan Orlean
The Library Book
Susan Orlean 
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11 — Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright 
The Macclesfield Psalter: A Window into the World of Late Medieval England — Stella Panayotova
The Macclesfield Psalter: A Window into the World of Late Medieval England
Stella Panayotova 
The Origins of Totalitarianism — Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt 
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Erving Goffman
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Erving Goffman 
The Prime Ministers — Steve Richards
The Prime Ministers
Steve Richards Audiobook Recommended
The Right to Sex — Amia Srinivasan
The Right to Sex
Amia Srinivasan  Recommended
The Selling of 9/11: How a National Tragedy Became a Commodity — Dana Heller
The Selling of 9/11: How a National Tragedy Became a Commodity
Dana Heller  Recommended
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began — Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
Stephen Greenblatt 
The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy — John Gaskin
The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy
John Gaskin 
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War — Paul Fussell
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
Paul Fussell  Recommended
Ways of Being — James Bridle
Ways of Being
James Bridle 
Ways of Seeing — John Berger
Ways of Seeing
John Berger  Recommended
What Do Men Want? Masculinity and Its Discontents — Nina Powers
What Do Men Want? Masculinity and Its Discontents
Nina Powers 
Memoir/biography
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe — Johny Pitts
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
Johny Pitts  Recommended
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet — Claire L. Evans
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Claire L. Evans Audiobook
David Fincher: Mind Games — Adam Nayman
David Fincher: Mind Games
Adam Nayman 
Down and Out in Paris and London — George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell 
Goodbye to All That — Robert Graves
Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves Audiobook
In Cold Blood — Truman Capote
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote 
Orwell's Roses — Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit 
Sempre Susan — Sigrid Nunez
Sempre Susan
Sigrid Nunez 
Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker — David Mikics
Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker
David Mikics 
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock — Edward White
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock
Edward White 
Will: A Memoir — Will Self
Will: A Memoir
Will Self 

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