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He's one of the world's richest and most successful men, and now that he's no longer at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates spends a lot of time reading.


Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

Vaclav Smil

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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural...


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The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his...

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

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'I know why I'm doing all this,' I said. 'Everything I do in life is trying to get her back. I think...

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2017 Arleen spends nearly all her money on...


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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

Thi Bui

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The Best We Could Do explores the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement...

     

The New Statesman's friends and contributors including Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon recommend their top reads from the last 12 months.


The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

Alex Beam

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The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their...

The Sport of Kings

The Sport of Kings

C.E. Morgan

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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...

Munich: A Novel

Munich: A Novel

Robert Harris

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September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the...


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The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

Nate Blakeslee

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‘All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental...

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Despairing at last of celebrity biographies, for Christmas this year the publishers have turned to… Christmas books


Christmas: A Biography

Christmas: A Biography

Judith Flanders

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Christmas has been all things to all people: a religious festival, a family celebration, a time of...


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Christmas Pudding: A Novel

Christmas Pudding: A Novel

Nancy Mitford

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The formidable fox-hunting obsessed Lady Bobbin has put together a Christmas house party at Compton...


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A Maigret Christmas - And Other Stories

A Maigret Christmas - And Other Stories

Georges Simenon

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Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret. ...


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Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery

Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery

Gladys Mitchell

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‘A delight… An amateur sleuth to rival Miss Marple’ Guardian Mrs Bradley, sharp-eyed...


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An Almost Perfect Christmas

An Almost Perfect Christmas

Nina Stibbe

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'This book is the seasonal garnish we all need' Observer "My mother is not a foodie. But for as...


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