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A list of Trevor Noah's top 15 favorite books to read to from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/trevor-noah-favorite-books/


Native Life in South Africa

Native Life in South Africa

Sol Plaatje

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First published in 1916 and one of South Africa's great political books, Native Life in South Africa...

To Quote Myself: A Memoir

To Quote Myself: A Memoir

Khaya Dlanga

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In 2015 the first edition of To Quote Myself was published and it soon became a bestseller at the...

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Steve Martin

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Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years. Here, for the first time, he...

My Traitor's Heart

My Traitor's Heart

Rian Malan

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In '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan – descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white...

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

Chuck Klosterman

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New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their...


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A list of Bill Gates' top 10 favorite books to read to from One Grand Books! https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/bill-gates/


How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

Jordan Ellenberg

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules,...

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

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Read an exclusive interview with the author here 100,000 years ago, at least six human species...

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

Steven Pinker

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-Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The...

The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?

The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?

Nick Lane

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Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of...

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A list of Elton John's top 5 favorite books to read from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/elton-john-favorite-books/


If I Built a Car

If I Built a Car

Chris Van Dusen

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If I built a car, it'd be totally new! Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . . Jack has...

What is a Refugee?

What is a Refugee?

Elise Gravel

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Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country? In this...

Stick Man

Stick Man

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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"Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three." But...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

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'We want that treasure, and we'll have it!' Jim Hawkins has discovered a terrible plot. Mutiny is in...

The Family Book

The Family Book

Todd Parr

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The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they...

     

A list of Tina Turner's top 11 favorite Books to read! https://radicalreads.com/tina-turner-favorite-books/


Teachings of Buddah

Teachings of Buddah

Jack Kornfield

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This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese,...

The Art of Happiness

The Art of Happiness

Dalai Lama

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The Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's...

The Power of Compassion

The Power of Compassion

Dalai Lama

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This work is a selection of edited talks given by The Dalai Lama during his last visit to Britain....

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Dante

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Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, tracing Dante's journey from...

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As a year-long festival celebrating the region’s writers gets under way in the UK, Icelandic novelist Sjón selects essential reading from the far north.


Inside Voices, Outside Light

Inside Voices, Outside Light

Sigurður Pálsson and Martin Regal

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This book presents poems from Palsson's ten collections written between 1980-2008. Swirling with...


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The Gravity of Love

The Gravity of Love

Deborah Bragan-Turner and Sara Stridsberg

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"I'll put my head in the oven so you know where I am," he whispers, kissing her neck. Jim -...


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 The Tower at the Edge of the World

The Tower at the Edge of the World

William Heinesen and Glyn Jones

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The Tower at the Edge of the World is William Heinesen's last novel written when he was 76, and is...


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Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

Dorthe Nors

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Sonja's over forty, and she's trying to move in the right direction. She's learning to drive. She's...


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Crimson

Crimson

Niviaq Korneliussen and Anna Halager

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This is the story of a group of friends, on the cusp of adulthood, exploring life, seeking...


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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

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No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She...


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Children of Time

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The...

     

These are the top books so far from Esquire's Best Books of 2017 list.


Eastman Was Here

Eastman Was Here

Alex Gilvarry

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“Absorbing...Eastman is a riveting...presence who demands to be loved and remembered.” —The...


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Autumn

Autumn

Karl Ove Knausgaard and Ingvild Burkey

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I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap and the sink, the...

New People

New People

Danzy Senna

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From the bestselling author of Caucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and...


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Mrs. Fletcher

Mrs. Fletcher

Tom Perrotta

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Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved...

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake

Chiara Barzini

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Welcome to LA? Nineties’ Hollywood gets an Italian makeover in this poignant and ruefully funny...


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Here are 15 memoirs from some of your favourite celebrities, including Anna Kendrick, Andy Cohen...


Make Your Mind Up

Make Your Mind Up

Bethany Mota

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When Bethany first propped her camera on a stack of books and pressed record in 2009, she didn't...


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The Seasons of My Mother

The Seasons of My Mother

Marcia Gay Harden

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In this poetic and inspiring memoir, one of America’s most revered actresses uses the imagery of...


Biography
True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen

True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen

Kristin Cavallari

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From New York Times bestselling author of Balancing in Heels Kristin Cavallari comes a cookbook that...


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Black Privilege

Black Privilege

Charlamagne tha God

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Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” co-host of Power...


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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul

Good Grief: Heal Your Soul

Theresa Caputo

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The star of TLC’s Long Island Medium and New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo provides...


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