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October Non-Fiction BOTM 2024 October Non-Fiction BOTM 2024

Non-Fiction Books

Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel. Immerse yourself in candid and revealing memoirs, enlightening accounts of the past or passionately argued political texts. Here are the non-fiction books that you really must read.

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What I Ate in One Year
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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
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The Food For Life Cookbook
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This Time Next Year
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The acclaimed author of modern classic Sapiens turns his attention to the power of information networks and their importance to human evolution in this insightful and entertaining tour de force.
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A Thousand Feasts
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Nigel Slater
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering (Hardback)
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Returning to the themes of the seminal The Tipping Point twenty-five years after its original publication, Gladwell's revelatory volume examines modern society's turbocharged epidemics and how tipping points must be taken seriously if we want to create a better world.
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The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025
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Everything I Know About Love
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Politics On the Edge
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The Wager
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Just One Thing
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Dress Up Taylor
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The award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and The Haunting of Alma Fielding discusses the most famous British murder scene.

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