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Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain (Jeremy Paxman)
Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain
41
Jeremy Paxman
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire (Katja Hoyer)
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire
42
Katja Hoyer
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Richard Overy)
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
43
Richard Overy
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery (Alex Renton)
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery
44
Alex Renton
The Bomber Mafia (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Bomber Mafia
45
Malcolm Gladwell
The Book of Fred (Andrew Flintoff)
The Book of Fred
46
Andrew Flintoff
The Book of Hope (Jane Goodall)
The Book of Hope
47
Jane Goodall
Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science (Richard Dawkins)
Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science
48
Richard Dawkins
The Brilliant Abyss (Helen Scales)
The Brilliant Abyss
49
Helen Scales
Bring Me the Head of the Taskmaster (Alex Horne)
Bring Me the Head of the Taskmaster
50
Alex Horne
Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England (Sebastian Payne)
Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
51
Sebastian Payne
Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day to VE-Day (James Holland)
Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day to VE-Day
52
James Holland
Brown Baby (Nikesh Shukla)
Brown Baby
53
Nikesh Shukla
Bunnyman (Will Sergeant)
Bunnyman
54
Will Sergeant
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire (Bart Van Loo)
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire
55
Bart Van Loo
Burning Man: The Ascent of D.H Lawrence (Frances Wilson)
Burning Man: The Ascent of D.H Lawrence
56
Frances Wilson
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 (David Sedaris)
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020
57
David Sedaris
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women (Antonia Fraser)
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
58
Antonia Fraser
A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese (Ned Palmer)
A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese
59
Ned Palmer
Chief of Staff: Notes From Downing Street (Gavin Barwell)
Chief of Staff: Notes From Downing Street
60
Gavin Barwell
Christmas at River Cottage (Lucy Brazier)
Christmas at River Cottage
61
Lucy Brazier
Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill (Geoffrey Wheatcroft)
Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill
62
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World (Rob Beckett)
A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World
63
Rob Beckett
The Code Breaker (Walter Isaacson)
The Code Breaker
64
Walter Isaacson
Coming Up for Air (Tom Daley)
Coming Up for Air
65
Tom Daley
Consent (Vanessa Springora)
Consent
66
Vanessa Springora
A Cook's Book (Nigel Slater)
A Cook's Book
67
Nigel Slater
Covid by Numbers (David Spiegelhalter, Anthony Masters)
Covid by Numbers
68
David Spiegelhalter, Anthony Masters
Crave (Ed Smith)
Crave
69
Ed Smith
Crown and Sceptre (Tracy Borman)
Crown and Sceptre
70
Tracy Borman
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
71
Michelle Zauner
The Cycling Revolution: Lessons From Life on Two Wheels (Patrick Field)
The Cycling Revolution: Lessons From Life on Two Wheels
72
Patrick Field
The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber and David Wengrow)
The Dawn of Everything
73
David Graeber and David Wengrow
The Devil You Know (Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne)
The Devil You Know
74
Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688 (Clare Jackson)
Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688
75
Clare Jackson
The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds (Edward Brooke-Hitching)
The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds
76
Edward Brooke-Hitching
Did I Say That Out Loud?: Notes on the Chuff of Life (Fi Glover)
Did I Say That Out Loud?: Notes on the Chuff of Life
77
Fi Glover
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? (Séamas O'Reilly)
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
78
Séamas O'Reilly
Diddly Squat - A Year on the Farm (Jeremy Clarkson)
Diddly Squat - A Year on the Farm
79
Jeremy Clarkson
Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her (Daisy May Cooper)
Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her
80
Daisy May Cooper
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