Books

Cairo: Architectural Guide Thomas Meyer-Wieser A thousand years of Cairo building by building, from Fatimid mosques and Mamluk tombs to colonial downtown and Nasser-era modernism, with plans and photographs. 1 recommender Calamity Brandon Sanderson The finale of the Reckoners trilogy, where David has to face what the powers actually cost, and what his old mentor has become. Caledonian Road Andrew O'Hagan A wealthy London professor's life comes apart across sixty characters and one very long novel. California Kevin Starr Starr compresses five centuries of California into one volume, from Spanish missions to the modern megastate. 1 recommender Calories and Corsets Louise Foxcroft Two thousand years of dieting, from the ancient Greeks to calorie counting, and how little has changed. Camp Zero Michelle Min Sterling A far-northern settlement where every group has been sent for a different undisclosed reason. 1 recommender Can’t Hurt Me David Goggins A retired Navy SEAL and ultramarathoner on transforming himself from an overweight, abused kid into one of the toughest endurance athletes alive. 1 recommender Cane River Lalita Tademy Lalita Tademy's novel traces four generations of women in her own Louisiana family, from slavery toward freedom. 1 recommender Canti Giacomo Leopardi Giacomo Leopardi's collection of poems, generally considered one of the most significant works of Italian poetry, in a Penguin Classics edition of 2010. 1 recommender Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty Three centuries of tax records showing that concentrated inherited wealth is the default, not the exception. 1 recommender Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI John Cassidy Two centuries of people arguing that the system was wrong, from machine-breakers to degrowth, each given a fair hearing rather than a place in a progress story. 1 recommender Capitalism, Alone Branko Milanovic Capitalism has won everywhere, but in two rival forms. An economist asks which will prevail. Captain Pantoja and the Special Service Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa's comic novel about an army captain's efficient scheme to supply prostitutes to troops in the Peruvian jungle. 1 recommender Capture or Kill Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding The updated 2012 edition of Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding's book on the hunt for the 9/11 planners and the killing of Osama bin Laden. Carbon Hunters: Reflections and Forecasts of Climate Markets in the 21st Century Richard Sandor The man who invented interest-rate futures went on to build a market for carbon, and explains both. 1 recommender Careless People Sarah Churchwell The true story behind The Great Gatsby, from the Fitzgeralds' parties to an unsolved double murder. Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu Twenty-six years before Dracula, a vampire who preys on hospitality and kindness rather than fear. 1 recommender Carthage: A New History Eve MacDonald Rome destroyed Carthage and then wrote its history. This is the attempt to recover the rest. 1 recommender Cartucho and My Mother’s Hands Nellie Campobello Nellie Campobello's vignettes of a girlhood in northern Mexico during the Revolution, published with the novella My Mother's Hands by University of Texas Press. 1 recommender Case Histories Kate Atkinson Three cold cases and a private detective who is grieving harder than any of his clients. 1 recommender Cash for Your Trash Carl Zimring 1 recommender Casino Royale Ian Fleming The first James Bond novel, in which a British agent is sent to bankrupt a Soviet paymaster at the baccarat tables of a French casino. 1 recommender Cassandra in Reverse Holly Smale After losing her job and her boyfriend in a week, an autistic woman finds she can rewind time and keep trying again. 1 recommender Caste Isabel Wilkerson Isabel Wilkerson argues that America is shaped by a hidden caste system, drawing parallels to India and Nazi Germany to explain enduring inequality. 1 recommender Casting with a Fragile Thread Wendy Kann A sister's death in Zambia sends the author back through a Rhodesian childhood she had put a continent between herself and. 1 recommender Cat’s Eye Margaret Atwood A painter returns to Toronto and to the childhood friend whose cruelty shaped her. Atwood on how girls wound each other Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale & with Stan Redding 1 recommender Catch-22 Joseph Heller Joseph Heller's 1961 satirical war novel about bombardier Yossarian and the absurdity of military life in the Second World War. 1 recommender Cause for Alarm Eric Ambler An unemployed engineer takes a job in Milan in 1937 and lands between competing intelligence services. Ambler made thrillers modern by making his heroes ordinary. 1 recommender Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi Three sisters marry, or refuse to, as Oman moves from a slave-owning past into something it cannot yet name. 1 recommender Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea Luka Ivan Jukic Central Europe keeps being declared dead and keeps being invoked. Jukic asks what the idea was ever for. 1 recommender Change Your Life in 7 Days Paul McKenna A week-long self-improvement programme from the hypnotist Paul McKenna. 1 recommender Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Brian Tracy Twelve principles Tracy says govern how thinking turns into results, and how to change the thinking first. Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal Sandip Roy One of Kolkata's last great female impersonators, recorded in his own words. 1 recommender Chase, Chance, and Creativity James H. Austin A neurologist argues that chance arrives in four distinct kinds, and only one of them is genuinely beyond your influence. 1 recommender Chasing Fog Laura Pashby Pashby chases fog across the Somerset Levels, the Thames and the Scottish haar, making a natural history of weather into an argument for not seeing clearly. 1 recommender