Books

Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall A trial, a shooting, and a first love returning to a Dorset village where a woman had settled for a quieter life. 1 recommender Buckeye Patrick Ryan One unrecorded moment in the celebration after the war, still shaping two Ohio families generations later. 1 recommender Build the Life You Want Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey Oprah and social scientist Arthur Brooks lay out research-based habits for building greater happiness and emotional control. Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation Bryan Caplan Housing regulation as the largest self-inflicted wound in the rich world, argued in pictures, on the economics first and then squarely on the ethics. Building a Second Brain Tiago Forte A method for capturing and organising the flood of information we consume, so ideas compound instead of getting lost. 1 recommender Built to Last Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras A study of what separates enduring, visionary companies from their rivals over the long run. 1 recommender Bull’s-Eye Brian Tracy A short book on the one habit Tracy returns to most: aiming at a clear target and refusing to be pulled off it. Burmese Days George Orwell Drawing on his years as a colonial policeman, Orwell's first novel exposes the racism and rot of British rule in Burma. Burn-In P.W. Singer, August Cole A techno-thriller following an FBI agent partnered with an advanced robot, built on real near-future AI and automation research. 1 recommender Business Adventures John Brooks John Brooks's twelve New Yorker tales of corporate triumph and disaster, from the Ford Edsel to a famous Wall Street panic. 2 recommenders Business Stripped Bare Richard Branson Virgin's real wins and costly flops, mined for lessons on brand, people, and finance by a founder who treats failure as tuition. Busy Betty Reese Witherspoon Witherspoon's first picture book, about a small girl with enormous plans and a dog badly in need of a bath. Busy Betty & the Circus Surprise Reese Witherspoon Betty takes her outsized ambitions to the circus, in the second outing for Witherspoon's irrepressible young problem-solver. Busy Betty & the Perfect Christmas Present Reese Witherspoon The Christmas instalment, in which Betty sets out to find a present equal to the size of her own enthusiasm. Butterfly Yusra Mardini The Syrian swimmer who pushed a sinking dinghy through the Aegean, then swam at the Olympics. 1 recommender Cadillac Jack Larry McMurtry An antiques scout lives out of his Cadillac, collecting objects and women with equal futility. 1 recommender 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 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 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 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 Carthage: A New History Eve MacDonald Rome destroyed Carthage and then wrote its history. This is the attempt to recover the rest. 1 recommender Case Histories Kate Atkinson Three cold cases and a private detective who is grieving harder than any of his clients. 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 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 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