Book Wishlist
Every time someone recommends a book to me, I add it to my Amazon Wishlist.
Feel free to click on the links and buy me a copy. One day I will get around to reading them all!
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Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by Anna Della Subin
Saw this mentioned in another book - looks fascinating. -
I’m Waiting For You by Kim Bo-Young, Sophie Bowman
As recommended by Liz Lutgendorff. -
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
Mentioned at IndieWebCamp Brighton by Maggie -
The End Of Mr. Y (Canons) by Scarlett Thomas
My brother said this was good. -
Emotional Ignorance: Lost and found in the science of emotion by Dean Burnett
I quite enjoy following Dean on social media. -
Red Side Story: The colourful and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024) from the bestselling author of Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Loved all of Jasper Fforde's previous books. -
When We Cease to Understand the World: Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize by Benjamín Labatut, Adrian Nathan West
Award winning and cheap! -
The Doors of Opportunity: A Biography of Dame Caroline Haslett by R Messenger (Hardcover)
I've been reading about her. Sounds interesting. -
Gone Shopping: The Story of Shirley Pitts - Queen of Thieves by Lorraine Gamman
Mentioned in Alice Diamond -
The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners by Margaret Visser
Sequel to an excellent book I read. -
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Dr. Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
Can't go wrong with a bit of future gazing. -
Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV by Ariel Waldman, Phil Wheeler
Looks fun. -
How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world by Deb Chachra
Everyone says this is great. -
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper
More #ShakeRace stuff. -
Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup
I'm a sucker for Shakespeare. -
The Shadow Cabinet: the bewitching sequel to the sensational SUNDAY TIMES number 1 bestseller and new instalment of the HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN fantasy series by Juno Dawson
The first book was a fun beach read. -
Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
I like her films. Will I like her books? -
To Thrive Beyond Belief: Plundering religion to benefit the 'Nones' by David Cortesi
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Hard To Be A God (S.F. MASTERWORKS Book 124) by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
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Roadside Picnic (S.F. MASTERWORKS Book 115) by Arkady Strugatsky
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Ashes to Admin: The Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer by Evie King
Saw on social media. -
The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
Found a reference on OpenBenches. -
The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin
Enjoyed her previous books. -
Wish You Weren’t Here (The Rooks Book 1) by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Liked the last trilogy. -
Chilling Effect: Captain Eva Innocente, Book 1 by Valerie Valdes
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Bellwether by Connie Willis
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire by Andreas Malm
Will probably put me on a list. -
Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life by Helen Nissenbaum
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Systems Ultra: Making Sense of Technology in a Complex World by Georgina Voss (Hardcover)
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Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance by Jonathan Strahan, Nina Allan
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Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz
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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections: A Novel by Eva Jurczyk
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Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality by Federico Campagna
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The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai
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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers by Kate Kitagawa, Timothy Revell
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The Science of Herself (Outspoken Authors Book 12) by Karen Joy Fowler
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A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
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We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, Emma Rault
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Every Page is Page One: Topic-Based Writing for Technical Communication and the Web by Mark Baker, Scott Abel
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Privacy at the Margins by Scott Skinner-Thompson
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Understanding Privacy by Heather Burns, Smashing Magazine
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The Architecture of Privacy: On Engineering Technologies that Can Deliver Trustworthy Safeguards by Courtney Bowman, Ari Gesher
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Your Privacy Is Important to Us! – Restoring Human Dignity in Data-Driven Marketing by Jan Trzaskowski (Hardcover)
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Protective Practices: A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business by Jessica Borge (Hardcover)
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Legal Systems Very Different from Ours by David Friedman, Peter Leeson
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Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
I enjoyed the short story I read. -
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Penguin History) by James, C L R (May 31, 2001) Paperback
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Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan
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Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff
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Security Issues of Personal Medical Devices: Characteristics, Concerns, and Controls by Todd Brasel
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Like Some Forgotten Dream: What if the Beatles hadn't split up? by Daniel Rachel
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Some Desperate Glory: The Sunday Times bestseller by Emily Tesh
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A Fire Upon the Deep (S.F. MASTERWORKS Book 166) by Vernor Vinge
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Big Girl (Outspoken Authors Book 25) by Meg Elison
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Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy by Sam J. Miller
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Interior Chinatown: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020 by Charles Yu
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The Twyford Code: Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year by Janice Hallett
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
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How Writing Came About by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
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Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek, David Mead
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Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known As L0pht Changed the World by Cris Thomas
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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Rupert Holmes
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Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World by Alice Roberts
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Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker
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Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer by Kathy Kleiman
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Demon Copperhead: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Mountain in the Sea: Winner of the Locus Best First Novel Award by Ray Nayler
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The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
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The Morning of the Magicians: The Dawn of Magic by Jacques Bergier, Louis Pauwels
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Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan
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Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder
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Neverness by David Zindell
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Venomous Lumpsucker: WINNER of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023 by Ned Beauman
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Proctology: A Bottom Examination by Simon Dunn
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The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle, Lorraine Warren
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The Island of Missing Trees: Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 by Elif Shafak
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Managing your Mental Health during your PhD: A Survival Guide by Zoë J. Ayres
I probably won't do a PhD - but just in case! -
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
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Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
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How to Suppress Women's Writing (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Book 43) by Joanna Russ, Jessa Crispin
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The Infinite Game: From the bestselling author of Start With Why by Simon Sinek
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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya (African Arguments) by Nanjala Nyabola
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The Long Way Home - Revised Edition by Ed Dover
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The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe
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What Do We Know About the Effects of Pornography After Fifty Years of Academic Research? (Focus on Global Gender and Sexuality) by Alan McKee, Katerina Litsou
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Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders
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The Century of Deception: The Birth of the Hoax in Eighteenth-Century England by Ian Keable
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Broken Stars by Ken Liu
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Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction by Nathan Shedroff, Christopher Noessel
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Mudlark'd: Hidden Histories from the River Thames by Malcolm Russell, Matthew Williams-Ellis (Hardcover)
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Authenticity: How economics, evolution and technology drive us to deceive – and how we can fight back by Alice Sherwood
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Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
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Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross
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The 10 Rules of Successful Nations by Ruchir Sharma
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The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker: Public Monuments and Modern Poets (Literature of American Labor) by Theresa A. Malkiel, Françoise Basch (Paperback)
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Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu
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A Philosopher Looks at Digital Communication by Onora O'Neill
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Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism (Spotlight on Shakespeare) by Ruben Espinosa
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The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2016 by N. K. Jemisin
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Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
I read this many years ago. Does it still hold up? -
The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn by Steve Richards
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The Long Game: 1996-2003: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who by Paul Hayes (Paperback)
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Social Warming: How Social Media Polarises Us All by Charles Arthur
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The Last Day: The gripping must-read thriller by the Sunday Times bestselling author by Andrew Hunter Murray
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Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be by Diane Coyle
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Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends by Anne Applebaum
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A River Called Time by Courttia Newland
Excellent writer. -
Ubérisons l'Etat... : Avant que d'autres ne s'en chargent (Hors Collection) (French Edition) by Clément Bertholet, Laura Létourneau
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The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani
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Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It by Cass R. Sunstein
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Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
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What Does Jeremy Think?: The Sunday Times Bestseller and Must-Read Political Biography of Jeremy Heywood by Suzanne Heywood
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The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy
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Is That a Big Number? by Andrew Elliott
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End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken – and how we can fix it by James Plunkett
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Vintage Classics) by Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox
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Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose by Deirdre Barrett
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What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract by Minouche Shafik
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Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato
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Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life by Kat Arney
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The Defiant Spark by Annie Percik, Ramon Marett
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What Works: Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet
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Smart Citizens, Smarter State: The Technologies of Expertise and the Future of Governing by Beth Simone Noveck
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A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide by Cyd Harrell
Saw her speak at an event. -
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
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Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos by Katia Moskvitch
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How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence by David Omand
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Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks
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Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
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Robots in Space: The Secret Lives of Our Planetary Explorers by Dr Ezzy Pearson
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F*ck Being Humble: Why Self-Promotion Isn't a Dirty Word by Stefanie Sword-Williams
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Rocking the Boat: How Tempered Radicals Effect Change Without Making Trouble by Debra E. Meyerson
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Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos
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The Rise of the Cyber Women: Volume One: Inspirational Accounts From Women who are Taking the Cyber Security Industry by Storm by Lisa Ventura, Lauren Zink
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How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict by Nina Jankowicz
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Zed by Joanna Kavenna
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The Women’s History of the World by Rosalind Miles
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The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Her other book was excellent. -
The Adult Orphan Club: How I Learned to Grieve the Loss of My Parents by Flora Baker
Follow her on social media. -
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
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Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language by Emma Byrne
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Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding how our genes work by Kat Arney
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Say Why to Drugs: Everything You Need to Know About the Drugs We Take and Why We Get High by Suzi Gage
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The Optimism Bias: Why we're wired to look on the bright side by Tali Sharot
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Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
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Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
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Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology by Lizzie O'Shea
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading by Leah Price
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Space: 10 Things You Should Know by Dr Becky Smethurst
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Burnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle by Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
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New Power: Why outsiders are winning, institutions are failing, and how the rest of us can keep up in the age of mass participation by Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms
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True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News by Cindy L. Otis
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IN Security: Why a Failure to Attract and Retain Women in Cybersecurity is Making Us All Less Safe by Jane Frankland
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
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Truth to Power: How to Call Time on Bullsh*t, Speak Up & Make A Difference (The Sunday Times Bestseller) by Jess Phillips
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The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean
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Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists by Joan Smith
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Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
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The Knowledge Illusion: The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom by Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach
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Spy the Lie: How to spot deception the CIA way by Mike Floyd, Philip Houston
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Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein
Loved it as a kid. -
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood by Rose George
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The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab by Carl Miller
Met him at Newspeak House. -
Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side by Julia Shaw
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100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed) by Nate Crowley
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Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway by Katherine West Scheil
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Bluffocracy (Provocations) by James Ball, Andrew Greenway
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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann
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Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine
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Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson
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The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age (Penguin Modern Classics) by Stanislaw Lem
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Into The Forest by Jean Hegland
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The Just City (Thessaly) by Jo Walton
Leigh Dodds said on mastodon.me.uk:
@Edent there's some good books on that list!
Owen Blacker said on dataare.cool:
@Edent I really enjoyed the film adaptation of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which was really nicely done.
Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance was delightful.
Some Desperate Glory is one of the best books I read last year; it was on my Hugo nominations list. Light From Uncommon Stars is one of my favourites from 2022, I also Hugo nom'd it.
I definitely have to read a bunch of your list, mind!
Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy is just lovely, as is Interior Chinatown