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A Listmania! list by The Commuting Bookworm (UK)
 
The Flavour Thesaurus
1.  The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit
The list author says:
  "Great source of ideas, good to dip into, essential for impressing Guardianistas"
£12.34   Used & New from: £7.49
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Economyths: Ten Ways That Economics Gets it Wrong
2.  Economyths: Ten Ways That Economics Gets it Wrong by David Orrell
The list author says:
  "Interesting critique of conventional economic thought"
Used & New from: £8.33
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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The Hills are Stuffed with Swedish Girls
3.  The Hills are Stuffed with Swedish Girls by Richard Happer
The list author says:
  "The book that the Ordnance Survey tried to ban - cannot recommend enough!"
£7.19   Used & New from: £3.49
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Solar
4.  Solar by Ian McEwan
The list author says:
  "Not always laugh-out-loud funny, but a wry tale for our times"
£12.34   Used & New from: £0.01
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (171 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Books Do Furnish a Room
5.  Books Do Furnish a Room by Leslie Geddes-Brown
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  "Bookcase porn"
£16.21   Used & New from: £11.00
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Tamara Drewe
6.  Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds
The list author says:
  "Far from the Madding Crowd as a contemporary comic - very sharply observed"
Used & New from: £0.59
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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Cold Earth
7.  Cold Earth by Sarah Moss
The list author says:
  "Haunting tale of archaeology and madness in Greenland"
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)

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The Year of the Flood
8.  The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The list author says:
  "The end of the world as an ecological parable"
£12.34   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Maps of My Life
9.  Maps of My Life by Guy Browning
The list author says:
  "Witty autobiography, interwoven with maps"
£9.09   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
10.  The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by Richard Wilkinson
The list author says:
  "Excellent attempt at constructing an evidence-based argument for equality. Despite recent attacks from partisan commentators, still highly credible"
Used & New from: £14.00
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (137 customer reviews)

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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
11.  Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay
The list author says:
  "Compelling reading for the back-of-envelope calculations of everything from the energy footprint of a cat to how to power Europe with solar power in the desert"
£17.12   Used & New from: £11.05
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice
12.  Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice by George Monbiot
The list author says:
  "Diverse essays from George Monbiot"
£10.79   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
13.  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
The list author says:
  "Wide ranging history of societal collapse"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)

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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
14.  Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
The list author says:
  "Virtuoso investigation of geographic forces on the history of man"
£6.29   Used & New from: £1.62
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (150 customer reviews)

The Discovery of France
15.  The Discovery of France by Graham Robb
The list author says:
  "The hidden history of France - fascinating"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
16.  Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
The list author says:
  "Probably my favourite popular psychology book of recent years"
Used & New from: £3.80
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (111 customer reviews)

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