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Recommend me some non fiction if these are some of my favourites?

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EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 05/05/2026 20:30

I am particularly looking for something that works as audio

So I liked

Bad Blood by John Carreyou
Say Nothing and London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Only Plane In The Sky by Garrett Graff
A Woman Of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Mrs. Jordan’s Profession by Clare Tomalin
Letters Between Six Sisters ed. Charlotte Mosley

among others!

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petitpasta · 07/05/2026 21:43

Rather different to the other suggestions but I enjoyed Craftland by James Fox so much that I listened to the audio book and then went out and bought the physical book and read that straight after. It's about Britain's disappearing craft trades like dry stone walling, leather tanning and barrel making. Beautifully written.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 07/05/2026 22:02

Interesting…thank you @petitpasta

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Terpsichore · 09/05/2026 14:30

Craftland was a Radio 4 book of the week recently - I already had it on my wishlist and it’s reserved at the library - I’m inching towards it, albeit veeeeery slowly!

CrossPurposes · 09/05/2026 15:04

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 07/05/2026 21:05

@Placeoftides There’s also a TV series of the same name with Andrew Garfield. It’s currently on Disney+ but might also be on ITV Player because they showed it as well.

It's on Prime as well. I've added it to my watchlist.

timbitstimbytes · 09/05/2026 15:56

The Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize and runners up is a great place to source good non-fiction. Cod by Mark Kurlanksy is great, the history of cod fishing, I know it sounds dull but it's fascinating if you like Canadian or US history. Life at the Bottom by Theodore Dalrymple - reflections on a career as a psychiatrist in prisons and poor parts of London. The Weirdest people in the world, reflections on Western society and how it's different. In Order to Live by Yonmi Park an absolutely crazy story about a woman who escaped North Korea and what life was like there.

Songlines · 10/05/2026 20:18

Lucy Easthope - When the dust settles

Claire Tomalin - Particularly her biography of Charles Dickens

Alice Roberts - Buried / Ancestors

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