Lists

Democracy and Government Public

Rory Stewart: Politics On the Edge (EBook, 2023, Vintage Digital) Michael Lewis: Fifth Risk (EBook, 2018, Penguin Books, Limited)
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Iain Dale: The Prime Ministers (EBook, 2020, Hodder & Stoughton)

 Jonathan Sumption: The Challenges of Democracy (EBook, 2025, Profile Books) Kristin Kobes Du Mez: Jesus and John Wayne (Paperback, 2021, Liveright Publishing Corporation, Liveright)

The benefits, risks and alter…

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Crime and Punishment Public

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Amanda Brown: Prison Doctor (EBook, 2019, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

 Wendy Joseph: Rough Justice (Paperback) John Grisham: The Innocent Man (Paperback, 2007, Dell)
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The Secret Barrister: Nothing but the Truth (2022, Pan Macmillan)
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Wendy Joseph: Unlawful Killings : Life, Love and Murder (2023, Penguin Books, Limited)

Books about the criminal just…

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Arthurian Romance Public

Bernard Cornwell: Enemy of God (EBook, 2009, Penguin Group UK) Bernard Cornwell: The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur (EBook, 2009, Penguin Group UK) Bernard Cornwell: Excalibur (EBook, 2009, Penguin Group UK) Thomas Malory: Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1 (Paperback) Pauline Maud Matarasso: The quest of the Holy Grail (Paperback, 1969, Penguin)

The Myths and Legends of King…

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Botley Book Club Public

Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad (Paperback, 1992, Corgi Books)
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Aminatta Forna: Happiness (2019, Bloomsbury Publishing)

 Kent Haruf: Plainsong [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2013] Kent Haruf (Paperback, 2013, Picador, imusti) Olga Tokarczuk: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2019) Barbara Pym: Excellent Women (1988)

Books which have been, or mig…

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All in the mind Public

M.D. Eric Berne: Games People Play. (1967, Ballantine Books) John Grisham: The Guardians (Paperback, HODDER & STOUGHTON) Douglas R. Hofstadter: I Am a Strange Loop (2007, Basic Books) Thomas Anthony Harris, M.D., Amy Bjork Harris: Staying O.K. (Paperback, 1995, Arrow Books Ltd) Malcolm Gladwell: Blink (Paperback, 2007, Back Bay Books)

How minds work, psychology, …

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Detectives in other times and other places Public

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Lindsey Davis: Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016, Hodder & Stoughton)

 Olga Tokarczuk: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2019) Elizabeth Edmondson: A Man of Some Repute (EBook, 2015, ‎ Thomas & Mercer) T.E. Kinsey: An Act of Foul Play (EBook, 2022, Thomas & Mercer) T.E. Kinsey: A Fire at the Exhibition (EBook, 2023, Thomas & Mercer)

Fictional detectives often in…

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Not Lost In Translation Public

Stanisław Lem: The Cyberiad (Hardcover, 1974, Seabury Press) Douglas R. Hofstadter: Le Ton Beau De Marot (1998, Basic Books) Olga Tokarczuk: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2019)

Books written in one language…

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Follow the money Public

Geoffrey Whitehead: Economics made simple (1985, Heinemann) Ha-Joon Chang: 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (2011, Bloomsbury Press) Gillian O'Connor: A guide to stockpicking (1996, Century Business)

Economics and Finance

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Galactic Empires Public

A. E. van Vogt: The Weapon Shops of Isher (Paperback, 1977, Pocket Books) A. E. van Vogt: The Weapon Makers (Paperback, 1966, Ace Books)

Set in a future where a signi…

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The Dreaming Spires Public

FAITH MARTIN: Murder at Midnight (EBook, Joffe Books)
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Faith Martin: MURDER on the TRAIN a Gripping Crime Mystery Full of Twists (2024, Joffe Books)

 Faith Martin: MURDER IN THE PARISH a gripping crime mystery full of twists (Paperback, Joffe Books) Julie Ann Godson: The Water Gypsy (Paperback, 2022, Alley Cat Books) Stella Rimington: Secret asset (2008, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Set in or around Oxford - fac…

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Bedtime Reading Public

Samantha Harvey: Orbital (2023, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated) Martin Edwards: A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (Paperback, 2021, Poisoned Pen Press) James Herriot: The Lord God Made Them All (Paperback, 2006, Pan Macmillan)

Books which are good to read …

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Legal Fiction Public

John Grisham: The Last Juror (Paperback, 2003, Century) John Grisham: The Litigators (Hardcover, 2011, Hodder & Stoughton) John Grisham: The Street Lawyer (Hardcover, 2005, Random House Large Print) John Grisham: The Confession (Hardcover, 2010, Century) John Grisham: The Brethren (EBook, 2010, Random House Group Limited)

Legal thrillers, legal humour…

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