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25 Helen Bynum
The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution & Fate Brian Switek • The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Surface Monty Lyman
time & money 27 Paul Johnson
Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted Us Jonathan Aldred 28 Helen P earson
What We Really Do All Day: Insights from the Centre for Time Use Research Jonathan Gershuny & Oriel Sullivan
natural world 30 Zeb Soanes
The Weather Machine: How We See Into the Future Andrew Blum 31 C harlie Pye-Smith
Invasive Aliens: The Plants & Animals From Over There That Are Over Here Dan Eatherley 32 N igel Andrew
Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, & Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live Rob Dunn
philosophy 34 Tim Whitmarsh
The History of Philosophy A C Grayling
monstrous things 36 Laura Freeman
Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art Nicholas Hall, Dawn Ades, Olivier Berggruen & J Patrice Marandel (edd) 37 Adam Douglas
Sha peshifters: A History John B Kachuba
general 38 Thomas Shippey
Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe Nicholas Jubber 39 R affaello Pantucci
Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists Joan Smith 40 Eleanor F itzsimons
The Drama of Celebrity Sharon Marcus
41 N eil Armstrong
Mudlarking: Lost & Found on the River Thames Lara Maiklem 42 C hristopher Bray
Once Upon a Time in the West: Shooting a Masterpiece Christopher Frayling 43 S tephen Bates
The Great Romantic: Cricket & the Golden Age of Neville Cardus Duncan Hamilton • Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket Vic Marks • Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire Prashant Kidambi • Teddy: The Life & Times of Major E G Wynyard DSO, OBE Richard Evans
fiction 46 James Womack
Stalingrad Vasily Grossman 47 S alley Vickers
Your Duck Is My Duck Deborah Eisenberg 48 Matt Ro wland Hill
Quichotte Salman Rushdie 49 P aul Bailey
At the Edge of the Night Friedo Lampe 50 Mic hael Eaude
Grab a Snake by the Tail Leonardo Padura 50 Jake Ker ridge
Platform Seven Louise Doughty 51 S amuel Reilly
Search Sweet Country Kojo Laing 52 K atie Da Cunha Lewin
Animalia Jean-Baptiste Del Amo 53 Joshua Y oung
The Stranger from the Sea Paul Binding 54 Daniya Baiguzha yeva
An American Marriage Tayari Jones
silenced voices 56 Lucy Popescu on Shakthika Sathkumara
crime 58 Natasha Cooper on eight new novels
bookends 64 Nigel Buckley on Maurice Wilson’s attempt on Everest
19 Crossword 22 Letters 54 Literary Review Bookshop
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