Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best
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From a Jacobean traveller’s travails in Sindh to the tangled roots of Nigeria, our pick of new nonfiction books that shine a light on Asia, Africa and South America
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It took me a decade': the 2023 Booker prize shortlisted authors on the stories behind their novels, Books
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The Best Books of 2022
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When We Cease to Understand the World – New York Review Books
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Hot off the press: authors pick their page-turners for summer, Best books
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World: Zakaria, Fareed: 9780393542134: : Books
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The joy of crime fiction: authors from Lee Child to Paula Hawkins pick their favourite books, Crime fiction
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Give the gift of food: chefs share their favorite cookbooks of 2023, Food
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Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best nonfiction reads of the year, Global development
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10 January books to read now - The Washington Post
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Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best nonfiction reads of the year, Global development
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Must reads: 50 best books of all time - Pan Macmillan
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Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best nonfiction reads of the year, Global development
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Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best nonfiction reads of the year, Global development
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1): 9781771642484: Wohlleben, Peter, Billinghurst, Jane, Flannery, Tim, Simard, Suzanne: Books