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Award-winning science journalist Angela Saini investigates the bias lurking within data collection and human classification, and interrogates what purpose it truly serves.
Sociology & anthropology
The Case for Quitting: How Letting Go Can Help You Build the Life You Want
Quitting gets a bad rap. It’s what the lazy people do. It’s synonymous with giving up. Winners don’t quit.
Except, that’s not really true. This book shakes our perceptions and teaches a hard lesson: according to the research, working hard non-stop and persevering through pain isn’t always the answer to everything.
The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne: How Metal Teaches Us to Live
Pioneering metal writer Keith Kahn-Harris presents a moving, visionary exploration of Ozzy Osbourne, and of metal music and culture: the potent legacy Ozzy left us.
The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss and Kitchen Objects
Winner of the André Simon Food Book Award
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award
‘Extraordinary’ TELEGRAPH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN
‘Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book’ CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
Beyond Belief: A Defence of Gossip and the Women Who Do It
A celebration and exploration of gossip, reclaiming it as a powerful tool for building relationships, sharing vital information and enabling women’s voices to be heard.
Her Name Is Alice: My Daughter, Her Transition and Why We Must Remember Her
‘Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance to. I wish everyone would.’ Sofie Hagen
‘Uncompromising, anguished, combative: culture wars have victims, and this is an agonising story told with honesty and passion.’ Richard Beard
‘An intimate, beautifully told memoir’ Elinor Cleghorn
After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order
‘The twenty-first century’s counterpart to Hobbes’s Leviathan.’ EMMANUELE COCCIA
What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future.
The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on my Father's Islands
‘Fascinating… written with clarity and rooted in deep affection’ Observer
‘A timely and balanced book that offers a unique insight into a debate whose relevance is only going to grow’ The Times
A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.
High-Rise
From the author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Cocaine Nights’ comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.
The Meaning Of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world – a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance.
Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency
A Telegraph Best Book of 2025.
A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025.
‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook
‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James Montague, author of The Billionaires Club and Engulfed