Non Fiction
Natalie Angier. The Beauty of the Beastly
David Attenborough. Life On Air: Memoirs
Anthony Bourdain. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Thomas Cahill. How the Irish Saved Civilisation
Lisa Chaney. Elizabeth David
Jung Chang. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Bruce Chatwin. The Songlines
Kaz Cooke. Real Gorgeous
Richard Dawkins. Climbing Mount Improbable
Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
Jared Diamond. The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
Tim Flannery. The Future Eaters
Janet Frame. To the Is-land; An Angel At My Table; Envoy From Mirror City
Steve Jones. The Language of the Genes
Barbara Kingsolver. High Tide in Tucson: Essays From Now Or Never (essays)
Robert Lacey. The Year 1000
Mary Lovell. The Mitford Girls
James McBride. The Color of Water
John Maddox. What Remains to be Discovered
Michael Moore. Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation
Barbara Reynolds. Dorothy L Sayers; Her Life and Soul
Matt Ridley. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Matt Ridley. Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human
Oliver Sachs. An Anthropologist on Mars
Chris Stringer. African Exodus
Fiction
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood. Oryx and Crake
Anita Daimant. The Red Tent
Roddy Doyle. A Star Called Henry
Roddy Doyle. The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments; The Snapper; The Van
Stella Gibbons. Cold Comfort Farm
Julia Glass. Three Junes
David Gutterson. Snow Falling on Cedars
Keri Holmes. The Bone People
Nick Hornby. High Fidelity
Anita Loos. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Barbara Kingsolver. The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver. Prodigal Summer
Yann Martel. The Life of Pi
Haruki Murakami. Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami. DanceDanceDance
Haruki Murakami. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
E Annie Proulx. The Shipping News
Dorothy L Sayers. Busman's Honeymoon
Jane Smiley. Moo
Graham Swift. Last Orders
Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jean M Auel. The Shelters of Stone
Orson Scott Card. Ender's Game
Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere
Madeleine L'Engle. The Time Quartet: A House Like a Lotus; An Acceptable Time
Vonda McIntyre. Dreamsnake
Robin McKinley. The Blue Sword
Robin McKinley. Beauty
Terry Pratchett. The Discworld Series
Connie Willis. The Doomsday Book