The Penguin Book of Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Joyce A. Tyldesley

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

A Short History of England

Simon Jenkins

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

Ben Macintyre

Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield

Martin Pearce

To the Sea by Train

Andrew Martin

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan

Lyse Doucet

Erebus: The Story of a Ship

Michael Palin

Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined

Stephen Fry

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)

Philip K. Dick