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Book cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Dave Goulson Author Of Eat the Planet Well

From Dave's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

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Dave's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Dave Goulson Why Dave loves this book

An affectionate look at Britain, laugh-out-loud funny throughout, and packed with fascinating trivia.

By Bill Bryson ,

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2 authors picked The Road to Little Dribbling as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016
WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR BIOGRAPHY 2016

Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation's heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best represents Britain.Now, to mark the twentieth anniversary of that modern classic, Bryson makes a…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

Book cover of One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate

Dave Goulson Author Of Eat the Planet Well

From Dave's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

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Dave's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Dave Goulson Why Dave loves this book

Presents a wonderful vision of a world in which every garden is nature-friendly and brimming with life.

By Kate Bradbury ,

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3 authors picked One Garden Against the World as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'If you ever doubted that you can help change the world, READ THIS BOOK.' CAROLINE LUCAS 'The greatest existential crisis we face distilled into the crucible of a tiny piece of paradise.' CHRIS PACKHAM Five years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden. It's busy: home to all sorts of wildlife, from red mason bees and bumblebees to house sparrows, hedgehogs and dragonflies. It seems the entire frog population of Brighton and Hove breeds in her small pond each spring, and now there are toads here, too. On summer evenings, Kate…


Book cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
Book cover of One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate

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