Radio 2 Book Club: Fact Not Fiction

Radio 2 Book Club: Fact Not Fiction - 2017 | 2016 | 2015

15/01/2016 - One Child by Mei Fong
29/01/2016 - The Maverick Mountaineer by Robert Wainwright
12/02/2016 - The Lovers by Rod Nordland
26/02/2016 - The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
25/03/2016 - The Secret Poisoner by Linda Stratmann
08/04/2016 - Wild Kingdom by Stephen Moss
05/05/2016 - The New Odyssey by Patrick Kingsley
19/05/2016 - My Old Man by Ted Kessler
02/06/2016 - Full Marks For Trying by Brigid Keenan
16/06/2016 - Tuco by Brian Brett
30/06/2016 - The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
21/07/2016 - Dr James Barry by Michael du Preez & Jeremy Dronfield
04/08/2016 - Les Parisiennes by Anne Sebba
18/08/2016 - The Cyber Effect by Dr Mary Aiken
01/09/2016 - The Appointment by Dr Graham Easton
15/09/2016 - Walls Come Tumbling Down by Daniel Rachel
29/09/2016 - Bring Back The King by Helen Pilcher
20/10/2016 - You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris
10/11/2016 - Peaks And Troughs by Nick Perry
01/12/2016 - The Zoo by Isobel Charman

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1	Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction by Helen Pilcher 4.05 avg rating — 214 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 3,330 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Outrun by Amy Liptrot (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 17,874 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.35 avg rating — 55,911 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Cyber Effect: A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behavior Changes Online by Mary Aiken 3.74 avg rating — 1,503 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s by Anne Sebba (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,902 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris 4.31 avg rating — 9,814 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo by Isobel Charman 3.45 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Maverick Mountaineer: The remarkable life of George Ingle Finch: Climber, scientist, inventor by Robert Wainwright 4.29 avg rating — 129 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Lovers by Rod Nordland 3.57 avg rating — 1,208 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 341 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife by Stephen Moss 4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley 4.43 avg rating — 1,599 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	My Old Man by Ted Kessler 4.18 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Full Marks for Trying: An Unlikely Journey From the Raj to the Rag Trade by Brigid Keenan 3.67 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Tuco and the Scattershot World: A Life with Birds by Brian Brett 3.76 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Michael du Preez 3.89 avg rating — 317 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Appointment: What Your Doctor Really Thinks During Your Ten-Minute Consultation by Graham Easton 4.21 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge by Daniel Rachel (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 163 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Peaks and Troughs: In at the Deep End, High in the Hills by Nick Perry 4.03 avg rating — 67 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars