What are the best, most readable, most inspiring and most give-able books this season? Manda's solstice list of her favourite Fiction and non-Fiction books read in 2021. Plus a bonus handful of must-listen podcasts. Here we go, people of the podcast - the books and their links. I've linked through Blackwells, because I used to love Heffers (part of the same chain) when I was in Cambridge. Do obviously feel free to support your local bookshop. KSR: The Ministry for the Future https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Ministry-for-the-Future-by-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/9780356508863/ Cory Doctorow - Walkaway https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Walkaway-by-Cory-Doctorow/978178669307/ Victoria Goddard The Hands of the Emperor https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Hands-of-the-Emperor-by-Goddard-Victoria/9781988908144 Mick Herron SLOUGH HOUSE - 7th Jackson Lamb thriller https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Slough-House-by-Mick-Herron/9781529378665/ Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Iron-Widow-by-Xiran-Jay-Zhao/9780861542093 Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Fates-and-Furies-by-Lauren-Groff/9780099592532 NON-FICTION Davids Graeber and Wengrow - THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING : a new history of Humanity https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Dawn-of-Everything-by-David-Graeber-D-Wengrow/9780241402429/ TAMSIN OMOND: Do/Earth: Healing strategies for humankind https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Do-Earth-by-Tamsin-Omond/9781914168000/ All We Can Save, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine K Wilkinson https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/All-We-Can-Save-by-Ayana-Elizabeth-Johnson-editor-Katharine-K-Wilkinson-editor/9780593237083 Finding the Mother Tree https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Finding-the-Mother-Tree-by-S-Simard/9780241389348/ Tomorrow is too late - Grace Maddrell https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Tomorrow-Is-Too-Late-by-Grace-Maddrell/9781911648321/ The Future Earth - Eric Holthaus https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Future-Earth-by-Eric-Holthaus/9780062883162/ Recapture the Rapture - Jamie Wheal https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Recapture-the-Rapture-by-Jamie-Wheal/9780062905468/ Mariana Mazzucato Mission Economy https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Mission-Economy-by-Mariana-Mazzucato/9780241419731 PODCASTS The Hive: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-hive-podcast/id1387510537/ Upstream: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/upstream/id1082594532/ Emerge: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/emerge-making-sense-of-whats-next/id1057220344/ Frontiers of Commoning: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/frontiers-of-commoning-with-david-bollier/id1501085005/ Outrage and Optimism: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/outrage-optimism/id1459416461/ What Could Possibly Go Right: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-could-possibly-go-right/id1520465627/ Your Undivided Attention: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/your-undivided-attention/id1460030305/ EcoCiv : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ecociv-podcast/id1511996189/ Farmerama: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/farmerama/id1031542491/ Farm Gate: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/farm-gate/id1490590788/ The Lodge Cast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lodge-cast/id1530950902/ Reasons to be Cheerful: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reasons-to-be-cheerful-with-ed-miliband-and-geoff-lloyd/id1287081706/ Tom and Thelma Look Left: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thelma-and-tom-look-left/id1553737688/
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