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2020
- Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds – David Goggins (January)
- Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead – Sheryl Sandberg (January)
- Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell – Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle (January)
- Sabotage – Emma Gannon (January)
- Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig (February)
- Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig (February)
- Shoot for the Moon: Achieve the Impossible with the Apollo Mindset – Richard Wiseman (February)
- Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking – Matthew Syed (February – March)
- Personal Learning Journeys: The Definitive Guide to Creating Personal Learning Journeys and Why They’re the Future of L&D – Sean McPheat (March)
- The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One to Infinity – Steven Strogatz (March)
- The Life Changing Magic of Numbers: How Maths Shapes Everyday Life – Bobby Seagull (March)
- The Essential Digital Detox: How to Achieve Balance in a Digital World – Orianna Fielding (March)
- Hyperfocus: How to Work Less and Achieve More – Chris Bailey (March)
- How to Deal with Power and Manipulation by Performance Consulting – Nigel Harrison (March)
- How to Be a True Business Partner by Performance Consulting – Nigel Harrison (March)
- This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor – Adam Kay (March)
- Workplace Learning: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Employee Development – Nigel Paine (April)
- No One is Too Small to Make a Difference – Great Thunberg (April)
- Seven Types of Atheism – John Gray (April)
- Gung Ho!: How to Motivate People in Any Organisation – Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (April)
- How People Learn: Designing Education and Training that Works to Improve Performance – Nick Shackleton-Jones (April)
2019
- Work Like a Woman: A Manifesto for Change – Mary Portas (January)
- Informal Learning at Work: How To Boost Performance in Tough Times – Paul Matthews (January)
- Happy: Finding Joy in Every Day and Letting Go of Perfect – Fearne Cotton (January-February)
- Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage – Jon Cohen (February)
- Quiet: Silencing the Brain and Believing That You’re Good Enough – Fearne Cotton (February-March)
- The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8am – Hal Elrod (March)
- Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind – David J. Linden (March)
- The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night – Dr. Guy Meadows (March)
- The Luckiest Guy Alive – John Cooper Clarke (March)
- Calm: Working Through Life’s Daily Stresses to Find a Peaceful Centre – Fearne Cotton (March)
- The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution – Walter Isaacson (March-May)
- And Still I Rise – Maya Angelou (May)
- Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism – Yanis Varoufakis (May)
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t – Jim Collins (May)
- The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – Scott Galloway (May)
- Shop Girl: A Memoir – Mary Portas (May)
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World And Why Things Are Better Than You Think – Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund (May-June)
- Learning Transfer at Work: How to Ensure Training > Performance – Paul Matthews (June)
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics – Carlo Rovelli (June)
- The Power of No: Take Back Control and Find Time for You – Abbie Headon (June)
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life – Mark Manson (June)
- The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living – Brock Bastian (July)
- Crushing It: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Confidence and Influence – And How You Can, Too – Gary Vaynerchuk (July-August)
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle (August-September)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge (September)
- The Pomodoro Technique: The Life-Changing Time-Management System – Francesco Cirillo (September)
- The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead – Richard Branson (September)
- Every Tool’s a Hammer: Life is What You Make of It – Adam Savage (October)
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Heart. – Brene Brown (October-November)
- How to Stop the Bullsh*t and Create F*cking Good Content – Dan Kelsall (November)
- The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) – Gretchen Rubin (November)
- First Man In: Leading from the Front – Ant Middleton (November)
- A History of Women’s Lives in Coventry – Cathy Hughes (November-December)
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance – Angela Duckworth (December)
- WTF? – Robert Peston (December)
- A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind – Shoukei Matsumoto (December)
- Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World – Williams H. McRaven (December)
- Failed It! How to Turn Mistakes into Ideas and Others Advice for Successfully Screwing Up – Erik Kessels (December)
2018
- Crush It: Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion – Gary Vaynerchuk (January)
- Single-Minded: My Life in Business – Claude Littner (January)
- The Thank You Economy – Gary Vaynerchuk (January)
- My Story – Cyrille Regis (February)
- A Journey- Tony Blair (February-March)
- On the Shortness of Life – Seneca (March)
- The Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (March)
- Notes From A Friend – Anthony Robbins (March)
- 10 Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs – Larry Keeley, Ryan Pinkel, Brian Quinn, Helen Walters (March)
- Warren Buffett’s Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success – Mary Buffett and David Clark (March)
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE – Phil Knight (March-April)
- Resilience: How to Cope When Everyone Around You Keeps Changing – Liggy Webb (April)
- Creativity Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand In the Way of True Inspiration – Ed Catmull (April-May)
- Speed Reading In A Week – Tina Konstant (May)
- How To Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World – Dalai Lama (May)
- Coventry Through Time – Jacqueline Cameron (May)
- Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist – Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (May)
- Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World – Tim Ferriss (May)
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and The Art of Living – Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman (May)
- Static Contraction Training – Pete Sisco and John R Little (May)
- Successful Assertiveness In A Week – Dena Michelli (June)
- Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum – Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits and Jonas Koffler (June)
- Edge: What Business Can Learn from Football – Ben Lyttleton (June)
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Change the World – Adam Grant (June-July)
- David and Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell (July)
- The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham (July)
- A Whack to the Side of the Head – Roger Van Oech (July)
- To Sell is Human – Daniel Pink (July)
- The Greatest – Matthew Syed (July)
- The Culture Code – Daniel Coyle (July)
- Super Genes – Deepak Chopra & Rudolph Tanzi (July)
- The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power – Brendon Burchard (July)
- The Blended Learning Cookbook – Clive Shepherd (July)
- How We Learn: Throw Out the Rule Book and Unlock Your Brains Potential – Benedict Casey
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful – Marshall Goldsmith (August)
- The Six Value Medals: The Essential Tool for Success in the 21st Century – Edward De Bono (August)
- The Golden Rules of Blogging (and When to Break Them) – Robin Houghton (August)
- The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well – Louisa Thomsen Brits (September)
- Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction – Margaret A. Boden (September)
- The Little Book of Yes: How to Win Friends, Boost Your Confidence and Persuade Others – Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin and Robert Cialdini (September)
- Ideas Are Your Only Currency: 100 Creative Projects to Open Your Mind and Inspire Great Ideas – Rod Judkins (September)
- The Change Book: Fifty models to explain how things happen – Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschappeler (September)
- Breaking Bad Habits: Defy Industry Norms and Reinvigorate Your Business – Freek Vermeulen (October)
- The Happiness of Pursuit: Find the Quest that will Bring Purpose to Your Life – Chris Gillebeau (October)
- The Ultimate Introduction to NLP: How to Build a Successful Life – Richard Bandler, Alessio Roberti & Owen Fitzpatrick (October)
- How to Become a Blended Learning Chef with the Inspiring Learning Cookbook – A New Spring; Johannes Vinke and Marten de Prez (October)
- Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness – Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (October)
- Capability at Work: How to Solve the Performance Puzzle – Paul Matthews (November)
- You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life – Jen Sincero (December)
- How to Sleep Well: The Science of Sleeping Smarter, Living Better and Being Productive – Dr. Neil Stanley (December)
- How to be Successful by Being Yourself: The Surprising Truth About Turning Fear and Doubt Into Confidence and Success – David Taylor (December)
- The End of Average: How to Succeed in a World that Values Sameness – Todd Rose (December)
- Designing Your Life: Build a Life That Works for You – Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (December)
