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12 books with a reading profile close to Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

In a Sunburned Country

by Bill Bryson

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Bill Bryson chronicles his travels across the Australian continent, documenting its immense scale and lethal environmental hazards.
2

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

In this illustrated compendium, Percy Jackson provides a firsthand account of the Greek creation myth and the origins of the Olympians.
3

Hoot

by Carl Hiaasen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Roy Eberhardt, a newcomer to Coconut Cove, Florida, becomes entangled in a local conflict when he follows a barefoot runaway known as Mullet Fingers.
4

George's Marvelous Medicine

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

When George Kranky is left alone to care for his mean-spirited, demanding grandmother, he decides to replace her regular medicine with a homemade brew.
5

Dragon Teeth

by Michael Crichton

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Set in 1876, the story follows William Johnson, a wealthy Yale student who joins a fossil-hunting expedition to the American West.
6

Flush

by Carl Hiaasen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Noah Underwood's father is in jail for sinking a casino boat, the Coral Queen, which he says is dumping raw sewage into the waters of the Florida Keys.
7

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

by Eiichiro Oda

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Monkey D.
8

The Next Chapter

by Jeff Kinney

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

In this 2017 volume, Jeff Kinney moves away from the middle-school classroom to focus on the technical and creative processes involved in making the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films.
9

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Douglas Adams departs from fiction to document his global travels with zoologist Mark Carwardine, tracking species on the brink of extinction.
10

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

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Twenty years after his first tour of Britain, Bill Bryson returns to traverse the island along a route he names the Bryson Line, stretching from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath.
11

Letters from Father Christmas

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Every December between 1920 and 1943, J.R.R.
12

Calico Joe

by John Grisham

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in the summer of 1973, this narrative follows Joe Castle, a rookie for the Chicago Cubs who begins his career with a record-breaking hitting streak.

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