DOUBLE DUTY
Can’t find the time to get through the books on your to-read list between work, life and Rupaul’s Drag Race? Try listening to one of these audio books at the gym – you’ll be stronger and smarter in no time
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
BY BILL BRYSON Ticks all the sciencetopic boxes – physics, astronomy, paleontology, chemistry – and covers everything from the big bang onwards, so you’ll never run out of smalltalk starters again.
LEAN IN: FOR GRADUATES
BY SHERYL SANDBERG An enhanced version of the pioneering original by Facebook’s COO, it’s aimed at anyone new to the workforce and guaranteed to put you on the right track before you’ve even signed your first full-time contract.
THE CONFIDENCE CODE: THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SELF-ASSURANCE – WHAT WOMEN SHOULD KNOW
BY KATTY KAY AND CLAIRE SHIPMAN An examination of confidence by two TV journalists – where it comes from, how to get it and use it better, and why even the most successful women suffer from self-doubt.
WAKING UP
BY SAM HARRIS The bestselling author, neuroscientist and “new atheist” explores the scholarship of spirituality, makes a scientific case for meditation and strikes a smart balance between secular and spiritual worlds.
NICE GIRLS DON’T GET THE CORNER OFFICE
BY LOIS P FRANKEL Corporate coach Frankel explores how the behaviours we’re taught as girls can sabotage our potential as women (and how to beat them).
QUIET INFLUENCE: THE INTROVERT’S GUIDE TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE
BY JENNIFER B KAHNWEILER It’s tough working in an office of extroverts, but the global speaker and trainer shows how introverts can harness their influence and work with their strengths to change the status quo.
MODERN ROMANCE: AN INVESTIGATION
BY AZIZ ANSARI AND ERIC KLINENBERG A comedian and an NYU sociologist walk into a bar... No, actually they research the art of dating, romance and sex, and explore how the cultural ideas around each vary between continents.
GUT: THE INSIDE STORY OF OUR BODY’S MOST UNDER-RATED ORGAN
BY GIULIA ENDERS A look at how the gut works (because, admit it, you really want to know everything) by a scientist who makes bacteria and bowel movements seem infinitely fascinating.