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Which linguistics books give a good sense of what the field is about? David Adger, Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and the current president of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, recommends some of his own favourite books on the science of language, including a sci-fi novel.

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The Best of True Crime, recommended by Jax Miller

People Who Eat Darkness: Love, Grief and a Journey into Japan's Shadows
by Richard Lloyd Parry

In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote

And the Sea Will Tell
by Vincent Bugliosi

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
by John Berendt

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
by William J. Mann

Books for Hypochondriacs, recommended by Cherie L. Marcus

Is It All in Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness
by Suzanne O'Sullivan

The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death.
by Gene Weingarten

The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives
by Brian Dillon

Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
by Jennifer Traig

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