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Featured library books

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

Twilight tempted the imagination . . . New Moon made readers thirsty for...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Soldier's W...

Margaret Leroy

1940, GUERNSEY. Vivienne de la Mare waits nervously for the bombs to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

Money. Fame. Love. Who says you can't have it all Being the daughter...

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From: Birmingham, GB

As Darkness Falls

Bronwyn Parry

An abducted child. A ruthless killer. A race against time. Haunted by her...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

The Violet Hour

Richard Montanari

He's waited twenty years. He'll wait no longer. A gripping...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Now You See Her

James Patterson

To save her own life, Nina Bloom vanished. Now, to rescue an innocent man,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

From America's most beloved storyteller comes an unforgettable tale...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Never Go Back

Lee Child

‘It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Welcome To Rosie Hop...

Jenny Colgan

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Life Less Ordinary

John Hodge

A Life Less Ordinary tells the story of a hapless young man who is fired...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Mother's Gift

Maggie Hope

Taken in by her grandparents to ease the pressure on her poverty-stricken...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Blood Rush

Helen Black

The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence - the media is building on...

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From: Bourne, GB

How Stella Got Her G...

Terry McMillan

Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

William Makepeace Thackeray

Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815), held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the...

Alejo Carpentier

Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its "boom" period. Perhaps Cuba's most important intellectual figure of the twentieth...

Cecelia Elizabeth Frey

Cecelia Frey studied at the University of Alberta and, after raising a family, returned to the University of Calgary where she completed an M.A. in English (Master's degree thesis was, The...

Featured book drops

The Ship Inn

United Kingdom - Stonehaven

Book Drop

The Ship Inn, overlooking the harbour, is an excellent choice for bed and breakfast accommodation in Stonehaven. Built in 1771, this historical and award winning hotel has so much...

Cromarty Arms Inn

United Kingdom - Cromarty

Book Drop

The Cromarty Arms is a family run pub providing bed and breakfast accommodation and delicious home-made bar meals. We have a beer garden and are adjacent to three historical...

Brunch

United Kingdom - Whiston

Book Drop

We are new business located on Greenes Road, Whiston Village, and we offer a selection of freshly prepared breakfasts and lunches, home-made cakes, home-made soups, jacket...

Featured book shops

Nomade Store

France - Les Mesnuls

Book Shop

We specialize in Spanish books, particularly hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books.

h:ström Antikvariat & Bokhandel

Sweden - Umeå

Book Shop

Antiquarian bookshop

BD Net [online]

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Book Shop

Featured libraries

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

OPENING TIMES:
9:30 am – 17.45 Monday - Saturday
Closed on Sundays

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The...

Featured book news

Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75

New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, ...

CD Rose awarded the 2025 Goldsmiths prize

The author has won the experimental literary fiction prize for his ‘dizzying, encyclopaedic’ fifth book, We Live Here No...

Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction

Tracing the author’s life from bohemian Melbourne in the 70s to the breakdown of her marriage in the 90s, How to End a S...

Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels

Author says he is ‘overcome with emotion’ after winning £40,000 honour for books including The Line of Beauty and The Sw...

Sara Pascoe’s novel wins inaugural Jilly Cooper award

Weirdo, the comedian’s ‘daring look at young womanhood’, is the first winner of new honour named after the Riders noveli...

Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsi...

Horror show: North American box office records lowest monthly total since 1997

Halloween weekend failed to make numbers jump, adding up to the weakest monthly performance – other than during the pand...

My Father’s Shadow looms over competition at British independent film awards

Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations, including best film and besr director Continue reading.........

Salman Rushdie says even he is surprised he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack

Author was injured in multiple places and lost use of his right eye after assassination attempt during a lecture Continu...