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Featured library books

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Reading Group

Elizabeth Noble

Five women meet for their first reading group, little realising this...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Ancient Light

John Banville

John Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Fault Line

Robert Goddard

It could be your average suicide. A man found dead in his car, engine...

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From: Bourne, 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

Longbourn

Jo Baker

'If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats,'...

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From: Birmingham, GB

It's a Long Way...

Bill Cullen

It's a Long Way from Penny Apples A very warm, funny, affectionate...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Certain Age

Tama Janowitz

When Florence Collins sets out for a weekend in the Hamptons, her life...

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From: Birmingham, GB

THE INTERPRETATION O...

JED RUBENFELD

'Manhattan, 1909. On the morning after Sigmund Freud arrives in New...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Giving Up the Ghost

Hilary Mantel

Opening in 1995 with 'A Second Home', Mantel describes the death...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Collaborator

Margaret Leroy

There's a sudden scatter of birds in the sky. I flinch. Little things...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Who Killed Palomino ...

Mario Vargas Llosa

This wonderful detective novel is set in Peru in the 1950s. Near an Air...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

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

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From: Bourne, GB

A Father's Reve...

Kitty Neale

A mother must fight to protect all she holds dear… Thirteen years have...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Gavin Extence

Gavin Extence was born in 1982 and grew up in the interestingly named village of Swineshead, Lincolnshire. From the ages of 5-11, he enjoyed a brief but illustrious career as a chess player, winning...

Erin Kelly

Erin Kelly was born in London in 1976 and grew up in Essex. She read English at Warwick University and has been working as a journalist since 1998.She has written for newspapers including the The...

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco is an Italian writer of fiction, essays, academic texts, and children's books, and certainly one of the finest authors of the twentieth century. A professor of semiotics at the...

Featured book drops

The Vintner

United Kingdom - Stratford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Situated in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, The Vintner is a natural meeting place, whether it be for a coffee or something a little stronger in the café / bar, a meal in our...

Bisley House

United Kingdom - Stroud

Book Drop

We’re a newly renovated friendly pub restaurant in Middle Street, Stroud. We serve fine wines, real ales, fantastic food and speciality tea and coffee.

The Bluebell Inn

United Kingdom - Ashbourne

Book Drop

Whether you want to enjoy a pint in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere or you want a full, sit-down meal, come to The Bluebell Inn in Tissington. We offer a family friendly bar,...

Featured book shops

Bisbee Books and Music

United States - Bisbee

Book Shop

Come visit our bookstore, located in historic Bisbee, Arizona. We have a great selection of books, musical instruments and accessories, new vinyl records, and toys and games for the whole family.

The Willesden Bookshop

United Kingdom - London

Book Shop

The Willesden Bookshop is a specialist supplier of children's books.

Anime Castle

United States - Mineola

Book Shop

Hours
Mon 12:00 - 19:00
Tue 12:00 - 19:00
Wed 12:00 - 19:00
Thu 12:00 - 19:00
Fri 12:00 - 19:00
Sat 11:00 - 20:00
Sun 12:00 - 17:00

Featured libraries

Manchester Central Library

United Kingdom - Manchester

Library

Central Library opening times:
Monday: 9am-8pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Wednesday: 9am-8pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

The beautifully refurbished...

Madeley Library

United Kingdom - Russell Road

Library

Monday ? 10am - 4pm
Tuesday ? 10am - 5pm
Wednesday ? 10am - 6pm
Thursday ? Closed
Friday ? 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday ? 9.30am - 4pm

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

Featured book news

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: first trailer for new Game of Thrones prequel

Latest Westeros-set show, based on novellas by George RR Martin, takes place 100 years before events of Game of Thrones ...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’ Continue reading.........

Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature Co...

Mischa Barton to make UK stage debut in Double Indemnity

The OC star will take the role made famous by Barbara Stanwyck in James M Cain’s classic noir tale of murder and deceit,...

UK libraries urged to remove children’s books with URL hijacked by porn site

Puffin issues alert to schools and local authorities over books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew Cope Continue readin...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main c...

Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai are joint favourites to win 2025 Nobel prize in literature

The Chinese and Hungarian writers are tied with odds of 10/1 – while Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie...

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard to chair Women’s prize for fiction in 2026

Gillard reveals reading fiction is her most treasured pastime and looks forward to working with ‘a joyful panel of judge...

Seamus Heaney’s unpublished poems to be released — read one exclusively here

The Poems of Seamus Heaney, out on Thursday, will feature all 12 of the revered Irish author’s collections alongside unc...