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Featured library books

Plague Ship

Clive Cussler

Oregon Files: In a Norwegian glacier during the Second World War, a Nazi...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

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

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, 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

The Kashmir Shawl

Rosie Thomas

Newlyweds Nerys and Evan Ellis leave the Welsh valleys behind to become...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

It's a world where crime is almost respectable - until passion ignites...

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From: Ludlow, GB

The Flirt

Kathleen Tessaro

Hughie Venables-Smythe discovers the world of the professional flirt. A...

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From: Birmingham, 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

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

Charles Reeves is a preacher, mystic and formulator of the Infinite Plan -...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

The Dead Won't ...

Anna Smith

Krimi. The body of a young teenage hooker is found washed up on the beach...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Aftermath

Peter Robinson

Number 35 The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Story of My Life...

Helen Keller

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life...

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From: Ludlow, GB

I, Alex Cross

James Patterson

A Cross family member is murdered, and the case catapults Alex into a...

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From: Ludlow, GB

The Dead of Winter

Lisa Appignanesi

This is a chilling and psychological thriller is about why some men love...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

George Grossmith

George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades. As a writer and composer, he created 18 comic operas, nearly 100...

Gillian Flynn

Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. Her books include Gone Girl which was made into a celebrated film of the same name. The dark plot revolves around a...

Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: ???? ???) (born 21 October 1943) is a British-Pakistani historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator. He is a member of the editorial committee of...

Featured book drops

The Blue Boar

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

The Blue Boar is a beautiful traditional Cotswold pub. A listed building that dates back to 1641, this old coach house is located right at the end of the high street. A real local...

Pier House Bistro

United Kingdom - Boathouse

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Pier House Bistro is a special place to meet, greet and eat! We are situated in picturesque Beaumaris, with stunning views of the Menai Strait and the Snowdonia Mountain range. We...

Snack Attack Cafe

United Kingdom - Scunthorpe

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Established in 2012, Snack Attack Café has two key values: serving quality food at a fair price. We are a family run café and pride ourselves on using locally sourced fresh...

Featured book shops

Khalkedon Books

Turkey - Kadıköy

Book Shop

Antiquarian bookshop

Forbidden Planet International - Leeds

United Kingdom - Leeds

Book Shop

17 shops bringing you the finest in comics, graphic novels and cult merchandise

The Willoughby Book Club

United Kingdom - None

Book Shop

We specialise in personalised book subscription gifts. Based on information provided by you, we'll deliver a new, hand selected book once a month to a gift recipient of your...

Featured libraries

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

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

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...

Featured book news

Nero book awards: Benjamin Wood and Sarah Perry among prize winners

Wood wins the award for fiction for his ‘utterly immersive’ novel Seascraper while Perry picks up the nonfiction prize f...

Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68

Cartoonist – who was dropped from US papers in 2023 after calling Black people a ‘hate group’ – had prostate cancer Con...

Leah Williamson and Richard Osman back National Year of Reading

The footballer and author are supporting a nationwide campaign, Go All In, which aims to reverse the ‘worrying decline’ ...

Spanish author lambasts linguistic academy over social media influence

Arturo Pérez-Reverte says ‘an illiterate pundit, YouTuber or influencer’ has more impact than a literary prize winner Co...

Heated Rivalry books sell out amid Australian fans’ infatuation with gay ice hockey TV show

Wild success of television series drives huge demand for Game Changers novels, with Australian booksellers reporting sig...

Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week

Exclusive: Writing for Guardian Australia, Adler says she ‘cannot be party to silencing writers’ after Adelaide festival...

British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe

Exclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller Akenfield Con...

‘Act of family vengeance’: French defamation case highlights perils of writing autofiction

Complaint against Cécile Desprairies over Nazi collusion novel alleges that ‘resentment permeates the entire work’ Conti...

‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high

Surge in 2025 sales correlates with growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows Continue reading.....