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Spitfire Girls

Carol Gould

Top-class pilots were crucial to the survival of Great Britain during the...

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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

Paula

Isabel Allende

When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Salt Road

Jane Johnson

Jane Johnson's The Salt Road is a magical historical adventure which...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Claudine Married

Colette

Claudine Married: Following the excitement of a shared life in Paris,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Murder at the Savoy ...

Maj Sjowall

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s...

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From: Dunstable, 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

The Legacy

Katherine Webb

IN THE DEPTHS OF A HARSH WINTER, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Girl Under the O...

Leah Fleming

Back in 1941 the Greek island of Crete is captured by the Germans and the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

How Hard Can It Be?

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson had a dream... A world where the nonsensical made sense,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When Nigeria is shaken by a political coup Kambilli's father, whose...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Danish Girl

David Ebershoff

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Out of the Mists

John Barrington

This collection of traditional stories gathered from all reaches of...

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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

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

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

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Featured authors

Lyn Andrews

Lyn Andrews is one of the the UK's top one hundred paper-back bestsellers. Born and brought up in Liverpool, she is the daughter of a policeman who also married a policeman. After becoming the...

Allison Pearson

Allison Pearson was born in South Wales. An award-winning journalist, she was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards for her first novel, I Don't Know How She Does It. Allison has...

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...

Featured book drops

Constance Wallace

United Kingdom - Barnt Green

Book Drop

Constance Wallace offers an incredible range of authentic vintage china hire, cutlery and other accessories that can be conveniently sourced for weddings, christenings, birthday,...

The Raven

United Kingdom - Hope Street

Book Drop

Here at The Raven we smoke our own ribs, chicken and meats low and slow for up to 12 hours over seasoned woodchips, which means that, along with some amazing burgers, dogs and...

Akamba Heritage & Garden Centre

United Kingdom - Solihull

Book Drop

At Akamba we offer all services ranging from garden design, event hire, plant hire, or a simple chat on the telephone to answer a query. We are also Solihull’s Premier African...

Featured book shops

Books for Amnesty - Brighton

United Kingdom - Brighton

Book Shop

Books for Amnesty is our chain of shops across the UK selling the best in second-hand books and raising money for human rights.

Cavalier House Books

United States - Denham Springs

Book Shop

Cavalier House Books is an independently owned general interest bookstore and book fair provider in Denham Springs, LA. We offer a variety of new and used titles as well as other...

Music Library Finland

Finland - Larsmo

Book Shop

A not-for-profit music archive.

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.

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Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue re...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read...

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector

Pleas for scrutiny of system fraught with accusations of negligence after one-year-old’s death in hospital Continue read...

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...