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Featured library books

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

The Meaning of Night

Michael Cox

A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

All He Ever Wanted

Anita Shreve

A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Unfortunates

Laurie Graham

What hope is there for Poppy Minkel? She has kinky hair,out sticking ears,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

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

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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

Midnight's Chil...

Salman Rushdie

Born at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes...

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From: Bourne, 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

The Devil That Dance...

Aminatta Forna

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Paula

Isabel Allende

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Blue Monday: A Fried...

Nicci French

Blue Monday A day for murder... Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday 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

The Land Of Green Gi...

Winifred Holtby

Joanna Burton was born in South Africa but sent by her missionary father to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Irène Némirovsky

Irène Némirovsky (born February 11, 1903, Kiev, died August 17, 1942, Auschwitz, Poland) was a Jewish novelist and biographer born in the Ukraine, who lived and worked in France.

E.F. Benson

E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, the fifth child of the headmaster, Edward White Benson. Benson was educated at Temple Grove School, then at Marlborough College, where he...

Brian Jacques

Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. His ancestral roots are in County Cork Ireland.
Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St....

Featured book drops

The Bell

United Kingdom - Welford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, The Bell Inn is an outstanding 17th century inn, complete with exposed beams, flagstone floors, oak furniture, open...

Red Lion

United Kingdom - Newport

Book Drop

The Red lion is located down a peaceful lane in the quiet hamlet of Great Chatwell. Set in beautiful countryside on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border this 17th century pub has...

Ownies Bar and Bistro

United Kingdom - Joymount

Book Drop

If you're looking for a traditional restaurant with a modern twist, look no further than Ownies Bar & Bistro. Whether it's a locally-sourced special or a quiet drink...

Featured book shops

Stokes Books

Ireland - Dublin

Book Shop

With a stock of over 10,000 volumes, on a huge variety of subjects, priced between €5 and €5,000, the shop offers something for every pocket. The major specialisation of Stokes...

Versandantiquariat Jena

Germany - Jena

Book Shop

Akateeminen Kirjakauppa - Vantaa Jumbo

Finland - None

Book Shop

We stock over 10 million books

Featured libraries

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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

Featured book news

Sarah Jessica Parker in possible conflict of interest over Booker longlisted author

Actor and book prize judge’s production company in process of developing novel by Claire Adam Continue reading.........

Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw

Chair of judges Roddy Doyle says the 13 ‘gripping’ titles in contention for the £50,000 award all ‘examine identity, ind...

NSW spending $1.5m on literary hub to rival Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre and boost Sydney writers’ festival

Funding will mean 75 Sydney writers’ festival events will take place over next 12 monthsFollow our Australia news live b...

‘A novel to be swept away by’: Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for The Artist

Judges praised the novel, set in 1920s Provence, for its ‘atmospheric, sensory prose’ and described Steeds as ‘an exciti...

Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’

Author, who takes home $60,000, says finding out he won Australia’s most esteemed literary prize left him ‘in such shock...

Nick Cave fans swarm charity bookshop in UK after musician donates thousands of books

‘It’s an incredibly varied donation. He clearly held on to his books, some of them are quite old,’ says bookshop worker ...

Taika Waititi to take on new Judge Dredd movie

Oscar-winning writer-director, known for Jojo Rabbit and Thor sequels, attached to new take on comic book character Cont...

Woody Allen to publish his first novel

The controversial film-maker has previously written short stories and essays but this story about a middle-aged Jewish a...

Andrea Gibson, poet and subject of documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, dies aged 49

Gibson, who was Colorado’s poet laureate and diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, died at their home on Monday Contin...