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Featured library books

The Blue Zone

Andrew Gross

They were the perfect family. And he was the perfect family man. One day...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Waiting for Wednesda...

Nicci French

A Frieda Klein Novel. Waiting For Wednesday by Nicci French is the...

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From: Birmingham, 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

The Knight

Gene Wolfe

THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Gem Squash Tokoloshe

Rachel Zadok

Faith struggles to make sense of the complex world in which she lives and...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Sea of Poppies

Amitav Ghosh

At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

All That I Am

Anna Funder

One September morning, elderly Ruth Wesemann wakes to the sound of a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Coastliners

Joanne Harris

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Kill Alex Cross

James Patterson

The President's children have been kidnapped. The water supply for...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Saffron Kitchen

Yasmin Crowther

On an autumn day in London, the dark secrets and troubled past of Maryam...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Jumping The Queue

Mary Wesley

Matilda Poliport, recently widowed and largely estranged from her four...

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From: Scunthorpe, GB

The Riddle of the Sa...

Erskine Childers

One of the first and still one of the finest spy stories ever written,...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Wild Swans: Three Da...

Jung Chang

Forfatteren, der voksede op som medlem af den priviligerede elite i Maos...

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From: Ludlow, 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

Spitfire Girls

Carol Gould

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Adam Creed

Adam Creed was born in Salford and read PPE at Balliol College Oxford before working for Flemings in the City. He abandoned his career to study writing at Sheffield Hallam University, following which...

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay,...

Catherine Bailey

Catherine Bailey is an award winning television producer and director. Having read history at the University of Oxford, her affection for 20th century history has lead to her to make a number of...

Featured book drops

Green Parrot Casual Dining

United Kingdom - Berkshire

Book Drop

Based in Queen Street, Maidenhead, we are an independently owned deli bar and coffee shop specializing in freshly baked cakes, sandwiches, soups and light lunches. On a Saturday we...

Snowshill Arms

United Kingdom - Snowshill, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7JU

Book Drop

Close to the historic Snowshill Manor, which is open to the public, The Snowshill Arms lies in this very pretty village. This is a family-friendly, locals pub which also welcomes...

Caffe Nero Chipping Norton

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

Our story goes back around 20 years, to our founder Gerry Ford. Armed with a passion for coffee, he had a vision to create traditional Italian cafés across Europe; places that...

Featured book shops

Bethany Beach Books

United States - Bethany Beach

Book Shop

We are an independently owned bookstore, located only a few steps off the boardwalk in Bethany Beach, Delaware. The store was established in 1991 and currently occupies 2,000...

The English Bookshop - Stockholm

Sweden - Stockholm

Book Shop

We are an exclusively English language bookshop with a direct import of UK and US titles every week.

Vi är en importbokhandel som uteslutande handlar med engelskspråkig...

Barnabee's Books

United Kingdom - Brecon

Book Shop

Seller of Ladybird, Penguins, Puffins, Pan, Shire and Observer books.

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...

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Featured book news

Six great reads: a Saudi weapons scandal, five weeks with David Lammy and the expert who became the patient

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals

Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth Continu...

James Patterson to write book about Luigi Mangione

The crime writer and co-author Vicky Ward will recount murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, and chart ‘young man’s descent ...

Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott

More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aidMiddle East ...

Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir

Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territory Continue reading......

‘Unimaginably rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for £43,000

Only a few hundred from the original 1,500 copy print run of Tolkien’s masterpiece are thought to still exist Continue r...

Stella Rimington, first female MI5 chief, dies aged 90

Former director general died on Sunday night ‘surrounded by her beloved family and dogs’ Continue reading.........

Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza

Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’ Continue ...

Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87

Working first with his wife Janet, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more ...