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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 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

Working Wonders

Jenny Colgan

Laughs, love, office life.And a little touch of magic …From the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Conqueror (Conqueror...

Conn Iggulden

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-07-16 Pages: 560 Language: English Publisher:...

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From: Birmingham, GB

In a Far Country

Linda Holeman

Pree Fincastle, daughter of impoverished British missionaries in India, is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Long Way Home

Audrey Howard

Amy Pearson's family is desperately poor - even by the standards of...

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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

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

Breakfast with the N...

Rumer Godden

For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to...

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From: Maidenhead, 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

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

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

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

Featured authors

Eric Van Lustbader

Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village. He is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern...

John J. Ratey

Dr. Ratey and Dr. Hallowell began studying ADHD in the 1980s and co-authored Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood (1994), the...

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt (born 23 December 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels, The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002). Tartt was the 2003 winner of the WH...

Featured book drops

Brunch

United Kingdom - Whiston

Book Drop

We are new business located on Greenes Road, Whiston Village, and we offer a selection of freshly prepared breakfasts and lunches, home-made cakes, home-made soups, jacket...

Swallows Nest

United Kingdom - Romsley

Book Drop

The Swallow's Nest in Romsley is a country pub & restaurant oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for...

The Chateaux Impney Hotel

United Kingdom - Droitwich

Book Drop

Located in the Worcestershire countryside, this unique venue offers a stylish setting for weddings and events, extensive conferencing and exhibition facilities, and the perfect...

Featured book shops

Dinternal Books - ДИНТЕРНЕЛ-КНИГА

Ukraine - Kyiv

Book Shop

Waterstones - Brussels

Belgium - Ville De Bruxelles

Book Shop

Your Brussels bookshop

Orell Füssli

Switzerland - Zürich

Book Shop

Orell Füssli is Switzerland's largest bookselling company.

Die Orell Füssli Thalia AG ist das grösste Schweizer Buchhandelsunternehmen mit Sitz in Zürich.

Featured libraries

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

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The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The...

Featured book news

Colorado investigators confirm Hunter S Thompson’s 2005 death was a suicide

Journalist’s wife had contacted authorities with concerns and ‘potential information’ regarding inquiry into his death C...

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years Continu...

Oscar nominations 2026: the full list

All the nominees, from Sinners to One Battle After Another, for the 98th Academy Awards, which are due to take place on ...

Val McDermid was assigned ‘sensitivity reader’ to cut offensive language from old books

Author discusses changes made to Lindsay Gordon novels from 80s and 90s to prepare for their rerelease Continue reading....

‘I could never hope to equal it again’: Jeffrey Archer announces next novel will be his last

The 85-year-old bestselling author’s final novel, Adam and Eve, will be published in English in October Continue reading...

Karen Solie’s Wellwater wins TS Eliot poetry prize

Poet’s sixth collection explores the destruction of the natural world, with a perspective shaped by her upbringing in ru...

£50,000 ‘reader-led’ writing prize launched

The award, run by Hachette UK and Libraro, aims to ‘sidestep the traditional barricades of the book industry’ and give r...

Author Julian Barnes confirms new novel will be his last

Booker prize winner, 80, says he has reached point of having ‘played all my tunes’ after new book Departure(s) Continue ...

Six great reads: Mondrian’s hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry

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