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Featured library books

Kill Alex Cross

James Patterson

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

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From: Bourne, GB

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

A Grain of Wheat

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Dance of Ghosts (P...

Kevin Brooks

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Settled Blood

Mari Hannah

When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian’s Wall, it’s not...

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From: Birmingham, 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 Return

Victoria Hislop

THE RETURN debuted at number two in the Sunday Times hardback fiction...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Welcome To Rosie Hop...

Jenny Colgan

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled...

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From: Birmingham, GB

THE INTERPRETATION O...

JED RUBENFELD

'Manhattan, 1909. On the morning after Sigmund Freud arrives in New...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Devil's Mus...

Jane Rusbridge

It is 1958 and the Sputnik satellite has taken a dog up into space; back on...

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From: Aylesbury, 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

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic...

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From: Bourne, GB

A Voyage For Madmen

Peter Nichols

The true story of the 1968 oceanic adventure of nine sailors who set off in...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Garden of Burnin...

Corban Addison

In Zambia, American lawyer Zoe Fleming and policeman Joseph Kabuta have...

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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

Featured authors

Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer was an amazingly prolific writer who created the Regency England genre of romance novels.Georgette Heyer was an intensely private person. A best-seller all her life without the aid of...

Muammar Gaddafi

معمر القذافيMuammar al-Gaddafiمعمر محمد أبو منيار القذافيMuammar Al-QaddafiThe de facto leader of Libya since 1969 although he hasn't got an official title he is often referred to as "Guide...

Lizzie Lane

Lizzies first writing job was compiling the instructions for flat pack kitchens! She apologises for any confusion caused but its not as easy as you might think.

As a child she made up stories off the...

Featured book drops

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...

The Pheasant Inn

United Kingdom - Bedfordshire

Book Drop

The Pheasant Inn Dunstable is located on the outskirts of town, just at the foot of the Dunstable Downs. We are a traditional English pub which also offers great value B&B and...

The Bluebell Inn

United Kingdom - Ashbourne

Book Drop

Whether you want to enjoy a pint in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere or you want a full, sit-down meal, come to The Bluebell Inn in Tissington. We offer a family friendly bar,...

Featured book shops

Roger Treglown

United Kingdom - Macclesfield

Book Shop

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Sizwe Books

South Africa - Port Elizabeth

Book Shop

Blenville Books

United States - Mobile

Book Shop

We're a small independent new and used bookstore located in the heart of dwontown Mobile's business and tourist districts, within walking distance of all major hotels and...

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...

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

Featured book news

Jeffrey Archer – a life in pictures

Former British politician and bestselling novelist Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86. We look back at a varied and tumultu...

Children’s books with Black main characters down 8% in a year, study shows

Only 150 of 2,189 titles published in UK for young children last year focused on minority ethnic, disabled or neurodiver...

Stories shortlisted for 4thWrite prize offer ‘a whole world in a few pages’

The six stories on the shortlist for the 10th year of the writing award run by 4th Estate and the Guardian and open to u...

RSC embraces ‘hugely challenging’ task of staging Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces ambitious adaptations of novels in season that includes Elizabeth Debicki as Ric...

Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize

The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthe...

Missouri Williams and China Miéville among writers on ‘adventurous’ Goldsmiths shortlist

Six writers are in contention for the £10,000 books prize, which celebrates fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends th...

Cherise Saywell wins national short story award for ‘tender’ tale of a child facing violence – read an extract here

The Edinburgh-based writer takes £15,000 prize for Ditto, a ‘beautifully told’ story about domestic abuse in a small Aus...

‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event

City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks Co...

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media Continu...