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Shopaholic Abroad

Sophie Kinsella

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is great. She has a job on morning TV, her bank...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Snow Falling on Ceda...

David Guterson

In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a local...

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From: Birmingham, GB

White Oleander

Janet Fitch

White Oleander is a painfully beautiful first novel about a young girl...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

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

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A novel built out of a series of dramatic scenes that illuminate eternal...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Alex Cross, Run

James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is hunting three killers, but is someone hunting...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of...

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From: Broxbourne, 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

Call The Midwife: A ...

Jennifer Worth

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

A Life Less Ordinary

John Hodge

A Life Less Ordinary tells the story of a hapless young man who is fired...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Diamond Dust & Other...

Anita Desai

Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as...

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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 Garden of Burnin...

Corban Addison

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

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From: Birmingham, 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

Featured authors

Sylvia Day

Sylvia Day (aka S. J. Day and Livia Dare) is the #1 New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of over 20 award-winning novels sold in more than 40 countries. She is a #1 bestselling...

Lorna Sage

The eldest child of Valma and Eric Stockton, she was named after Lorna Doone [1]. Sage was born at Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales, and educated at the village school, then at the Girls' High School in...

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir graduated from high-school in 1983, finished a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of Iceland in 1988 and M.Sc in the same field from Concordia University in Montreal in...

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...

Urban Coffee

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Book Drop

You can find us in the middle of Harborne High St, on the corner of York St in the new ‘School Yard’ development. Serving a range of cakes, homemade sandwiches and salads and of...

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,...

Featured book shops

Alabama Booksmith

United States - Homewood

Book Shop

We continually screen thousands of advance reading copies to pick books of literary merit and potential of being collectible. After we select a title, that month's chosen...

Brunswiker + Reuter Universitätsbuchhandlung

Germany - Hamburg

Book Shop

Sleepy Elephant

United Kingdom - Sedbergh

Book Shop

At Sleepy Elephant we have a wide range of special interest and collectable books for you to browse through.

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

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...

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Zadie Smith among authors letting public bid to name new characters for charity auction

Other prizes at Freedom from Torture event include rare Mary Wollstonecraft book illustrated by William Blake Continue ...

Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing

The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hila...

Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI

Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write nov...

‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban

Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withd...

New prize launches for books co-written with AI

After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature...

Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK – podcast

The bestselling author says her books will no longer be supplied to UK bookshops over fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams...

‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet heads ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books

Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium d...

An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria

A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of...

No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post

Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’ Continue read...