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Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

Money. Fame. Love. Who says you can't have it all Being the daughter...

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From: Birmingham, 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

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

Breaking Point

John Macken

There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Complete Mapp & ...

E.F. Benson

Outrageously pretentious, hypocritical and snobbish, Queen Lucia, 'as...

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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

The Darling Strumpet

Gillian Bagwell

From her beginnings as a humble oyster seller, Nell Gwynn’s dazzling rise...

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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

She's Come Undo...

Wally Lamb

Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached...

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From: Broxbourne, 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

The Tiger's Wif...

Tea Obreht

In April of 1941, the German bombs started falling over the city and did...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Matters Of Life & De...

Bernard MacLaverty

A new book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Crazy Horse and Cust...

Stephen E. Ambrose

On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City on March 16, 1952 and grew up on Long Island. After graduating from high school in 1969, she attended Adelphi University, from which she received a BA, and then...

Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the names Reagan...

Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden was a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine.When World War II broke out she spent the school holidays at a farm in...

Featured book drops

Snack Attack Cafe

United Kingdom - Scunthorpe

Book Drop

Established in 2012, Snack Attack Café has two key values: serving quality food at a fair price. We are a family run café and pride ourselves on using locally sourced fresh...

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...

Charlton Arms Hotel

United Kingdom - Lower Broad Street

Book Drop

Real Ales, Fantastic Food and a Warm Welcome await you at The Charlton. Independently owned and family run, we offer something for everyone. Whether returning from a muddy walk...

Featured book shops

Another Read Through

United States - Portland

Book Shop

Whether you’re looking for something specific, want to wander amid thousands of books, or even just talk with someone about books, we’d love to have you stop by. We specialize in...

Sangsters Book Store Springs Plaza

Jamaica - Kingston

Book Shop

In October 1953, Ferdie Sangster was instrumental in launching the Booksellers Association of Jamaica and became the first President. His aim in setting up the Association was that...

Forbidden Planet International - Liverpool

United Kingdom - Liverpool

Book Shop

17 shops bringing you the finest in comics, graphic novels and cult merchandise

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

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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

‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster

Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convi...

Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side

Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academic Contin...

Raymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shop

Books belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death...

Children’s literature festival criticised after requests that comments on diversity be deleted

John McLay, one of the founders of the festival in Bath, contacted writers who had noted a lack of diversity in the prog...

Charles Gaines, whose book Pumping Iron helped to popularize bodybuilding, dies at 84

1974 book led to making of seminal documentary and introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world Continue reading.........

Salman Rushdie attacker faces US terrorism trial

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence Conti...

Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work Continue reading...

Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey

The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher ...

Every year 6 student to be given Katherine Rundell book for Christmas

More than 800,000 copies of Impossible Creatures will be distributed to year 6 and P6 children through The Queen’s Chris...