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Featured library books

Girl With a Pearl Ea...

Tracy Chevalier

A brilliant historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Mother's Gift

Maggie Hope

Taken in by her grandparents to ease the pressure on her poverty-stricken...

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From: Birmingham, GB

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

Out of the Mists

John Barrington

This collection of traditional stories gathered from all reaches of...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When Nigeria is shaken by a political coup Kambilli's father, whose...

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From: Bourne, GB

What Are You Like - ...

Anne Enright

When Maria turns twenty. she falls in love She is in the wrong town and...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Flirt

Kathleen Tessaro

Hughie Venables-Smythe discovers the world of the professional flirt. A...

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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

The Legacy

Katherine Webb

IN THE DEPTHS OF A HARSH WINTER, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Farm

Richard Benson

When Richard Benson was growing up he felt like 'the village idiot...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Fifth Woman: Kur...

Henning Mankell

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Claudine Married

Colette

Claudine Married: Following the excitement of a shared life in Paris,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

Charles Reeves is a preacher, mystic and formulator of the Infinite Plan -...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Journey to the Centr...

Jules Verne

Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

أبو حامد الغزالي

أبو حامد محمد بن محمد بن محمد بن أحمد الغزالي الطوسي النيسابوري الفقيه الصوفي الشافعي الأشعري الملقب بحجة الإسلام وزين الدين (450 هـ - 505 هـ / 1058م - 1111م)، مجدد القرن الخامس الهجري، أحد أهم أعلام...

Richard Montanari

Richard Montanari is the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rosary Girls, The Killing Room, The Stolen Ones and the upcoming thriller, The Doll Maker. Series: Jack Paris Jessica Balzano...

Eugen Ruge

Eugen Ruge was born in the Urals and studied mathematics in Berlin. Before he left the GDR for the West in 1988, he was a writer, contributing to documentaries made at the state-owned DEFA Studios....

Featured book drops

The Blue Pig Pub

United Kingdom - Hinckley

Book Drop

The Blue Pig is a charming pub, run by couple Fran and Steve, where we offer fine ale, lager, food, and wine. Fran prepares the food from her own recipes. Why not come and enjoy...

Bisley House

United Kingdom - Stroud

Book Drop

We’re a newly renovated friendly pub restaurant in Middle Street, Stroud. We serve fine wines, real ales, fantastic food and speciality tea and coffee.

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...

Featured book shops

Curious Cup

United States - Carpinteria

Book Shop

Curious Cup carries books for children of all ages including: board books, picture books, beginning chapter books, star war books, graphic novels, series books and books for young...

SKylark

United Kingdom - Lewes

Book Shop

We are the only independent seller of new books for both adults and children in Lewes. We are about putting an eye-catching mix of new mainstream titles alongside writing from less...

Matopo Book Centre

Zimbabwe - Bulawayo

Book Shop

For all scholastic stationery, educational books, religious materials, groceries and other related items.

Featured libraries

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...

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...

Madeley Library

United Kingdom - Russell Road

Library

Monday ? 10am - 4pm
Tuesday ? 10am - 5pm
Wednesday ? 10am - 6pm
Thursday ? Closed
Friday ? 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday ? 9.30am - 4pm

Featured book news

Reform-run council says free library scheme for refugees ‘is not value for money’

Party withdraws all Lancashire libraries from City of Sanctuary UK programme that supports new arrivals to UK Continue ...

KPMG asks Sydney writers’ festival to delete its name from website after Randa Abdel-Fattah confirmed as speaker

Festival confirmed writer and academic would appear in two sessions in 2026 following disinvitation from Adelaide eventF...

‘Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel

Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is ‘obvious choice’ to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring Con...

‘Bored by all the sex and violins’: readers on Wuthering Heights film

Reaction to Emerald Fennell’s movie adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Continue ...

Senior Reform UK figures attend launch of How to Launder Money book

Co-author George Cottrell is close aide to party leader Nigel Farage and served several months in US prison Continue rea...

‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments

Byelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check Contin...

‘I loved it!’: Brontë museum staff praise racy Wuthering Heights film

Staff at Brontë Parsonage Museum in Howarth embrace Emerald Fennell’s sex-laced take, while Emily Brontë’s most recent b...

Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment

Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical Contin...

Cees Nooteboom, Dutch novelist and travel writer, dies aged 92

Writer made international breakthrough with 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing Continue reading.....