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Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling...

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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

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

Portrait in Sepia

Isabel Allende

After her mother dies in childbirth, Aurora del Valle is raised by her...

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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

The Book Of Salt

Monique Truong

The Book of Salt serves up a wholly original take on Paris in the 1930s...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Danish Girl

David Ebershoff

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by...

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From: Birmingham, GB

How Stella Got Her G...

Terry McMillan

Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Crimson Petal An...

Michel Faber

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Reading Group

Elizabeth Noble

Five women meet for their first reading group, little realising this...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Quicksand AND Passin...

Nella Larsen

Quicksand, written in 1928, is the first novel to give an open voice to...

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From: Broxbourne, 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

The Diplomat's ...

Pam Jenoff

How have I been lucky enough to come here, to be alive, when so many others...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Featured authors

George Grossmith

George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades. As a writer and composer, he created 18 comic operas, nearly 100...

Katia Lief

The first thing I ever wrote that received any notice was a one page story for my third grade English teacher. I don't recall what the assignment was, but I somehow found myself writing about a...

Tracy Chevalier

Born:19 October 1962 in Washington, DC. Youngest of 3 children. Father was a photographer for The Washington Post.Childhood:Nerdy. Spent a lot of time lying on my bed reading. Favorite authors back...

Featured book drops

The Fox

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

The Fox sits happily and handily in the market place of Chipping Norton, one of the gateway's to the beautiful Cotswolds. They've been serving fine ale and food since the...

Green Parrot Casual Dining

United Kingdom - Berkshire

Book Drop

Based in Queen Street, Maidenhead, we are an independently owned deli bar and coffee shop specializing in freshly baked cakes, sandwiches, soups and light lunches. On a Saturday we...

Cromarty Arms Inn

United Kingdom - Cromarty

Book Drop

The Cromarty Arms is a family run pub providing bed and breakfast accommodation and delicious home-made bar meals. We have a beer garden and are adjacent to three historical...

Featured book shops

A Cappella Books

United States - Atlanta

Book Shop

When A Cappella Books first opened its doors in Little Five Points in 1989, there was no Amazon. For all intents and purposes there was no internet. Barnes & Noble had not even...

Andrew Pringle Booksellers

United Kingdom - Edinburgh

Book Shop

We deal in a wide range of books but with some emphasis on Scottish Books, Literature, History, Art, Bibliography, Heraldry, Military, Fine Bindings and General Antiquarian Books.

A Great Yarn

United States - Chatham

Book Shop

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...

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Featured book news

Six great reads: ‘Fafo’ parenting, what tech does to us, and Patrick Bateman’s legacy

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

Jack Kerouac’s 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned

The draft – one of the Beat Generation’s defining artefacts – will be part of a wider sale of pieces from the Jim Irsay ...

Sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife to be published this autumn

Audrey Niffenegger’s follow-up to her global bestseller focuses on Alba, the daughter of Henry and Clare, as she negotia...

Shrinking potion: two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to become single show in London

Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever be...

Ian McEwan calls for assisted dying rights to extend to dementia sufferers

The author, whose family has been impacted by dementia, says provision in living wills could clarify intentions when a p...

‘Keep slaying the dragon inside’: Simon Armitage pens poem for World Cancer Day

Poet laureate tackles ‘daunting’ commission from Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark charity’s centenary year Continue rea...

Bernardine Evaristo renews call to diversify school curriculum in England

Author says pace of change in GCSE English literature texts is too slow and tide is turning against inclusion Continue r...

Australia’s best picture book: voting now open in Guardian Australia poll

It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll worksVote for the bes...

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...