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Non Fiction

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Thrillers

Featured library books

The Kashmir Shawl

Rosie Thomas

Newlyweds Nerys and Evan Ellis leave the Welsh valleys behind to become...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Claudine Married

Colette

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Sweetest Thing

Cathy Woodman

Jennie Copeland thought she knew the recipe for a happy life: marriage to...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Jam and Jeopardy

Doris Davidson

89-year-old spinster, Janet Stouter, takes pleasure in raking up scandals,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Pamela

Samuel Richardson

Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Alex Cross, Run

James Patterson

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Kaspar Prince of Cat...

Michael Morpurgo

A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat,...

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From: Dunstable, 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

The Farm

Richard Benson

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Sound Of Butterf...

Rachael King

It is 1903 when Thomas Edgar says goodbye to his young wife Sophie and...

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From: Birmingham, 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 Father's Reve...

Kitty Neale

A mother must fight to protect all she holds dear… Thirteen years have...

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From: Birmingham, 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

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

Featured authors

Amélie Nothomb

Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats. She lived there until she was five years old, and then subsequently lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, a stint in Coventry and...

Marc Raabe

Marc Raabe owns and runs a television production company. Cut is his first thriller. Marc Raabe lives with his family in Cologne.

Ellouise Moore

I'm a writer, columnist, presenter and model. My debut book was released in march 2008 making whsmiths top 20 reads. I write for askmen.com as a regular feature writer. Have presented vo5's...

Featured book drops

Swallows Nest

United Kingdom - Romsley

Book Drop

The Swallow's Nest in Romsley is a country pub & restaurant oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for...

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...

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

Bookshop Benicia

United States - Benicia

Book Shop

Bookshop Benicia opened in July of 1993.
From the first day we opened for business we have striven to be a true neighborhood bookstore for the Benicia and Vallejo communities. ...

Buchhandlung Roter Stern

Germany - Marburg

Book Shop

Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Switzerland - Zürich

Book Shop

We stock old, fine and rare books. We also stock first editions and manuscripts.

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...

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Featured book news

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...

‘No stuffy vibes … just good books’: Matt Haig to open bookshop in Brighton

‘My belief, as someone who grew up in a town without a bookshop, is that all communities should have one,’ says author o...