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Featured library books

Mendel's Dwarf

Simon Mawer

Hailed by the "New Yorker" as a "furious, tender, and wittily erudite...

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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

Now You See Her

James Patterson

To save her own life, Nina Bloom vanished. Now, to rescue an innocent man,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Prince Of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

1943. As war sweeps across Europe, Max Carver's father moves his...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Story of My Life...

Helen Keller

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Settled Blood

Mari Hannah

When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian’s Wall, it’s not...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

It's a world where crime is almost respectable - until passion ignites...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Coastliners

Joanne Harris

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged...

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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

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 Legacy

Katherine Webb

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Sensible Life

Mary Wesley

Flora Trevelyan is a ten-year-old misfit, despised by her selfish and...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Road to the Dales: T...

Gervase Phinn

A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to...

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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

Conversation in the ...

Mario Vargas Llosa

Under the rule of the unseen military dictator General Ordia, suspicion,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Anna Jean Mayhew

Anna Jean (A.J.) Mayhew’s first novel, The Dry Grass of August, won the 2011 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, and was an Okra Pick of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Delta Magazine...

Claire Messud

Claire Messud is an American novelist and literature and creative writing professor. She is best known as the author of the 2006 novel The Emperor's Children. She lives with her husband and...

Chrissie Manby

Chrissie Manby is the author of seventeen romantic comedies including A PROPER FAMILY HOLIDAY, THE MATCHBREAKER and SEVEN SUNNY DAYS. She has had several Sunday Times bestsellers and her recent novel...

Featured book drops

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...

The Raven

United Kingdom - Hope Street

Book Drop

Here at The Raven we smoke our own ribs, chicken and meats low and slow for up to 12 hours over seasoned woodchips, which means that, along with some amazing burgers, dogs and...

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...

Featured book shops

Afterwords Books

United States - Edwardsville

Book Shop

Afterwords Books is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and affordable books to the Edwardsville, IL area. We are extremely grateful to our long-time customers who...

Kim's Bookshop - Chichester

United Kingdom - Chichester

Book Shop

We stock about 20,000 books on 2 floors covering a wide range of interesting subjects as well as fiction.

Companion Book

Canada - Burnaby

Book Shop

Companion Book is Burnaby's biggest independent bookstore with over 50,000 titles in stock. Located in the friendly Burnaby Heights, with ample free parking behind the store,...

Featured libraries

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...

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Featured book news

Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison

Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has b...

Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’

Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibil...

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign

The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonr...

Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’

Author says accusations ‘spread and amplified’ by people more interested in ‘outrage and getting clicks’ Continue readin...

John Lithgow says he finds JK Rowling’s stance on trans rights ‘ironic and inexplicable’

Actor says he has struggled with the backlash to his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in the new Harry Potter show, and...

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...