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Featured library books

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

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

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Fault Line

Robert Goddard

It could be your average suicide. A man found dead in his car, engine...

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From: Bourne, GB

A Dance of Ghosts (P...

Kevin Brooks

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen...

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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

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 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

The Little Prince

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Girl Under the O...

Leah Fleming

Back in 1941 the Greek island of Crete is captured by the Germans and the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Their Eyes Were Watc...

Zora Neale with an introductio...

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

The Devil That Dance...

Aminatta Forna

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Dead of Winter

Lisa Appignanesi

This is a chilling and psychological thriller is about why some men love...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Shopaholic Abroad

Sophie Kinsella

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is great. She has a job on morning TV, her bank...

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From: Birmingham, 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

Claudine Married

Colette

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

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...

Vanessa Greene

I’m a writer of romantic fiction, and lover of tea, cake and car boot sales. I grew up in north London, the youngest of three children, and always wanted to be a writer. Back then I wrote whenever it...

Susan Napier

Perhaps being born on Valentine’s Day was an omen that Susan Napier would become a romance writer. This New Zealand author has written over 30 Mills & Boon category romances since 1984. Napier...

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...

Ownies Bar and Bistro

United Kingdom - Joymount

Book Drop

If you're looking for a traditional restaurant with a modern twist, look no further than Ownies Bar & Bistro. Whether it's a locally-sourced special or a quiet drink...

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

Gutter Bookshop - Dalkey

Ireland - Dalkey

Book Shop

We are an independent bookshop based in Dublin, Ireland. We aim to provide something a bit different from the range you find in large chain bookshops, as well as offering the...

Book Vault

United States - Oskaloosa

Book Shop

Galignani Bookstore (Librairie Galignani)

France - Paris

Book Shop

With three departments, namely: English, French and Fine Arts, the Galignani Bookstore offers a range of rare and diverse books, delivered with quality service, by bilingual...

Featured libraries

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

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The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

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

Francis Ford Coppola unveils Megalopolis graphic novel

In a statement, the 86-year-old director of the critical and box-office flop said the book confirms his feeling that ‘ar...

‘This treasure belongs to the nation’: Miriam Margolyes and Brian Cox join calls to save Wordsworth’s home

The actors are lending their supporting to the campaign by Wordsworth’s great great great great granddaughter to keep Ry...

Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea

Korean retailers report strong sales for Light and Thread, featuring speeches, essays and poems by novelist Continue rea...

Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of supreme court gender ruling

The actor has long been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights and has a transgender sister who often accompanies him on the red ...

Gender Queer graphic novel reapproved for sale in Australia after federal court fight to ban book

Complaints about the book focus on cartoon sex scenes, one of which has been described by critics as ‘pornographic’ and ...

New book to reveal more about scandal of Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana

Written with the cooperation of Charles Spencer, and access to BBC emails obtained through a freedom of information requ...

US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America

China again biggest jailer of writers in 2024, followed by Iran – with Israel in fifth place, says organisation’s annual...

Stephen Fry’s ‘vocal double’ to be used in AI installation at Hay festival

The actor, who has spoken about artificial intelligence on multiple occasions, said the installation ‘reveals both the w...

Collective licence to ensure UK authors get paid for works used to train AI

A pioneering alternative to the opt-out system proposed by the government is supported by publishers and writers and is ...