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Featured library books

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

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

Twilight tempted the imagination . . . New Moon made readers thirsty for...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

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

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From: Ludlow, 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

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

The Long Way Home

Audrey Howard

Amy Pearson's family is desperately poor - even by the standards of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Behaviour Of Mot...

Poppy Adams

From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Conqueror (Conqueror...

Conn Iggulden

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-07-16 Pages: 560 Language: English Publisher:...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Alex Cross, Run

James Patterson

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

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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

Murder at the Savoy ...

Maj Sjowall

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s...

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From: Dunstable, GB

It's a Long Way...

Bill Cullen

It's a Long Way from Penny Apples A very warm, funny, affectionate...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Certain Age

Tama Janowitz

When Florence Collins sets out for a weekend in the Hamptons, her life...

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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

Featured authors

Elliot Perlman

Elliot Perlman is an Australian author and barrister. He has written two novels and one short story collection. His work "condemns the economic rationalism that destroys the humanity of ordinary...

Jennifer McVeigh

I graduated from Oxford University in 2002, and went on to work in film, television, radio and publishing, before leaving my day job to do an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. I graduated...

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonald is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force...

Featured book drops

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...

The Nags Head Hotel

United Kingdom - London Road

Book Drop

The Nags Head in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire is an AA 4 Star graded traditional 15th century country inn and restaurant situated along the valley of the River Misbourne in the...

Featured book shops

Books for Amnesty - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

United Kingdom - Newcastle Upon Tyne

Book Shop

Books for Amnesty is our chain of shops across the UK selling the best in second-hand books and raising money for human rights.

Attic Books

Canada - London

Book Shop

Attic Books is one of Canada's largest antiquarian and second-hand bookstores. We have three floors of books, maps, prints, paper collectibles, such as ephemera and postcards,...

Librería Booksellers

Spain - Madrid

Book Shop

We specialize in English books

Featured libraries

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

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

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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...