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Featured library books

Sea of Poppies

Amitav Ghosh

At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

In a Far Country

Linda Holeman

Pree Fincastle, daughter of impoverished British missionaries in India, is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Storyteller

Mario Vargas Llosa

At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer comes across a photograph...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Dead Won't ...

Anna Smith

Krimi. The body of a young teenage hooker is found washed up on the beach...

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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

The Legacy

Katherine Webb

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

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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

Waiting for Wednesda...

Nicci French

A Frieda Klein Novel. Waiting For Wednesday by Nicci French is the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Know

Martina Cole

Joanie Brewer loves the bones of her three children. She'd do anything...

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From: Beaumaris, GB

The Darling Strumpet

Gillian Bagwell

From her beginnings as a humble oyster seller, Nell Gwynn’s dazzling rise...

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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

The Garden of Burnin...

Corban Addison

In Zambia, American lawyer Zoe Fleming and policeman Joseph Kabuta have...

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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 Friday Night Kni...

Kate Jacobs

Casting on ... It starts almost by accident: the women who buy their...

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From: Ludlow, GB

I, Alex Cross

James Patterson

A Cross family member is murdered, and the case catapults Alex into a...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Featured authors

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...

Lorna Sage

The eldest child of Valma and Eric Stockton, she was named after Lorna Doone [1]. Sage was born at Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales, and educated at the village school, then at the Girls' High School in...

Alice Munro

Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw, is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a three-time winner of Canada's Governor...

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...

Pier House Bistro

United Kingdom - Boathouse

Book Drop

Pier House Bistro is a special place to meet, greet and eat! We are situated in picturesque Beaumaris, with stunning views of the Menai Strait and the Snowdonia Mountain range. We...

Birmingham Business School

United Kingdom - University Of Birmingham

Book Drop

Birmingham Business School has been a major player in business education for more than a century. We have an extensive worldwide reach, with many international students studying at...

Featured book shops

Boekhandel Roelants - Thomas van Aquinostraat

Netherlands - Nijmegen

Book Shop

Independent store stocking books and music

Book Buster

United Kingdom - Queens Road

Book Shop

Book Buster sells new and secondhand books, greeting cards by local artists, and new and used records and CDs.

Cats Bookshop

Ghana - Cape Coast

Book Shop

Featured libraries

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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...

Featured book news

Michael Rosen wins Hans Christian Andersen award

The former children’s laureate missed the announcement of the award in Bologna due to post-Brexit passport rule changes ...

Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos

Former Fox News host says publishing house Skyhorse ‘looking for books that nobody else will publish’ Continue reading.....

No need for hard stares as Paddington: The Musical triumphs at Olivier awards

West End spectacular about beloved bear wins seven prizes, while Rachel Zegler, Rosamund Pike and Paapa Essiedu all reco...

Helen DeWitt turns down $175k Windham-Campbell prize over promotional requirements

The novelist says she couldn’t accept the award after being told it would entail ‘extensive promotion’ Continue reading....

The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals her true identity

The bestselling US novelist, who writes under a pseudonym and appears in public wearing a wig, said she’s ‘tired of this...

Gillian Anderson and Cara Delevingne to hit Cannes as auteur heavyweights dominate festival lineup

The 79th edition of the film festival will see work by Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda and László Nemes considered fo...

British novelist Gwendoline Riley wins $175k Windham-Campbell prize

Awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, other recipients include S Shakthidharan, Adam Ehrlich Sach...

Two for two? Stella prize winner Evelyn Araluen nominated again for second poetry collection

The Rot is nominated for the $60,000 prize for Australian women and non-binary writers, alongside books by Geraldine Bro...

Modern heroes and a ravaged Earth: reboot of 1950s space comic Dan Dare has liftoff

Beloved characters reinvented in graphic novel coming later this year – just as interest rockets in all things space Con...