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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

The Pilot's Wif...

Anita Shreve

Who can guess what a woman will do when the unthinkable becomes her...

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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

Village by the Sea

Anita Desai

An award-winning story about a family's survival in a small fishing...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A novel built out of a series of dramatic scenes that illuminate eternal...

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From: Dunstable, 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

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 Riddle of the Sa...

Erskine Childers

One of the first and still one of the finest spy stories ever written,...

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From: Broxbourne, 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

Giving Up the Ghost

Hilary Mantel

Opening in 1995 with 'A Second Home', Mantel describes the death...

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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

Conqueror (Conqueror...

Conn Iggulden

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Breaking Point

John Macken

There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without...

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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

The Seamstress

Maria Duenas

Maria Duenas's million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Anne Frank

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a Jewish girl born in the city...

Robert Greer

Robert Greer, author of the CJ Floyd mystery series, lives in Denver, where he is a practicing surgical pathologist, research scientist, and Professor of Pathology and Medicine at the University of...

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Jean-Dominique Bauby was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine, ELLE.On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke...

Featured book drops

The Ship Inn

United Kingdom - Stonehaven

Book Drop

The Ship Inn, overlooking the harbour, is an excellent choice for bed and breakfast accommodation in Stonehaven. Built in 1771, this historical and award winning hotel has so much...

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...

The Coffee Tree

United Kingdom - Aylesbury

Book Drop

We provide top quality home-made food of the highest standard, using local suppliers and strive to use fresh ingredients in all our products, none of which are pre-packed days in...

Featured book shops

Adelaide Books & Coffee

United States - Ocean Park

Book Shop

Open: Tuesday - Saturday 7am - 4pm

Adelaide’s is a coffee shop and bookstore located in wonderful Ocean Park, WA. We offer a full espresso menu, as well as freshly baked pastries,...

Gemini Books

United Kingdom - Shrewsbury

Book Shop

Booksellers

Antikvariat Hundörat

Sweden - Stockholm

Book Shop

Antiquarian bookshop

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

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...

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$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use

Agents withdraw Jerry Falade’s hotly anticipated debut after saying they can no longer authenticate ‘how the manuscript ...

‘I was hyperventilating and sobbing’: Tomi Adeyemi says Children of Blood and Bone film ‘the worst thing I’ve ever lived through’

Author of books behind forthcoming film starring Viola Davis and Idris Elba appears to have had disagreement with cast m...

German chancellor chooses pope’s AI encyclical over pacy potboiler as holiday read

With his popularity at a record low, Friedrich Merz packs the papal guide Magnifica humanitasEurope live – latest update...

‘The crude language of Maga folks’: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolan’s Odyssey

The novelist suggested Wilson should have been ‘a wee bit more thoughtful and respectful’ towards a film-maker who may h...

Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue

The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wall Continue rea...

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in 2022 convicted of federal terrorism charges

Jury finds Hadi Matar, who is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence, guilty of all charges against hi...

Dua Lipa to interview Zadie Smith at London Literature festival

The pop star is curating the 2026 festival, which also features Patti Smith, Mustafa and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as part of th...

Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist

Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places...

So how do you get access to the Qantas chairman’s lounge? Alan Joyce has some tips

In his memoir, the former Qantas chief executive denies using the lounge as a tool to influence politiciansFollow our Au...