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Featured library books

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

Conqueror (Conqueror...

Conn Iggulden

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Call The Midwife: A ...

Jennifer Worth

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

The Reading Group

Elizabeth Noble

Five women meet for their first reading group, little realising this...

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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

Season of Migration ...

Tayeb Salih

Paperback. Pub date: 2003 Pages: 169 Publisher: Penguin Books' Season...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Salt Road

Jane Johnson

Jane Johnson's The Salt Road is a magical historical adventure which...

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From: Ludlow, 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

Kill Alex Cross

James Patterson

The President's children have been kidnapped. The water supply for...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Crimson Rooms

Katharine McMahon

Evelyn is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother in the...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

From America's most beloved storyteller comes an unforgettable tale...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Knight

Gene Wolfe

THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Aftermath

Peter Robinson

Number 35 The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Rescue

Anita Shreve

Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Soldier's W...

Margaret Leroy

1940, GUERNSEY. Vivienne de la Mare waits nervously for the bombs to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the novel The Other Boleyn Girl, which was made into a TV drama and a major...

W.J. Burley

Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. Before he began writing, he was employed in senior management with various gas companies, before giving it up after the Second World War when he obtained a...

James Patterson

Offical US SiteOffical UK SiteOffical James Patterson Young Adult SiteOffical Site for James Patterson's Middle School SeriesThe subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who...

Featured book drops

The Green Room Cafe

United Kingdom - Chester Street

Book Drop

We offer a wide range of food options for breakfast, brunch, buffets and delis. We also take bookings, we welcome groups and children, and we offer takeaway and catering services.

The Spinnaker Cafe

United Kingdom - Broad Street

Book Drop

In place of The Old Slipway Cafe on Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, The Spinnaker Cafe was renovated, re-decorated and brought back to life. Since refurbishment, the cafe has been...

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...

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La Friche Librairie

France - Paris

Book Shop

Red Bus Bookstore

Hungary - Budapest

Book Shop

Red Bus Books is the place in Hungary to buy and sell quality secondhand English books.
We have hundreds of books in stock, covering a wide and varied range of subject areas,...

Slightly Foxed

United Kingdom - London

Book Shop

We stock an eclectic but carefully chosen range of second-hand books, a selection of new books and reprints from interesting publishers, a range of artists’ cards and wood...

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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

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...

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Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation

Screenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect ...

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77

An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Ber...

Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2026: ‘profound’ novel based on Yolngu oral history wins $80,000

Judges praised A Piece of Red Cloth as a ‘landmark achievement in fiction’, with Kate Wild, Zana Fraillon and Rohan Howi...

Hillary Clinton leads tributes to Gloria Steinem: ‘Her activism was rooted in optimism’

Ex-secretary of state joins Nancy Pelosi, Jill Biden, Roxane Gay and others in heralding groundbreaking feministGloria S...

Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92

Prolific author campaigned against domestic violence, female genital mutilation, pornography and the Vietnam and Gulf wa...

Quidditch, Muggles, magic: new Harry Potter trailer gives full look at TV show

HBO’s extended trailer reveals more details of JK Rowling’s wizarding world coming to screens this Christmas Continue re...

Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will...

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch

Writer who criticised Christopher Nolan film based on her 2017 translation is working on new version of Homer’s poem Con...

US public libraries at ‘breaking point’ amid ideological attacks, report finds

PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans Continu...