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Featured library books

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

Money. Fame. Love. Who says you can't have it all Being the daughter...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Road to the Dales: T...

Gervase Phinn

A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Unfortunates

Laurie Graham

What hope is there for Poppy Minkel? She has kinky hair,out sticking ears,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

All That I Am

Anna Funder

One September morning, elderly Ruth Wesemann wakes to the sound of a...

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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

Never Go Back

Lee Child

‘It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Welcome To Rosie Hop...

Jenny Colgan

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Chocolat

Joanne Harris

When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Grain of Wheat

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one...

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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 Violet Hour

Richard Montanari

He's waited twenty years. He'll wait no longer. A gripping...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Breakfast with the N...

Rumer Godden

For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to...

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From: Birmingham, 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

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

Featured authors

Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Johnson Kostova is an American author. She is a graduate of Yale University and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress. Her...

R.N. Morris

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Roger N Morris (born 1960 in Manchester) is an English writer and...

Bill Cullen

William 'Bill' Cullen (born 17 February 1942) is an Irish businessman, philanthropist, reality television star and media personality.

With his considerable profile, Cullen is regularly seen...

Featured book drops

Snack Attack Cafe

United Kingdom - Scunthorpe

Book Drop

Established in 2012, Snack Attack Café has two key values: serving quality food at a fair price. We are a family run café and pride ourselves on using locally sourced fresh...

The Bell

United Kingdom - Welford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, The Bell Inn is an outstanding 17th century inn, complete with exposed beams, flagstone floors, oak furniture, open...

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

Troels Boghandel

Denmark - Svendborg

Book Shop

The Dartmoor Bookshop

United Kingdom - Newton Abbot

Book Shop

International Bookstore Het Fort Van Sjakoo

Netherlands - Amsterdam

Book Shop

We specialize in foreign publications, music and magazines.

Een breed scala aan links-politieke en maatschappijkritische onderwerpen vult de winkel. Ook veel aandacht voor...

Featured libraries

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

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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...

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

Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs

Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use Con...

David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC

One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to life Continue read...

Epic movie: Christopher Nolan uses 2m ft of film for adaptation of The Odyssey

The director has revealed suitably grand scale of his forthcoming Homeric adventure, which was shot with Imax cameras an...

Wuthering Heights: bold new trailer for Emerald Fennell’s epic adaptation

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi lead the Saltburn writer-director’s Charli xcx-soundtracked take on Emily Brontë’s novel,...

‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity,...

Adele to make acting debut in star-studded Tom Ford movie

The singer will star alongside Adolescence breakout Owen Cooper, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Thandiwe Newton and ...

Jilly Cooper died of head injury suffered in fall at home, inquest hears

Coroner reaches conclusion of accidental death and says author died as a result of a traumatic subdural haematoma Contin...

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh

The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British autho...

Andrew Miller is bookies’ favourite to win 2025 Booker prize

The Land in Winter has shortest odds of victory, ahead of Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Continue readi...