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Featured library books

Blood Rush

Helen Black

The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence - the media is building on...

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From: Bourne, 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

Journey to the Centr...

Jules Verne

Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Devil That Dance...

Aminatta Forna

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of...

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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

Kill Alex Cross

James Patterson

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

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From: Bourne, GB

Nadia Knows Best

Jill Mansell

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Season of Migration ...

Tayeb Salih

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

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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

The Tiger's Wif...

Tea Obreht

In April of 1941, the German bombs started falling over the city and did...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

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

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From: Birmingham, 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

The Complete Mapp & ...

E.F. Benson

Outrageously pretentious, hypocritical and snobbish, Queen Lucia, 'as...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Ryszard Kapuściński

Ryszard Kapuściński debuted as a poet in Dziś i jutro at the age of 17 and has been a journalist, writer, and publicist. In 1964 he was appointed to the Polish Press Agency and began traveling around...

Craig Robertson

During his 20-year career with a Scottish Sunday newspaper, Craig Robertson has interviewed three recent Prime Ministers; attended major stories including 9/11, Dunblane, the Omagh bombing and the...

Lizzie Lane

Lizzies first writing job was compiling the instructions for flat pack kitchens! She apologises for any confusion caused but its not as easy as you might think.

As a child she made up stories off the...

Featured book drops

Caffe Nero Chipping Norton

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

Our story goes back around 20 years, to our founder Gerry Ford. Armed with a passion for coffee, he had a vision to create traditional Italian cafés across Europe; places that...

The Golden Retriever

United Kingdom - Bracknell

Book Drop

The Golden Retriever in Bracknell is a country pub & restaurant oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for savouring...

Red Lion

United Kingdom - Newport

Book Drop

The Red lion is located down a peaceful lane in the quiet hamlet of Great Chatwell. Set in beautiful countryside on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border this 17th century pub has...

Featured book shops

Atticus Books & Tea House

United States - Park City

Book Shop

We specialize in amazing coffee & tea drinks! As well as fast & fresh breakfast & lunch.
We have thousands of used books to browse, and a unique, eclectic selection of...

Librairie Violette and Co

France - Paris

Book Shop

Lesbian, gay and transsexual booksop

Librairie féministe, lesbienne, gay, trans

Amudukwa Enterprise

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.

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...

Featured book news

Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher

The Rolling Stone will play a lighthouse keeper in Three Incestuous Sisters, joining a cast including Dakota Johnson, Je...

‘Andy Burnham’s life was changed by the poet Tony Harrison’: writers discuss literature, politics and the 100 best novels

What would Trump think of Gilgamesh? And why are 19th-century classics so popular among young people? Writers on why we ...

International Booker prize goes to novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese for the first time

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘bo...

‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of short story prize

Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that won Commonwealth prize Continue reading...

Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate

Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workers Contin...

Sally Rooney to publish Hebrew translation of novel with BDS-compliant publisher

Irish novelist will publish Intermezzo through November Books after rejecting translation offer from publisher with ties...

‘Capitalism has to become more humane’: a Stanford economist on big tech, power hoarding and democracy

Mordecai Kurz argues tech oligarchs erode democracy through monopolies – and predicts how the trend may end Continue rea...

‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Literary awards

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply resear...

Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley’s Roots under 2022 state law

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves Continue r...