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Featured library books

The Kashmir Shawl

Rosie Thomas

Newlyweds Nerys and Evan Ellis leave the Welsh valleys behind to become...

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From: Dunstable, 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

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

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

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

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From: Birmingham, 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

A Dance of Ghosts (P...

Kevin Brooks

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Collaborator

Margaret Leroy

There's a sudden scatter of birds in the sky. I flinch. Little things...

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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

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

Longbourn

Jo Baker

'If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats,'...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic...

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From: Bourne, 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

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

What Are You Like - ...

Anne Enright

When Maria turns twenty. she falls in love She is in the wrong town and...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Midnight's Chil...

Salman Rushdie

Born at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Scott Lynch

I was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 2, 1978, the first of three brothers. I've lived in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area my entire life; currently, just across the border in Wisconsin, about...

Helen MacInnes

Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1928 with a degree in French and German. A librarian, she married...

Julio Cortázar

Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and...

Featured book drops

The Fox

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

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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...

Swallows Nest

United Kingdom - Romsley

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The Swallow's Nest in Romsley is a country pub & restaurant oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for...

Pier House Bistro

United Kingdom - Boathouse

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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...

Featured book shops

Chapters Books & Coffee

United States - Newberg

Book Shop

Chapters Books and Coffee is a cozy independent bookstore and coffee shop located in Newberg, Oregon. We sell new and used books - fiction, children and youth, travel, religion,...

Rohman Books & Music Memorabilia

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Book Shop

We deal with rare, collectable and first edition quality books and specialise in the following authors: Beatrix Potter, A.A.Milne, C.S.Lewis, Kenneth Grahamme, J.K.Rowling, Ian...

Connolly Books

Ireland - Dublin 2

Book Shop

We are Dublin’s oldest radical bookshop, stocking books on Irish history, politics, Marxist classics, trade union affairs, feminism, environmental issues, progressive literature,...

Featured libraries

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

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

Madeley Library

United Kingdom - Russell Road

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Monday ? 10am - 4pm
Tuesday ? 10am - 5pm
Wednesday ? 10am - 6pm
Thursday ? Closed
Friday ? 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday ? 9.30am - 4pm

Featured book news

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media Continu...

Injunction blocking publication of ex-SAS soldier’s book on counter-terror op extended

MoD claims book by soldier known as Christian Craighead contains alleged breach of confidentiality contract Continue rea...

‘Why no female lead characters this year?’: The Guardian’s book team answered your questions

This year’s shortlist for the Booker prize was announced last night. Our books editors answered your questions about the...

Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize

The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic ...

Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over ‘incorrect assumption’

Brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, says ‘accuracy is important’ as he responds to broadcaster’s threat to sue over cla...

Piers Morgan says he will sue Earl Spencer over ‘fabricated inaccuracies’

Broadcaster refutes memoir claim that he was behind publication of gym photos of Diana, Princess of Wales Continue readi...

‘The choice was prison or exile’: journalists who fled Russia publish grim portrait of Putin

Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who were forced to move abroad in 2021, tell of president capable of ‘limitless cruelty...

Terry Denton, beloved Australian illustrator best known for Treehouse series, dies aged 76

The illustrator and author ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’, his family saysGet our breaking news ema...

‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers

More than 180 writers sign letter renewing calls for information on 12 authors detained incommunicado since 2001 crackdo...