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Featured library books

Conversation in the ...

Mario Vargas Llosa

Under the rule of the unseen military dictator General Ordia, suspicion,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Spitfire Girls

Carol Gould

Top-class pilots were crucial to the survival of Great Britain during the...

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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

The Shadow Of The Wi...

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Wild Swans: Three Da...

Jung Chang

Forfatteren, der voksede op som medlem af den priviligerede elite i Maos...

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From: Ludlow, 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

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

Ancient Light

John Banville

John Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Coastliners

Joanne Harris

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Quicksand AND Passin...

Nella Larsen

Quicksand, written in 1928, is the first novel to give an open voice to...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Alex Cross, Run

James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is hunting three killers, but is someone hunting...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Obsession

Debra Webb

The first novel in Debra Webb's internationally bestselling FACES OF...

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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

A Killing Kindness: ...

Reginald Hill

When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out...

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From: Dunstable, GB

How Hard Can It Be?

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson had a dream... A world where the nonsensical made sense,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist. Born in Barcelona in 1964, he has lived in Los Angeles, United States, since 1994, and works as a scriptwriter aside from writing novels.His first novel, El...

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib (Urdu: مرزا غالب) born Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (Urdu/Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان) was a classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule. He used as his...

Michael Herr

Writer and former war correspondent, best known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called...

Featured book drops

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...

Ownies Bar and Bistro

United Kingdom - Joymount

Book Drop

If you're looking for a traditional restaurant with a modern twist, look no further than Ownies Bar & Bistro. Whether it's a locally-sourced special or a quiet drink...

The White Hart

United Kingdom - The White Hart, Main Road, Fyfield, Abingdon, Oxon,

Book Drop

Kay and Mark Chandler welcome you to the White Hart, their beautiful country pub and restaurant, set in the picturesque village of Fyfield, just 7 miles from the city of Oxford....

Featured book shops

Yswyth Books

United Kingdom - Aberystwyth

Book Shop

Ystwyth Books is one of Wales’ best known shops for new and second-hand books. The second hand books (also new and out of print) cover a very wide range of subjects with a special...

Acorn Naturalists

United States - Tustin

Book Shop

Acorn Naturalists is a science and environmental education supply company, directed today by the same educators who founded the company a quarter century ago.

The first resource...

The Willoughby Book Club

United Kingdom - None

Book Shop

We specialise in personalised book subscription gifts. Based on information provided by you, we'll deliver a new, hand selected book once a month to a gift recipient of your...

Featured libraries

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...

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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‘Badass’ Salman Rushdie says he doesn’t have PTSD symptoms after 2022 attack

Author was injured in multiple places and lost use of his right eye after assassination attempt during a lecture Continu...

Big belly, wavy fur and a nose for trouble: we exclusively reveal the new-look Paddington

It’s been the biggest secret in theatre: what will the marmalade-loving, hyper-polite Peruvian look like in Paddington t...

UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi gov...

Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers

King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend i...

Trump ally Stephen Miller at heart of FBI agent purge, new book reveals

Miller urged firings of those who had investigated president to satisfy Trump’s desire for revenge, Injustice authors wr...

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked

Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’ Continue reading.........

Black British book festival launches publisher

BBBF organiser Selina Brown announced the new project, focusing on undiscovered authors, following a decline in the publ...

Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book

The comedian is tipped for the Wodehouse prize for comic fiction alongside Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin and Sandi To...

WH Auden formed ‘intense friendship’ with sex worker who burgled him, unseen letters reveal

Exclusive: The newly released correspondence reveals how a strong bond developed between the Funeral Blues poet and the ...