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Featured library books

The Crimson Petal An...

Michel Faber

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Sound Of Butterf...

Rachael King

It is 1903 when Thomas Edgar says goodbye to his young wife Sophie and...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Shopaholic Abroad

Sophie Kinsella

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is great. She has a job on morning TV, her bank...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Land Of Green Gi...

Winifred Holtby

Joanna Burton was born in South Africa but sent by her missionary father to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

South Riding (VMC Bo...

Winifred Holtby

When Sarah Burton returns to her hometown as headmistress she is full of...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

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

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From: Birmingham, 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

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

She's Come Undo...

Wally Lamb

Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

It's a world where crime is almost respectable - until passion ignites...

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From: Ludlow, GB

The Long Way Home

Audrey Howard

Amy Pearson's family is desperately poor - even by the standards of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Kaspar Prince of Cat...

Michael Morpurgo

A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat,...

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From: Dunstable, GB

The Behaviour Of Mot...

Poppy Adams

From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her...

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From: Aylesbury, 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

A Voyage For Madmen

Peter Nichols

The true story of the 1968 oceanic adventure of nine sailors who set off in...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Beryl Bainbridge

Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE was an English writer from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often set among the English working classes. Bainbridge won the...

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its...

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has...

Featured book drops

The Blue Pig Pub

United Kingdom - Hinckley

Book Drop

The Blue Pig is a charming pub, run by couple Fran and Steve, where we offer fine ale, lager, food, and wine. Fran prepares the food from her own recipes. Why not come and enjoy...

Urban Coffee

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Book Drop

You can find us in the middle of Harborne High St, on the corner of York St in the new ‘School Yard’ development. Serving a range of cakes, homemade sandwiches and salads and of...

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...

Featured book shops

Sephora Libri di Elena Serru

Italy - None

Book Shop

Book & Stationery Place

Jamaica - Portmore

Book Shop

The Book and Stationery Place is your one stop book shop. We are the industry leader in providing Early and Primary Education Books with the largest and affordable variety of books...

Fanø Boghandel

Denmark - Fanø

Book Shop

Featured libraries

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

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...

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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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...