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Featured library books

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

How Stella Got Her G...

Terry McMillan

Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

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

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From: Ludlow, 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: Maidenhead, GB

Journey to the Centr...

Jules Verne

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

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Life Less Ordinary

John Hodge

A Life Less Ordinary tells the story of a hapless young man who is fired...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Jumping The Queue

Mary Wesley

Matilda Poliport, recently widowed and largely estranged from her four...

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From: Scunthorpe, GB

Recipe for Scandal

Debby Holt

Living with her partner, Tony, his parents and their precocious teenage...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Return

Victoria Hislop

THE RETURN debuted at number two in the Sunday Times hardback fiction...

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From: Aylesbury, 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 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

Settled Blood

Mari Hannah

When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian’s Wall, it’s not...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Working Wonders

Jenny Colgan

Laughs, love, office life.And a little touch of magic …From the bestselling...

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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

Sea of Poppies

Amitav Ghosh

At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (born
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
) was a Polish-born English novelist who today is most famous for Heart of Darkness, his fictionalized account of Colonial Africa.Conrad left...

Charles Rosen

Charles Welles Rosen was an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notably the book The Classical...

Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his...

Featured book drops

The Spinnaker Cafe

United Kingdom - Broad Street

Book Drop

In place of The Old Slipway Cafe on Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, The Spinnaker Cafe was renovated, re-decorated and brought back to life. Since refurbishment, the cafe has been...

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...

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...

Featured book shops

Barnett's of Wadhurst

United Kingdom - Wadhurst

Book Shop

Located in the picturesque, bustling high street of Wadhurst, Barnetts has long been regarded as the bookshop of choice for the discerning individual.

Being independent allows for...

Le Pied de Biche Galerie & Librairie

France - Paris

Book Shop

Ripping Yarns

United Kingdom - London

Book Shop

We are a secondhand bookshop in North London specialising in collectable children's and illustrated books.

We have boys' and girls' school and adventure stories,...

Featured libraries

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

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

Featured book news

Zeno Sworder’s hopeful and poetic Once I Was a Giant wins book of the year at Australian industry awards

In its 26th year, the ABIAs also recognised Possum Magic’s Mem Fox for ‘outstanding service’ to the industry Continue re...

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...