Library Lovers' Day: Staff Favourites

This Library Lovers' Day (14th of February 2026), check out the books that had inspired our library staff in 2025! These are the titles we won’t stop talking about, recommending or quietly reshelving for ourselves. Browse our latest favourites and find a new literary pick.

Updated February 15, 2026
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Library Lovers' Day: Staff Favourites

This Library Lovers' Day (14th of February 2026), check out the books that had inspired our library staff in 2025! These are the titles we won’t stop talking about, recommending or quietly reshelving for ourselves. Browse our latest favourites and find a new literary pick.

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The correspondent : a novel
Evans, Virginia
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as "A cause for celebration"--an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love. "The...
Wild dark shore
McConaghy, Charlotte
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, TIME, USA Today, The Economist, Scientific...
Death and other occupational hazards
Dapunt, Veronika
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2023 An original and darkly comedic murder mystery about a female personified Death whose sabbatical in modern-day London gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders. Perfect for fans of Good Omens, The Good...
Dungeon crawler Carl
Dinniman, Matt
Paper Book
You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic, intergalactic...
That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Human
Lemming, Kimberly.
Paper Book
'This book is pure, sexy, dirty joy' Goodreads reviewer on That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon When I was a little girl, my Ma used to read me stories every night. Some were epic adventures with high stakes and exciting twists, while others were of princesses...
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New York Times Bestseller The Radio 2 Book Club Pick From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .
Ledge
White, Christian.
Paper Book
When human remains are discovered in a forest, police are baffled, the locals are shocked and one group of old friends starts to panic. Their long-held secret is about to be uncovered. It all began in 1999 when sixteen-year-old Aaron ran away from home, drawing his friends into an...
Fourth wing
Yarros, Rebecca
Paper Book
Don't miss out on the series that everyone can't stop talking about! 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' -The Sun 'We weren't expecting to become obsessed with Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing, but we very much are - and we're not alone . . .' ...
If anyone builds it, everyone dies : the case against superintelligent AI
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the decade' MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0 'A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster - we must wake up' STEPHEN FRY 'The best...
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Lemming, Kimberly.
Paper Book
'I'm sorry? A fantasy romcom that is ACTUALLY funny and has a Black woman lead? And there's buckets of nachos? And a lesbian centaur? Give me a million books in the series, please.' Goodreads review All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand...
Mood Machine: ; The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist
Pelly, Liz.
Paper Book
Between Two Rivers: ; Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
Al-Rashid, Moudhy.
Paper Book
Jane Austen's Bookshelf: The Women Writers Who Shaped A Legend
Romney, Rebecca.
Paper Book
Who were the women writers that inspired Jane Austen? Why have they all but disappeared from our bookshelves? Rare books dealer Rebecca Romney sheds a light on Austen's inspirations and contemporaries in this page-turning literary adventure, publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane...
Raise your soul : a personal history of resistance
Varoufakis, Yanis
Paper Book
A captivating portrait of number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary lives of five women, and the West's tumultuous history from 1924 to the present. Eleni put an arm around him and said: 'Come, come, life is ahead...
Mother Mary comes to me
Roy, Arundhati
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 WINNER OF THE GOOGLE PLAY BEST OF 2025 AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED...
Sister outsider
Lorde, Audre
Paper Book
The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising, angry and...
Atonement
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author. ...
Anxious people
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A People Book of the Week, Book of the Month Club selection, and Best of Fall in Good Housekeeping, PopSugar, The Washington Post, New York Post, Shondaland, CNN, and more!...
When women were dragons
Barnhill, Kelly Regan
Paper Book
In a world where girls and women are taught to be quiet, the dragons inside them are about to be set free ...
The Sea Captain's Wife
French, Jackie.
Paper Book
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures. You never know what the sea will give you ... or what it will take back. When Mair McCrae...
Parable of the sower
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to...
One of us
Day, Elizabeth
Paper Book
'Intelligent, darkly humorous and brilliantly written' STANLEY TUCCI 'This is Elizabeth Day's writing at its finest' DOLLY ALDERTON 'A tantalising portrait of privilege and power' THE TIMES In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried...
The names
Knapp, Florence.
Paper Book
Tomorrow - if morning comes, if the storm stops raging - Cora will register the name of her son. Or perhaps, and this is her real concern, she'll formalise who he will become. It is 1987 and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register...
Marble hall murders
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pund mystery to solve a murder. 'A masterclass in mystery writing' Ragnar Jónasson 'Expect plenty of...
D Is For Death
Townson, Harriet F.
Paper Book
'A little bit Margery Allingham with hints of Mitford, definite tones of Eva Ibbotson and as delightful as I Capture the Castle, D is for Death is an instant classic. I loved it so much' MARIAN KEYES'A charming and authentic ode to Golden Age crime fiction and to books in...
Tusk love
Guanzon, Thea
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A merchant's daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the author of The Hurricane Wars. This gorgeous hardcover edition features...
Alchemised
Senlinyu.
Paper Book
***THE RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT AND INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** A stunning collector's edition and the perfect book for any dark fantasy lover. 'A work of quite staggering ambition. Detailed world-building, intricate plot, Gothic...
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022 A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high...
Femina : a new history of the Middle ages, through the women written out of it
Ramirez, Janina
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 'Revelatory' GUARDIAN 'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEY An instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books...
Someone you can build a nest in
Wiswell, John
Paper Book
**Winner: Nebula Award for Best Novel** **Winner: Locus Award for Best First Novel** **Shortlisted for: Hugo Award for Best Novel** 'Stealthily funny, slyly smart, and remarkably touching' VERONICA ROTH, bestselling author of WHEN AMONG CROWS ...
The starless sea
Morgenstern, Erin
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. "[A] gorgeously written epic love story, filled with magic and...
The summer I turned pretty
Han, Jenny
Paper Book
Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad? Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before...
Inheritance
Gannon, Genevieve.
Paper Book
In 2027, Angela Monahan is grappling with the decision of whether to take advantage of a new health service that promises a healthier, stronger baby through gene editing. With a semi-famous mother who has a substance abuse problem and a husband ravaged by the pandemic, there's plenty in her...
Sweet Venom
Kent, Rina.
Paper Book
From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a sizzling dark hockey romance set in a new glamorous secret world. 'This book is a must-read' ***** Reader review 'I couldn't put it down, definitely recommend and the...
Pedro Páramo
Rulfo, Juan
Paper Book
A new translation of the legendary Mexican classic of magic realism which went on to inspire the works of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa
Da vaita taigara
Adiga, Aravind
Paper Book
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The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Karunatilaka, Shehan
Paper Book
Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida--war photographer, gambler, and closet queen--has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office....
Ghost Cities
Lu, Siang.
Paper Book
Ghost Cities - inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China - follows multiple narratives, including one in which a young man named Xiang is fired from his job as a translator at Sydney's Chinese Consulate after it is discovered he doesn't speak a word of Chinese and has been...
Atmosphere a love story
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go...
Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra. Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament-...
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