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Updated June 8, 2023
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The reading list : a novel
Adams, Sara Nisha
Paper Book
A new chapter is just beginning... *A finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction 2021!* 'The story is an absolute joy . . . A captivating and exquisitely crafted debut' Sunday Times bestseller, Heidi Swain 'A love letter to...
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Bennett, Claire-Louise
Paper Book
*A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL, DAILY TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES CULTURE AND NEW STATESMAN* 'We read in order to come to life.' With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments...
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The readers of Broken Wheel recommend
Bivald, Katarina
Paper Book
A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick New York TimesBestseller Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody....
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Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray
Paper Book
The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of...
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People of the book : a novel
Brooks, Geraldine.
Ebook
A novel from the author of 'March' and 'Year of Wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure. When Hannah Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval...
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The bookshop on the corner : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
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The binding : a novel
Collins, Bridget
Paper Book
LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'Brilliant' Joanna Cannon 'Spellbinding' Guardian 'Magic' Erin Kelly 'Immersive' Sunday Times 'Gorgeous' Stella Duffy
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The book eaters
Dean, Sunyi
Paper Book
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I devoured this' V.E. Schwab 'A vampire-themed Handmaid's Tale, with effective thrills that are intensified by social commentary' Guardian A gorgeous new fantasy horror - a book about...
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The red queen : a transcultural tragicomedy
Drabble, Margaret
Paper Book
Set in 18th century Korea and the present day, Margaret Drabble's The Red Queen is a rich and atmospheric novel about love, and what it means to be remembered. 200 years after being plucked from obscurity to marry the Crown Prince of Korea, the Red Queen's ghost decides...
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The Eyre affair : a novel
Fforde, Jasper.
Paper Book
The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork...
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The girl who reads on the métro
Féret-Fleury, Christine
Paper Book
For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is the French phenomenon by Christine Féret-Fleury ready to charm book-lovers everywhere . . . When Juliette takes the métro to her loathed office job each morning, her only escape is in books -...
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The little Paris bookshop : a novel
George, Nina
Paper Book
The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of...
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The book of the most precious substance : a novel
Gran, Sara
Paper Book
"""A book with all of life's answers, if only you can find it..."""
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Disclaimer
Knight, Renee.
Paper Book
What if you realized the book you were reading was all about you? 'DISCLAIMER stealthily steals your attention and by the end holds you prisoner - a searing story that resonates long after the final page. The best thriller Iâe(tm)ve read this year' ...
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The history of love
Krauss, Nicole.
Paper Book
Leo Gursky is a man who fell in love at the age of ten and has been in love ever since. These days he is just about surviving life in America, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbour know he's still alive, drawing attention to himself at the milk counter of Starbucks. But...
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The borrower
Makkai, Rebecca.
Paper Book
Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has...
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Summer reading
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
TWO PEOPLE. ONE SUMMER. A LOVE STORY THEY DIDN'T SEE COMING... Readers LOVE Summer Reading! 'Wow! What a book!' 'I could not put it down!' 'Would definitely recommend to others!' 'What a lovely book - perfect summer...
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The strange library
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, this is a unique and wonderfully creepy tale that is sure to delight Murakami fans. 'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library<...
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All day is a long time
Sanchez, David
Paper Book
'Exceptional debut' - Tommy Orange, New York Times David has a mind that never stops running. He reads Dante and Moby Dick, he sinks into Hemingway and battles with Milton. But on Florida's Gulf Coast, one can slip into deep water unconsciously. At the age of fourteen,...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann.
Paper Book
The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over half a million copies worldwide - soon to be a major film coming in April 2018, starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope WiltonIt's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton...
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The wishing game : a novel
Shaffer, Meg
Paper Book
'Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power childhood stories have over us long after we've grown up' V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 'A dreamy, inventive novel about how books can not only change lives but save...
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Super sad true love story : a novel
Shteyngart, Gary
Paper Book
The brilliantly inventive, wildly funny and humane new novel, set in an economically and politically collapsed America, by the author of the bestselling Absurdistan.
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Public library and other stories
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
Why are books, in all their forms, so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? The stories in Ali Smith's new collection are...
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The book of speculation : a novel
Swyler, Erika.
Paper Book
A sweeping and captivating debut novel about a young librarian who discovers that his family labours under a terrible curse - for generations, the women in his family have died on the same date in July. Simon must set out to unravel the mystery of this curse, before his beloved sister suffers the...
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The storied life of A.J. Fikry
Zevin, Gabrielle
Paper Book
A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. Maya is the baby left on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. ...
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