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Updated October 11, 2024
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The Underground Library
Ryan, Jennifer.
Paper Book
Inspired by the true story of Bethnall Green Library. When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front and The...
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The Librarians Of Rue De Picardie
Charles, Janet Skeslien.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France. 'This is hands...
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The Paris Library: A Novel
Charles, Janet Skeslien
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The Last Library
Sampson, Freya.
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The Library Thief
Shenje, Kuchenga.
Paper Book
An extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories. 'Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . . Shenjé weaves race, identity, feminism, sexuality and class into...
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The little wartime library
Thompson, Kate
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'A splendid warm-hearted novel' - Rachel Hore London, 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused...
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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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Elodie's Library of Second Chances
Raisin, Rebecca.
Paper Book
Everyone has a story. You just have to read between the lines... 'Will make you smile, make you cry, fill you with joy and warm your heart.' NetGalley reviewer, ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Contemporary Romantic Novel...
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The library at the edge of the world
Hayes-McCoy, Felicity
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What you are looking for is in the library
Aoyama, Michiko
Paper Book
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...
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