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We’re here to help you find that book that you can’t put down, the book you’ll push on all your friends, the book that’ll change your life.

We read literary fiction, non-fiction, classics and children’s books, all genres and styles embraced in our aim to share the love. You’ll also find fabulous Bookstagrams and literary news.

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Happy weekend from the wondrous Barter Books, one Happy weekend from the wondrous Barter Books, one of the UK’s biggest second-hand bookshops. Housed in a restored Victorian railway station in Alnwick, Northumberland, Barter Books is blessed with a trundling model railway, a station buffet and roaring fireplaces. Have any lucky readers been there? | @barterbooksuk | #Bookstoker #beautifulbookshops #bookishdelights #bookshopsoftheworld #northumberland #prettybookplaces #prettyshop
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