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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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17th Oct 17

Congratulations to George Saunders and Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2017

A truly original and brave choice by the Man Booker Prize judges this year. Lincoln in the Bardo is a challenging but beautiful and utterly original novel that deserves to be read. Read our full review here.

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An Observer Best Debut Novel of 2025 and Hay Festi An Observer Best Debut Novel of 2025 and Hay Festival Book of the Year, A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland is a poignant and beautiful tale of secret love. Set in a Welsh valley town in the late 1980’s, against a backdrop of industrial decline and the emerging AIDS crisis, it tells the story of two unhappily closeted gay men, M and B (symbolically shielded by the use of only their initials). Drawn to each other one fateful evening, they begin a tentative relationship in an insular, small-town community which would shun and shame them if the truth were revealed. See link in bio for our review | 📷 @grantabooks | #Bookstoker #anthonyshapland #aroomaboveashop #bookswelove #booktok #lgbtqbooks #readthisbook #welshliterature #whattoreadnext
‘Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzl ‘Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.’ We’re marking the birthday of Lewis Carroll, creator of Alice in Wonderland ( #bornthisday 1832 ), with a trip to this beautiful London shop✨ Situated in Cecil Court, just off Charing Cross Road, Alice Through the Looking Glass is a treasure trove of Alice iconography, including books, gifts and artworks | 📷 @shopfrontspoetry | #Bookstoker #aliceinwonderland #alicethroughthelookingglass #cecilcourt #independentbookshop #lewiscarroll #londonbookshop #prettybookplaces #prettylondon #shopfronts
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