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Our October Book of the Month is Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander This is the story of an unusual family. Though they are nothing like yours, you will recognize them. They are the last Cannibal-Americans. And they have a…
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Our September Children’s Book of the Month is Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep by Philip Reeve It was always at sundown they were seen. In that twilight hour, when the walls between the worlds grew thin, strange…
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Our September Book of the Month is The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld The Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three…
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Our bookseller-selected August Book of the Month is The Appeal by Janice Hallett ONE MURDER. FIFTEEN SUSPECTS. CAN YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH? There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival…
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Our July bookseller-selected Book of the Month is House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild We fancied something a bit lighter this month, and this witty Cornish novel is the perfect easy summer read.
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Our June bookseller-selected Book of the Month is How Much Of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang This is a bold and emotionally complex debut novel, a literary historical western that fuses myth and fiction to tackle themes…
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Sharks in the Time of Saviours – Kawai Strong Washburn At seven years old, Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws – only to return him, unharmed, to his parents. For the next thirty…
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Becoming – Michelle Obama Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and…
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Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of…
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Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to Happiness Is there a knack to being happy? From paddle-boarding down the Thames in a Santa hat, to wild swimming in a glacial river and cooking sausages on a campfire, Bill revels in the exhilaration…
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