As Fast As I Can By Penny Tangey

Mothering Heights (Dog Man, Book 10) by Dav Pilkey

Don’t Forget by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker

Masters of Disguise by Marc Martin

The Treehouse Joke Book 2 by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman

The House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Cut to the Chase (Bad Guys, Episode 13) by Aaron Blabey

The Gentle Genius of Trees by Philip Bunti…

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The 2021 International Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed!

The prize is awarded every year for a single book that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of quality works of imagination from all over the world, and to give greater recognition to the role of translators.The contribution of both author and translator is …

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Lian Hingee is reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half is one of those extraordinary novels that stays with you long after you turn the final page. This cross-generational story about two sisters whose lives are intrinsi…

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Evie Wyld has been named the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize for her brilliant historical novel, The Bass Rock.

The Bass Rock is a novel that weaves together the lives of three women across four centuries. It’s about the legacy of male violence and the ways in which these traumas ripple and reverberate across time and place. Each woman’s choices are circumscribed, in ways big and small, b…

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We love short stories and their unique ability to immerse you in a new world at a moment’s notice. This month we’re recommending eight short story collections to dip into when you have a spare ten minutes. Kink edited by R. O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell

Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection por…

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At Readings, we consider supporting small publishers and self-published authors to be an important responsibility, and we offer the opportunity for titles to be left on a consignment basis at our shops. Below are four titles that are currently available both in-store and online. In their own way, each book investigates humanities dual capacity for terror and for greatness. Still Alive by Saf…

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Calling all amateur sleuths and bookish detectives! Here are some of our favourite mystery books that will test your powers of deduction and observation.

The Puzzling Pearls (Plum and Woo, Book 1) by Lisa Siberry

Hannah Plum and Patti Woo have nothing in common, but they’re stuck at the beachside Heartbreak Hotel together while Hannah’s dad and Patti’s mum are out birdwatching and - yuck! …

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As Fast As I Can By Penny Tangey

Don’t Forget by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker

Masters of Disguise by Marc Martin

The Grandest Bookshop by Amelia Mellor

Mothering Heights (Dog Man, Book 10) by Dav Pilkey

The Treehouse Joke Book 2 by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Mary Has the Best Pet: School of Monsters by Sally Rippin & Chris Kennett

Claudia and the New Girl by Gabriela Epstein & Ann M. Martin

The…

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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

A Room of Her Own by Robyn Lea

With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota

Heart Sick by Jessie Stephens

Sex, Lies & Question Time by Kate Ellis

Turns Out, I’m Fine by Judith Lucy

New Animal by Ella Baxter

Our best-seller from the past week …

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For book clubs interested in the modern condition… No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet - or what she terms ‘the portal’. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die?

Sud…

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