Books for Babies and Toddlers
Featured Books for Young Adults
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- Cradle and All by James Patterson
- The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
Featured Books for 3+ readers
- Captain McGrew Wants You for His Crew! by Mark Sperring
- Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- Odd Socks by Michelle Robinson
Featured Books for 5+ readers
- Jim by Hilaire Belloc
- Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves by Sophie Thompson
- Trouble Next Door by Chris Higgins
Featured Books for 7+ readers
- Worst Ever School Trip by Barry Hutchison
- Who Stole the Hamster? by N. Griffin
- Spy Toys by Mark Powers
Featured Books for 9+ readers
- What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible by Ross Welford
- Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake by Rob Lloyd Jones
- The Great Shelby Holmes Girl Detective by Elizabeth Eulberg
Featured Books for 11+ readers
- Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
- The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
- The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
Featured Books for 13+ readers
- The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon
- The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
- Spook's: The Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney
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1 |  | Lyrebird Cecelia Ahern One of our Books of the Year 2016. Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift, will she be exploited or set free? ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | When I Was Invisible Dorothy Koomson One of our Books of the Year 2016. May 2016 MEGA Book of the Month. An absolute page-turner of a novel, at times uncomfortable, yet powerful and oh so compelling. Roni and Nika meet when they are 8 years old, as the ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough Oh my word, this book is devious, twisted, and an absolute knockout! The story, revolving around love, passion, suspicion, and deceit kept me teetering on a razor sharp wire of uncertainty. Sarah Pinborough’s writing is sublime, it’s shrewd, artful, cunning, ... Download free opening extract |
4 |  | The Beautiful Dead Belinda Bauer One of our Books of the Year 2016. December 2016 Book of the Month. Oh my, this is a clever, chilling, and penetrating read. 29 year old TV crime reporter Eve Singer looks for murder and mayhem, but she needs to watch ... Download free opening extract |
5 |  | The Spy Paulo Coelho One of our Books of the Year 2016. December 2016 MEGA Book of the Month. A short, emotional and entirely captivating novel based on the real events that surrounded, enclosed and smothered the notorious Mata Hari. Mata Hari is a name that ... Download free opening extract |
6 |  | I'm Travelling Alone Samuel Bjork A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Already a bestseller in over 30 countries, this stunning Norwegian debut finally appears in English. Such was its impact elsewhere that it will now be the subject of a forthcoming ITV series. When a young girl ... Download free opening extract |
7 |  | Where My Heart Used to Beat Sebastian Faulks The recurring themes of Sebastian Faulks's fiction are here brought together with a new stylistic brilliance as the novel casts a long, baleful light over the century we have left behind but may never fully understand. Daring, ambitious and in ... Download free opening extract |
8 |  | The Crow Girl Erik Axl Sund If you thought The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the epitome of Nordic noir's savage darkness, think again. Graphic, violent and weaving a thread of evil with the dexterity of a malevolent spider, this Swedish trilogy by a collaborative ... Download free opening extract |
9 |  | The Gustav Sonata Rose Tremain Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016. Fierce, astringent, profoundly tender, Rose Tremain's beautifully orchestrated novel asks the question, what does it do to a person, or to a country, to pursue an eternal quest for neutrality, and self-mastery, while all ... Download free opening extract |
10 |  | The Hanging Club Tony Parsons One of our Books of the Year 2016. June 2016 Book of the Month. The third in the London based detective series featuring a man I really like, one Max Wolf, second in command in the Saville Row Crime Squad. His very ... Download free opening extract |
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1 |  | Worst Ever School Trip Barry Hutchison January 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: In all honesty, a book to have readers laughing aloud | Poor Beaky Malone: once an accomplished fibber, he’s now condemned to be completely, even brutally honest at all times thanks ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible Ross Welford January 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: invisible girl finds herself in the spotlight | Ross Welford is making a habit of putting his characters in unusual situations: the star of his prize-shortlisted debut went time travelling, ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Jim Hilaire Belloc A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month January 2017 Award-winning Mini Grey pulls no punches in her brilliant illustrations to this classic cautionary tale. Jim’s parents give him everything but, even so, he has a dangerous tendency to run ... Download free opening extract |
4 |  | Welcome to Nowhere Elizabeth Laird In the winter of 2015, Elizabeth Laird travelled to Jordan to volunteer in two refugee camps. Elizabeth couldn’t help but be moved by the plight and the stories of the people she met, and Welcome to Nowhere is a result ... Download free opening extract |
5 |  | The Midnight Gang David Walliams One of our Books of the Year 2016 | November 2016 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: comedy capers on the NHS from everyone’s favourite storyteller! The spirit of Roald Dahl lives on in David Walliams, and Dahl’s influence ... Download free opening extract |
6 |  | Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake Rob Lloyd Jones In a nutshell: two kids on a death-defying treasure hunt through Egypt’s ancient monuments. Adventure stories don’t come more action-packed than the exploits of Jake Atlas. As the book opens, the Atlas family are about to fly off to Egypt ... Download free opening extract |
7 |  | Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves Sophie Thompson Another hilarious and delightful story for 6+ readers by actress Sophie Thompson, with black and white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown. Lovereading Review will follow. ... Download free opening extract |
8 |  | Who Stole the Hamster? N. Griffin In a nutshell: a clever bit of detection in the classroom | This satisfying, entertaining classroom crime caper thoroughly respects its young readers’ intelligence. Smashie and Dontel are smart as they come and when the school hamster disappears from his ... Download free opening extract |
9 |  | The Monstrous Child Francesca Simon January 2017 Book of the Month | Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards, Children's Book category, 2016 - May 2016 Book of the Month Francesca Simon has chosen a singular heroine for her first novel for teenagers. Hel is Queen of ... Download free opening extract |
10 |  | Trouble Next Door Chris Higgins In a nutshell: new house, new friend, new adventures | There’s something fascinating about naughty children, and readers will be captivated by Magda, the co-star of Chris Higgins’s new book. Bella and her family are just moving into a new ... Download free opening extract |
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Elizabeth Eulberg
January 2017 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: Sherlock and Watson as you’ve never seen them before | The Sherlock Holmes stories are given a lively twist. Eleven-year old John Watson has recently moved into 221 Baker Street, New ...
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Lucy Strange
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | October 2016 Debut of the Month Debut author Lucy Strange tells a touching story, rich in atmosphere and with a strong historical background capturing a young girl’s need for courage ...
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M.G. Leonard
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Shortlisted for the Children's category of the Books are My Bag Readers Awards 2016 | Longlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award and March 2016 Julia Eccleshare's Debut of the Month A ...
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Books for Babies and Toddlers
1 |  | This is the Kiss Claire Harcup A big bear and a little bear are getting ready for bedtime – a process with lots of lovely stages. They wave goodbye to their snowman, hold hands for the walk home, smile, have a last play, tickle and giggle, ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers Winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards - Best Illustrated book to read aloud. Celebrating the value of friendship, this is an exquisitely illustrated picture book with a simple story line. Opening his door and finding a penguin on it, the little ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Imaginary Fred Eoin Colfer One of our Books of the Year 2016 | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month October 2016 There are so many adjectives you could use to describe this book - extraordinary, dazzling, original, funny, irresistible, quirky, imaginative, clever, stunning - but none go ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for Young Adults
1 |  | A Monster Calls Patrick Ness Winner of the 2012 Carnegie Medal Rachel Levy chair of the 2012 CILIP Carnegie judging panel said: "A Monster Calls" is an exquisite piece of writing. It is a beautifully economical, structurally brilliant and lyrically descriptive account of a challenging ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | Cradle and All James Patterson January 2017 Book of the Month | A book to make you flinch! Virulent diseases and natural disasters are sweeping the world, the church and a private investigator seek the truth behind the reports of two pregnant virgins, can ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | The One Memory of Flora Banks Emily Barr January 2017 MEGA Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: the unforgettable story of a girl with no memory Can there ever have been a heroine like Flora Banks? She’s 17 when the book opens, but an accident aged 10 ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 3+ readers
1 |  | Captain McGrew Wants You for His Crew! Mark Sperring January 2017 Book of the Month In suitably jolly rhyme Ed Eaves describes just what joining Captain McGrew’s pirate crew entails, from the reasonably easy – climbing the rigging, shouting ‘Land Ahoy!’ – to the downright difficult – digging up ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | Also an Octopus Maggie Tokuda-Hall January 2017 Book of the Month An octopus playing a ukulele is just the start of this witty and unlikely story that will inspire imagination. While having a character is a good start for a story what happens next is ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Odd Socks Michelle Robinson Everyone will enjoy this epic tale of true love and steadfastness, no less heroic or inspiring for starring a pair of woolly socks! Sosh and Suki are made for one another and their life on a fresh pair of feet ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 5+ readers
1 | | Jim Hilaire Belloc A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month January 2017 Award-winning Mini Grey pulls no punches in her brilliant illustrations to this classic cautionary tale. Jim’s parents give him everything but, even so, he has a dangerous tendency to run ... Download free opening extract |
2 | | Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves Sophie Thompson Another hilarious and delightful story for 6+ readers by actress Sophie Thompson, with black and white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown. Lovereading Review will follow. ... Download free opening extract |
3 | | Trouble Next Door Chris Higgins In a nutshell: new house, new friend, new adventures | There’s something fascinating about naughty children, and readers will be captivated by Magda, the co-star of Chris Higgins’s new book. Bella and her family are just moving into a new ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 7+ readers
1 | | Worst Ever School Trip Barry Hutchison January 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: In all honesty, a book to have readers laughing aloud | Poor Beaky Malone: once an accomplished fibber, he’s now condemned to be completely, even brutally honest at all times thanks ... Download free opening extract |
2 | | Who Stole the Hamster? N. Griffin In a nutshell: a clever bit of detection in the classroom | This satisfying, entertaining classroom crime caper thoroughly respects its young readers’ intelligence. Smashie and Dontel are smart as they come and when the school hamster disappears from his ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Spy Toys Mark Powers In a nutshell: band of toy superheroes conquer all in a doll eat doll world | The Spy Toys are quite possibly the unlikeliest band of superheroes you could to hope to read about: Dan is a teddy bear accidentally ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 9+ readers
1 | | What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible Ross Welford January 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: invisible girl finds herself in the spotlight | Ross Welford is making a habit of putting his characters in unusual situations: the star of his prize-shortlisted debut went time travelling, ... Download free opening extract |
2 | | Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake Rob Lloyd Jones In a nutshell: two kids on a death-defying treasure hunt through Egypt’s ancient monuments. Adventure stories don’t come more action-packed than the exploits of Jake Atlas. As the book opens, the Atlas family are about to fly off to Egypt ... Download free opening extract |
3 | | The Great Shelby Holmes Girl Detective Elizabeth Eulberg January 2017 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: Sherlock and Watson as you’ve never seen them before | The Sherlock Holmes stories are given a lively twist. Eleven-year old John Watson has recently moved into 221 Baker Street, New ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 11+ readers
1 | | Welcome to Nowhere Elizabeth Laird In the winter of 2015, Elizabeth Laird travelled to Jordan to volunteer in two refugee camps. Elizabeth couldn’t help but be moved by the plight and the stories of the people she met, and Welcome to Nowhere is a result ... Download free opening extract |
2 | | The Midnight Gang David Walliams One of our Books of the Year 2016 | November 2016 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: comedy capers on the NHS from everyone’s favourite storyteller! The spirit of Roald Dahl lives on in David Walliams, and Dahl’s influence ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | The Goldfish Boy Lisa Thompson A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month January 2017 A gripping debut middle-grade story skilfully told by debut novelist Lisa Thompson. Trapped indoors by his obsessive fears of germs and much else Matthew watches his neighbours’ lives and details their ... Download free opening extract |
Featured Books for 13+ readers
1 | | The Monstrous Child Francesca Simon January 2017 Book of the Month | Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards, Children's Book category, 2016 - May 2016 Book of the Month Francesca Simon has chosen a singular heroine for her first novel for teenagers. Hel is Queen of ... Download free opening extract |
2 |  | The Bombs That Brought Us Together Brian Conaghan Winner of the Costa Book Awards, Children's Book category, 2016 Charlie’s life should be pretty miserable: he lives in Little Town, where everyone spies on everyone else, and the population is caught between their oppressive rulers and violent criminals who ... Download free opening extract |
3 |  | Spook's: The Dark Assassin Joseph Delaney In a Nutshell: Classically creepy supernatural struggles Exquisitely chilling and brimming with beasts, this third book in the Spooks’ Starblade Chronicles series is an utterly enthralling, spine-tingling treat. Tom Ward is now a fully-fledged Spook and, as such, his life is ... Download free opening extract |
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