Get reading!

If you're wondering what to read, here's the place to start. We compile themed book lists throughout the year, including keeping up to date with the latest prizewinning books.

  • Book Awards page
    Including the Booker Prize, the Carnegie Medal, and many more.
  • Christmas books
    Seasonal stories for both adults and children, plus non-fiction recommendations (cookery, crafts, history etc.)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day
    List compiled for HMD (27 January) but available all year round.
  • Trains and railways
    Fiction, crime and films featuring railways and trains.
  • World War One
    A wide-ranging list, compiled for the centenary of the beginning of WW1 and including both fiction and non-fiction titles.
  • Black History Month
    Fiction and non-fiction titles for both adults and teenagers, compiled to celebrate Black History Month but with books available all year round.
  • The Queen
    List compiled to celebrate HM The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016.
  • Charlotte Bronte
    2016 would have been Charlotte Bronte's 200th birthday. We've compiled a list of books by and about the Yorkshire author.
  • Shakespeare 400th anniversary
    A list of books about William Shakespeare, to commemorate the 2016 anniversary of his death.
  • Agatha Christie
    List compiled to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Christie's birth in 2015.

Watch this space for other recommended reads.