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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
  • Author(s): Garth Nix
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 1980s

A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of fantasy, Garth...

The Legacy of Eve

The Legacy of Eve
  • Author(s): Natasha Boydell
  • Location(s): Palmers Green, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

Can she discover the truth about her long-lost mother before becoming a mother herself? A tale of fear and family secrets by the author of The Missing Husband. Annie’s mother, Eve, died in childbirth thirty-five years ago. Despite this...

The Less than perfect legend of Donna Creosote

The Less than perfect legend of Donna Creosote
  • Author(s): Dan Micklethwaite
  • Location(s): Huddersfield
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Donna Crick-Oakley walks on six inches of stories every day. She may live on the top floor of a tower block but she still pads her walls and floor with books to shut the real world further out. Or...

The Lesser Bohemians

The Lesser Bohemians
  • Author(s): Eimear McBride
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

One night an eighteen-year-old Irish girl, recently arrived in London to attend drama school, meets an older man – a well-regarded actor in his own right. While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he...

The Leveret

The Leveret
  • Author(s): Anna Goldreich
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Moving to the countryside is supposed to fix Clare and Phoebe’s relationship. A fresh start, a change of scenery, a chance to heal after the miscarriage of their baby girl. Instead, Phoebe feels suffocated. Back in the rural community...

The Leviathan

The Leviathan
  • Author(s): Rosie Andrews
  • Location(s): Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Mid 17th Century

SHE IS AWAKE… Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home,...

The Librarian

The Librarian
  • Author(s): Salley Vickers
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1958

In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children’s librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole. Her mission is to fire the enthusiasm...

The Library

The Library
  • Author(s): Bella Osborne
  • Location(s): Warwickshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two lonely bookworms. An unexpected friendship. A library that needs their help. Teenager Tom has always blended into the background of life. After a row with his dad and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he...

The Lie Tree

The Lie Tree
  • Author(s): Frances Hardinge
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 19th century

The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. Faith’s father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings...

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
  • Author(s): Emma Knight
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Pen and Alice, childhood best friends from Toronto, are in their first year at the University of Edinburgh. Each has come to the city for her own reasons. Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something...

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