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Whether you’re a casual reader or your bookshelves are overflowing, this is your ultimate destination for all things books.
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Discover… our newsletters packed with recommendations for every kind of reader, brought to you by our guest authors, booksellers, and book-loving team.
Discover… competitions to win signed books and exciting prizes (plus National Book Tokens to spend on even more books!).
Discover… trivia quizzes to test your literary knowledge.
Discover… more about other readers with our community polls.
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Discover... how National Book Tokens support reading for everyone, be the first to hear about new products, and more!
Competitions
Discover our competitions to win signed books and exciting prizes, including National Book Tokens to spend on even more books!
6 brilliant books with a connection to Ireland
Win a bundle of Eriu books, Wrights of Howth food hamper and a €65 National Book Token.
Celebrate Irish Book Week
Who will you vote for?
You're invited to vote in this year's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards for the chance to win one of ten £100/€120 National Book Tokens.
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Win all 24 books!
We're excited to celebrate this year's Readers Awards by giving away the shortlist to one lucky booklover.
Win the shortlistDiscover First
Discover the next big book before it hits bookshops – we have 100 copies to give away every month! Plus, start reading the first chapter straight away.
Check back soon for a new giveaway!
Books to Read
Discover book recommendations for every kind of reader, brought to you by our guest authors, booksellers, and book-loving team.
20 brilliant books to buy with your book token
Whether they love cosy fantasy or literary thrillers, these are the most popular books for teens and young adults today.
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24 more books to read in 2024
To help you pick your upcoming reads, we've featured the best new books arriving in bookshops.
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24 more children's and teen books out in 2024
The best new children's books, whether they love shipwrecks and survival, feisty friendships, or heart-pounding fantasy.
Read nowAsk a Bookseller
Discover booksellers' favourite picks – because bookshops are the best place to go for book recommendations! Submit a question for our guest booksellers and if it's answered, we'll send you a £15/€20 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop.
Grace from The Orcadian Bookshop recommends
Grace from Orkney share her favourite picks from Scotland.
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Paul from Bow Books recommends
Paul from Hertfordshire offers recommendations for Indie Bookshop Week.
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Liz and Julia from Next Page Books recommend
Liz and Julie from Hitchin answer your questions about the best reads for kids.
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Quizzes
Discover what kind of booklover you are and test your literary knowledge with our fun quizzes – including our fun and fiendish Hidden Books Game!
Hidden Books Game
Guess the 20 book titles in each of the illustrated scenes – there are 12 fiendish games to play!
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Which character from Jacqueline Wilson's Girls series are you?
If you read the series as a child, you'll no doubt remember Ellie, Nadine, and Magda.
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Which Greek god or goddess are you?
Greek mythology is endlessly entertaining and deeply human. But which personality is the most like your own?
Take the quizPolls
Discover more about yourself and other readers with our community polls.
Last month, 42% of you said that you'd love to most meet Sherlock Holmes... while only 9% of you would like to meet Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr Darcy (who knew they were so alike?).
Long Reads
Discover our longer articles about books and reading, designed to empower you to choose the books you want to read from the bookshops you love. Plus, read exclusive features from Booktime magazine, the essential guide to the most anticipated books of the season. Find a free copy of Booktime in your local independent bookshop.
Book Doctor
Discover just the right book for any mood or occasion with reading prescriptions from our guest Book Doctors.
Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki has joined us to prescribe some fantastic books and reading advice.
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Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
Janice Hallett joins us to prescribe some fantastic books.
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Katie & Kevin Tsang, authors of the Dragon Realm series
Katie & Kevin Tsang have joined us to prescribe some fantastic books for children.
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Winners
Discover the winners of our biggest giveaways and children's activities.
Who won £1,000 for their school's library?
5 schools each won National Book Tokens, with one school also receiving funds to upgrade their library space.
See the winners
Draw your dream pizza
We gave young booklovers the chance to win a signed copy of Peng and Spanners and £50 to spend on pizza.
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Design a National Book Token
This World Book Day, we invited children of all ages to design their own fabulous National Book Tokens!
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