BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Each year, our booksellers are tasked with selecting their top reads. After much debate, we’re delighted to share our 2024 booksellers’ favourites.
If you are in search of inspiration, we hope there is something for everyone here, from family and friends to Godchildren and Grandparents.
FICTION
Glorious Exploits
£16.99 Add to basketFerdia Lennon
Mina’s Matchbox
£18.99 Add to basketYoko Ogawa
James
£20.00 Add to basketPercival Everett
The Safekeep
£16.99 Add to basketYael Van Der Wouden
Clear
£12.99 Add to basketCarys Davies
All The Colours of the Dark
£20.00 Add to basketChris Whitaker
Blue Sisters
£16.99 Add to basketCoco Mellors
Orbital
£9.99 Add to basketSamantha Harvey
Close to Home
£9.99 Add to basketMichael Magee
North Woods
£9.99 Add to basketDaniel Mason
Kala
£9.99 Add to basketColin Walsh
The Black Eden
£9.99 Add to basketRichard T. Kelly
The Housekeepers
£9.99 Add to basketAlex Hay
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
£9.99 Add to basketJames McBride
My Father’s House
£9.99 Add to basketJoseph O'Connor
NON-FICTION
The Siege
£25.00 Add to basketBen Macintyre
Henry V
£25.00 Add to basketDan Jones
The Place of Tides
£22.00 Add to basketJames Rebanks
A Thousand Feasts
£20.00 Add to basketNigel Slater
The Garden Against Time
£20.00 Add to basketOlivia Laing
Raising Hare
£18.99 Add to basketChloe Dalton
Nights Out at Home
£22.00 Add to basketJay Rayner
Lobster
£18.99 Add to basketHolly McNish
Thunderclap
£12.99 Add to basketLaura Cumming
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
£12.99 Add to basketTracy Borman
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
£10.99 Add to basketDaniel Finkelstein
Soldiers Don’t Go Mad
£10.99 Add to basketCharles Glass
Cookery & Illustrated
Ottolenghi COMFORT
£30.00 Add to basketYotam Ottolenghi & Helen Goh
Greens & Beans
£25.00 Add to basketAnne-Katrin Weber
Midweek Recipes
£23.50 Add to basketJess Elliott Dennison
Still Water & Wild Waves
£25.00 Add to basketAngela Harding
You Don’t Have to have a Dream
£16.99 Add to basketTim Minchin
Notebooks
£40.00 Add to basketPhillip Hughes
PICTURE BOOKS
The Dictionary Story
£14.99 Add to basketOliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Bothered by Bugs
£12.99 Add to basketEmily Gravett
Nursery Rhymes
£20.00 Add to basketRobert Lacey & Ben Coppin
King Winter’s Birthday
£12.99 Add to basketJonathan Freedland & Emily Sutton
The Gruffalo: Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Edition
£12.99 Add to basketJulia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Colin’s Castle
£7.99 Add to basketHolly Swain
Holey Moley
£7.99 Add to basketBethan Clark & Anders Frang
The Duck Never Blinks
£7.99 Add to basketAlex Latimer
Milo’s Hat Trick
£7.99 Add to basketJon Agee
CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION
Cloudspotting for Beginners
£20.00 Add to basketGavin Pretor-Pinney & William Grill
There’s No Such Thing as a Silly Question
£18.99 Add to basketMike Rampton & Guilherme Karsten
Wilding: The Illustrated Edition
£20.00 Add to basketIsabella Tree & Angela Harding
What a Wonderful Word
£9.99 Add to basketNicola Edwards & Luis Uribe
CHILDREN’S 5-7
One Wise Sheep
£7.99 Add to basketUlrich Hub
Miss Cat : The Gnome’s Adventure
£9.99 Add to basketJean-Luc Fromental & Joelle Jolivet
Astrid and the Space Cadets: Attack of the Snailiens!
£7.99 Add to basketAlex T. Smith
Watts & Whiskerton: Buried Bones & Troublesome Treasure
£6.99 Add to basketMeg McLaren
CHILDREN’S 8-12
Movies Showing Nowhere
£7.99 Add to basketYorick Goldewijk
Chronicles of Lizard Nobody
£7.99 Add to basketPatrick Ness
Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons
£7.99 Add to basketAbi Elphinstone
The Bletchley Riddle
£7.99 Add to basketRuta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin
The Chronicles of Whetherwhy
£14.99 Add to basketAnna James
The Colour of Revenge
£14.99 Add to basketCornelia Funke
YOUNG ADULT
Glasgow Boys
£8.99 Add to basketMargaret McDonald
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now
£8.99 Add to basketJason Reynolds
The Twelve
£14.99 Add to basketLiz Hyder
