What I Read on my Easter Vacation!

I brought four books to the south coast of Cyprus and enjoyed them all:

Come solve a mystery in Stockholm!

Join us for the NEW interactive book club for ages 9-13.

Saturday, April 24; 11:00 to 12:30
At The English Bookshop, Gamla stan Stockholm

Reading Group Uppsala 24th of March

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

The Reading group meeting in Uppsala will be on Wednesday the 24th of March at 7pm in the bookshop. The book to be read is: A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

"With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, 20-year old Tassie, from the plains of the Midwest, goes to university in the hope of escaping the complex world of culture and politics. As the year unfolds, she is led to new and formative experiences, and the future bursts forth in dramatic and shocking ways."

Interested? Talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.

Reading groups - One Day; David Nicholls

Uppsala, Tuesday 24/2 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday 10/3 and 17/3 at 7pm.

Nicholls, David; One Day

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Reading groups - Still Alice; Lisa Genova

Uppsala, Tuesday January 26 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday February 3 and Wednesday February 10 at 7pm.

Still Alice; Lisa Genova

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Stephen King's new novel - Under the Dome

 

Under the Dome Release Tuesday 10/11!
Stephen King - Under the Dome, Hardback 275 kr.

On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when -or if- it will go away.

 

Reading groups - Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows

Uppsala, Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday December 2 at 7 pm.

 

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Robert Jordan - The Gathering Storm

Gathering Clouds, The (A Memory of Light #1) (Wheel of Time #12)  - Jordan, Robert , Sanderson, Brandon

Released today 27/10!
Robert Jordan's - The Gathering Storm, Hardback 250 kr.

The Gathering Storm is the first of three novels that will make up the final volume of The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

 Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" is awarded with the 2009 The Nobel Prize in Literature.

Books of the Month – May 2024

Mirinae Lee
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Satoshi Yagisawa
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Paperback
John Shen Yen Nee & SJ Rozan
The Murder of Mr Ma
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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E. A. Aymar
When She Left
Paperback

Noir of the month

Ray Nayler
The Mountain in the Sea
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Genevieve Gornichec
The Weaver and the Witch Queen
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Nicholas Binge
Ascension
Paperback

Horror of the month

Margaret McDonald
Glasgow Boys
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Danny Ramadan
The Foghorn Echoes
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Patti McCracken
The Angel Makers
Paperback

The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – April 2024

Alice Winn
In Memoriam
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Toni Morrison
Sula
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Beth O’Leary
The Wake-Up Call
Paperback
Stig Abell
Death Under a Little Sky
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Jahmal Mayfield
Smoke Kings
Paperback

Noir of the month

Grace Curtis
Frontier
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
Paperback

Horror of the month

Rachel Greenlaw
Compass and Blade
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Négar Djavadi
Disoriental
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Sarah Hart
Once Upon a Prime
Paperback

The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2024

Ellen Hawley
A Decent World
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Paperback

Classic of the month

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J.F. Murray
Fling
Paperback
Katie Williams
My Murder
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Scott Von Doviak
Lowdown Road
Paperback

Noir of the month

David Koepp
Aurora
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Nghi Vo
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Stephen Graham Jones
Mapping the Interior
Paperback

Horror of the month

Nic Stone
Chaos Theory
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
Bad Gays
Paperback

– A Homosexual History

Queer book of the month

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