Snapping Turtle Bookshelf

Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien has grown into a huge franchise since the first book 'The Fellowship of the Rings' was first...

Beatrix Potter is best known for bringing the world Peter Rabbit and writing 30 books featuring animals such as Jeremy Fisher, Jemima...

Raymond Chandler began his career as an oil executive but when the Great Depression meant he was laid of at the age of 45 he turned his...

This year’s longlist of 13 books was selected by a panel of five judges: founder and director of Hay Festival Peter Florence (Chair);...

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Maria Weston wants to be friends. But Maria Weston is dead. Isn't she? In 1989 Louise notices the new girl who transferred here...

Jimmy Fallon is returning with his second annual Summer book club and he needs your help. He has picked five books and the one which...

In 1937 journalist and author Hunter S Thompson was born and went on to create the gonzo journalism movement and write bestselling novels...

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe is based on the unbelievable story Dita Kraus and the small library of tattered books which...

"It wasn't an extensive library. In fact, it consisted of eight books and some of them were in poor condition. But they were books. In...

Saroo was living with his mother and two brothers, Guddu and Kallu, in the single room which was falling apart. Their neighbourhood had...

Topping the Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller lists 'A Street Cat Named Bob' is the heart-warming and unique tale of a man...

Annejet Van Der Zijl wrote the moving and inspring novel 'Boy Between Worlds' based on the true story of Rika and Waldemar. In 1928 in...

The Miss Peregrine series of books was originally inspired by a collection of old photos that Ransom Riggs found at a flea markets and...

Look after your daughter's things. And your daughter..." Jo Blackmore finds herself agreeing to give a stranger a life home, quickly...

On this day in 1948 Ian Mcewan, author of Atonememt, Children Act and Enduring Love, was born Ian McEwan has achieved many things and is...

Jo Nesbo Knife Nesbo brings back Harry Hole for a 12th in her new book 'Knife'. Following on from 'The Thirst' and it's dramatic...

'The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not' Filled with magic,...

On the outside Fiona Lawson has it all, a good looking husband, two amazing children and a house on one the most sort after streets. But...

Five feet apart is a book that shone the light on a serious and all too real disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Following the story of two teens...