Summer Paperback Fiction

It might be too hot for the usual routines at the moment. But book browsing remains one of life’s great delights, regardless of the weather. So we’re bringing a little bit of that joy to you, in the comfort (we hope) of your home, surrounded by fans and cool damp towels.

Like a bookish wraith, disembodied and hungry for good words nicely strung together into satisfying sentences, you can haunt our displays from afar. Let your eyes flit about the covers until they alight on something appealing. Bloop! You click through to a description of the book from its publisher on our own little website. Does it sound like something you’d like to read in the park, on the beach, aboard a long boat on the Kennet & Avon canal, or a trireme in the middle of the North Sea? You can buy it then & there to be delivered to your very door by good ol’ Royal Mail. Or if you’re feeling frisky you can get up out of your comfortable chair, dress & shoe yourself and stroll on down to see the item in its papery flesh. Would you like it? Does it need a friend? Let your eyes roam again. Bloop! There, now you have holiday reading. Rejoice! But please take care on the canals and seas. Keep a hand on the tiller at all times, even while reading.