Ch. I The browsing shelf

Something will find you.

Pull out a spine. Meet a bookseller’s favourite. Every title here has been read, argued over and put back in the right place.

Bookcases of mixed spines inside the shop under a pendant lamp

Picks Staff recommendations

Five very good places to start.

Pick a spine to read its note.
Hover or tab across them too.

CURATED BY PEOPLE, ALWAYS.FIVE VERY GOOD PLACES TO START.

Mina puts this in everyone’s hands

The Orchard
at the End

Odile Thackray · Fiction

“Three sisters, one stubborn orchard, and the things a family never says out loud. I missed these people when it ended.”
Paperback · £12.99Find it in the shop

A favourite of our resident wanderer, Kit

A Map of
Small Things

Jonah Avery · Essays

“A beautiful argument for taking the long way home. There’s a whole chapter about a bench. Somehow, it’s wonderful.”
Hardback · £18.00Find it in the shop

Dev stayed up much too late with this

After the
Last Ferry

Ines Corder · Fiction

“An island cut off for the winter. A letter addressed to someone who vanished. Cancel your evening plans.”
Paperback · £10.99Find it in the shop

Mina’s copy is covered in flour

The Quiet
Kitchen

Nell Ashby · Food & living

“For the sort of cooking that starts with opening the back door. The leek pie alone is worth a place on your shelf.”
Hardback · £26.00Find it in the shop

Kit reads a page before opening up

Notes from
Elsewhere

Otis Brandon · Poetry

“Small poems with room to breathe. They make familiar things feel strange, then hand them back to you, brighter.”
Paperback · £9.50Find it in the shop

Table Fresh on the table

Dog-ear worthy.

New arrivals and old loves.
All chosen by our small, opinionated team.

FICTION / DEV’S PICK£10.99

After the Last Ferry

An island mystery for long, dark evenings.

COOKERY / MINA’S PICK£26.00

The Quiet Kitchen

Simple pleasures, from plot to plate.

POETRY / KIT’S PICK£9.50

Notes from Elsewhere

A slim book with a very long echo.

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