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Our favourite books of 2014

11 December 2014 • News

Looking for a book to get out from your library this Christmas - or one to buy for someone else? Here are some of the best books for adults that we've read this year.

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World Book Night: announcing our 20 titles for 2015

02 December 2014 • News

We're delighted to announce our 20 titles for World Book Night 2015 and open volunteer applications for this annual celebration of reading and books on 23 April.

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National Book Awards 2014 - Overall winner announced

27 November 2014 • News

The Specsavers National Book Awards showcase the best of British writing and publishing. They are the only national prizes that cover every category and genre of publishing, reflecting the books most loved by readers. The winners of the 2014 awards were revealed at a glamorous ceremony at the Foreign Office on 26 November.

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Russell Brand's recommended reads

26 November 2014 • News

Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014

11 November 2014 • News

The Crime Thriller Awards 2014

27 October 2014 • News

Our National Poetry Day competition winner

02 October 2014 • News

Martina Cole on tour to champion Six Book Challenge

01 October 2014 • News

Publishers and librarians network at Manchester roadshow

24 September 2014 • News

We set a new goal for the Six Book Challenge

19 September 2014 • News

World Book Night volunteers' Top 20 Books

05 September 2014 • News

Royal honour for Six Book Challenge supporter

29 August 2014 • News

Six Book Challenge makes awards to top performing organisations

18 August 2014 • News

Barrow Library at the Desmond Elliott Prize Awards 2014

14 July 2014 • News

Librarian meets her literary hero... we help make it happen

07 July 2014 • News

Six Book Challenge prizewinners celebrate success

04 July 2014 • News

Desmond Elliott Prize 2014

04 July 2014 • News

Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia

03 July 2014 • News

National Reading Group Day 'Hidden Gem'

30 June 2014 • News

British Sports Book Awards 2014

19 June 2014 • News

Early launch of materials for Six Book Challenge 2015

18 June 2014 • News

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 - winner announced

05 June 2014 • News

Andy McNab visits Leicester and Swindon to champion the Six Book Challenge

04 June 2014 • News

Institutional giving on World Book Night

30 May 2014 • News

Martina Cole busy visiting workplaces during Learning at Work Week

16 May 2014 • News

Top author champions workplace reading in the North West

06 May 2014 • News

Reading Well Books on Prescription film released by NHS Choices

29 April 2014 • News

World Book Night 2014

23 April 2014 • News

First Radio 2 Book Club choice selected by Reading Agency and library staff announced

25 March 2014 • News

Six Book Challenge linking with Barrington Stoke to get families reading together

17 March 2014 • News

Writing futures for troubled young lives

12 March 2014 • News

Winner of the Folio Prize 2014 announced

11 March 2014 • News

Become a World Book Night Community Book Giver

27 February 2014 • News

Reading Well Books on Prescription profiled on French TV

26 February 2014 • News

Tea with Graeme Simison, author of The Rosie Project

18 February 2014 • News

Crime wave hits Scottish libraries

13 February 2014 • News

The Folio Prize announces inaugural shortlist

10 February 2014 • News

Yodel to be World Book Night logistics partner

06 February 2014 • News

Martina Cole champions reading on the high seas

06 February 2014 • News

Quick Reads 2014

02 February 2014 • News

Strong start for Six Book Challenge 2014

30 January 2014 • News

Reading Well Books on Prescription reaches over 100,000 people in first three months

30 January 2014 • News

Selecting books for the Radio 2 Book Club

23 January 2014 • News

Winner of our England's 100 best views competition

13 December 2013 • News

Cumberbatch, Cave, Anderson and Gaiman join together in praise of letters

12 December 2013 • News

Specsavers National Book Awards 2013 winners announced

12 December 2013 • News

Six Book Challenge completers honoured at Rugby League World Cup final

02 December 2013 • News

Top authors at our Swiss Cottage Library road show

26 November 2013 • News

World Book Night 2014 titles announced

22 November 2013 • News

Specsavers National Book Awards 2013 shortlist

18 November 2013 • News

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 announces judging panel

13 November 2013 • News

Andy McNab champions workplace reading in Yorkshire

11 November 2013 • News

Army units achieve Six Book Challenge success

08 November 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 winner announced

05 November 2013 • News

Susan Cooper event at Swiss Cottage Library

04 November 2013 • News

Reading Well on World Mental Health Day 2013

01 November 2013 • News

Winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013 announced

25 October 2013 • News

Martina Cole urges prisons to join Six Book Challenge adult literacy drive

22 October 2013 • News

Teaming up with BBC Radio 2 Book Club

11 October 2013 • News

Top author John Connolly backs public libraries

02 October 2013 • News

The Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 shortlist

01 October 2013 • News

What's it like to judge the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books?

26 September 2013 • News

Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books shortlist announced

25 September 2013 • News

Quick Reads 2014 titles announced

06 September 2013 • News

Martina Cole leads Six Book Challenge into seventh year

02 September 2013 • News

The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013 shortlist announced

29 August 2013 • News

Free Save with Jamie for every library in the UK

29 August 2013 • News

Arabia Books celebrates its fifth birthday with library donation

12 August 2013 • News

Record figures and awards for Six Book Challenge 2013

22 July 2013 • News

Top prizes for Six Book Challenge 2013

22 July 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

Full house for Zadie Smith library event

19 July 2013 • News

Inside-Outside prison project focuses on Hello Mum

05 July 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

Top author rewards Highlands College for prizewinning adult literacy work

18 June 2013 • News

Rugby league players and fans give reading a try

12 June 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

Colleges celebrate Six Book Challenge success

12 June 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

A.M. Homes wins the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction

06 June 2013 • News

Digital Skills Day

31 May 2013 • News

Winners of the 2013 British Sports Book Awards Announced

24 May 2013 • News

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner Announced

21 May 2013 • News

Promoting reading in prisons to combat re-offending

20 May 2013 • News

Wigan Warriors first full team to take up the Six Book Challenge

13 May 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

British Sports Book Awards shortlist announced

29 April 2013 • News

Debut novel gets 'Big City Read' partnership promotion

25 April 2013 • News

World Book Night 2013 - how did you celebrate?

23 April 2013 • News

Six Book Challenge links to Try Reading project

17 April 2013 • News • Reading Ahead

Army gets more support from Andy McNab

17 April 2013 • News

ESOL students improve their English through the Six Book Challenge

08 April 2013 • News

Six Book Challenge takes to the rails

20 March 2013 • News

Reading groups chosen for The Bell Jar 50th anniversary celebration project

11 March 2013 • News

Digital skills sharing project wins EDGE 2013 Award

04 March 2013 • News

Joanna Trollope opens re-furbished Welwyn Garden City Library

04 March 2013 • News