The Bookworm has been working very hard to strengthen its relationships with overseas publishers in order to bring in more and more hot titles.Our range has grown exponentially and we think you'll approve – just look at the breadth of our book sections.
Bestselling & New Arrivals
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Pearl of China Anchee Min |
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Burying the Bones Hilary Spurling |
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The Carrie Diaries Candace Bushnell |
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American Gods Neil Gaiman |
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson |
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Snakes & Earrings Hitomi Kanehara |
Online Ordering Facility
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If we don't yet stock the book you're looking for, we can order it for you. Simply email us with the title, author, publisher and ISBN and we'll let you know when it's in. |
Gifts and Deluxe Stationery
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Never one to rest on its laurels, The Bookworm has extended its shop beyond merely books. With our cards, notebooks, diaries, calendars, maps, guidebooks, phrasebooks, magazines and even jewellery, shopping for those year-round birthday presents has never been easier. We'll even gift-wrap those special purchases for you. |
Book Club Picks
With so many good reads out there, selecting a good range of titles for your book club can be daunting, so we've done it for you and here are our suggestions.
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Brothers Yu Hua |
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid |
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Born to Run Jean Kwok |
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Girl in Translation |
Your Top 10 Reads
This list was submitted by Michael Gericke.
Please send us your reviews and recommendations! For each submission published on our website we'll give you two free tickets.
Please send us your reviews and recommendations! For each submission published on our website we'll give you two free tickets.
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Rabbit, Run John Updike The first of Updike's Rabbit series is a modern classic of success, failure and all stops between. |
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The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver Winner of the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction, The Lacuna explores a dark period of US history from the 1930's through McCarthy's investigations with the House Un-American Activities Committee. |
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The Help Kathryn Stockett A fascinating look into the deep American South in 1962, portraying the segregated society of domestic help. |
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Committed Elizabeth Gilbert In her follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert tackles the complexities of marriage - with her usual charm and insight. |
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The Way We Were Elizabeth Noble Two childhood sweethearts meet after years apart and are left pondering the consequences of what if...? |
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Friday Nights Joanna Trollope Six female friends, different in age and circumstances, but with one common need: the warmth and support of their Friday nights. It was a time to share secrets and fears, until one night... |
Reviews
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THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS By Kiran Desai *Winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 This stunning second novel from Desai (Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard) is set in mid-1980s India, on the cusp of the Nepalese movement for an independent state. Jemubhai Popatlal, a retired Cambridge-educated judge, lives in Kalimpong, at the foot of the Himalayas, with his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook. The makeshift family's neighbors include a coterie of Anglophiles who might be savvy readers of V.S. Naipaul but who are, perhaps, less aware of how fragile their own social standing is - at least until a surge of unrest disturbs the region. Jemubhai, with his hunting rifles and English biscuits, becomes an obvious target. Besides threatening their very lives, the revolution also stymies the fledgling romance between 16-year-old Sai and her Nepalese tutor, Gyan. The cook's son, Biju, meanwhile, lives miserably as an illegal alien in New York. All of these characters struggle with their cultural identity and the forces of modernization while trying to maintain their emotional connection to one another. In this alternately comical and contemplative novel, Desai deftly shuttles between first and third worlds, illuminating the pain of exile, the ambiguities of post-colonialism and the blinding desire for a 'better life' when one person's wealth means another's poverty. |
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Sunday 11am Hannah's KIDS CLUB Every week teacher Hannah reads stories for little 'uns - a place to enjoy books outside of the classroom!
MONDAYS 7.30pm Quiz NightCome and have a go if you think you're smart enough! Teams of 6. Great prizes!
Every Month Basically BeethovenA music night with a difference - bring your own instrument and join Beijing's international musical crowd.
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