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Books Are My Bag

Books Are My Bag is a year-round campaign to celebrate bookshops across the UK and Ireland. It was established in 2013 by the Booksellers Association, working closely with its members (both independent and chain bookshops) publishers, authors, illustrators, poets and many other partners within the book world and beyond.

 

Books Are My Bag exists to make connections between bookshops and people who value them; to champion the work booksellers do within their communities; and to remind people of the joy and benefits of doing their book-shopping with their local bookshop.

 

Books Are My Bag comprises a range of calendar moments and book recommendations including Independent Bookshop Week (June), Bookshop Day (second Saturday in October), Irish Book Week (October), Indie Book Awards, Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, Indie Book of the Month and Booktime magazine. 

 

For more information follow @booksaremybag and #ChooseBookshops on social media or visit booksaremybag.com 

 

Any commission earned through the Books Are My Bag pages will be forgone directly into the Bookshop.org pool to be shared between the nearly 600 indie bookshops on the site.

Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman Dj
The Garden Against Time: In Search Of A Common Paradise
Reading Lessons: An English Teacher’s Love Letter to the Books that Shape Us
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging
Ingrained: The making of a craftsman
A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a Group of Women Set out to Change the World
Think Again
The Glassmaker
Caledonian Road: The Sunday Times bestseller
The Heart in Winter
There are Rivers in the Sky
James
Runaway Cone
Invisible Dogs
The Golden Hare
Farah Loves Mangos
The Dinosaur Next Door
Bear
Reek
Brielle and Bear: Once Upon a Time
The Falling Boy
Murder for Two (A Tariq Twins Mystery): first in a funny cosy crime series for kids
Ghostlines: A summer adventure to remember forever
Finding Bear
They Dream In Gold
No Small Thing: 'One of the best debut novels I’ve read in recent years' Bernardine Evaristo
The Coast Road: ‘A perfect book club read’ Sunday Times
Hagstone
Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller
Hard by a Great Forest
The Extinction of Irena Rey
Hamza's Wild World: The essential book for animal fans
Supa Nova
Amelia Cheeseheart Investigates: Mummy Mayhem
These Are My Rocks: A story about collecting
How To Roller-Skate with One Leg: a funny, uplifting story about friendship and living your best life
Squirrel and Duck: Mission Improbable
My Path
Hope Street: the poignant, warm and unforgettable novel that's perfect for book clubs
Wild Moon Rising
The Hotel Avocado
My Friends
The Island Swimmer: The uplifting and completely heartwarming debut novel from beloved author and TV presenter Lorraine Kelly
The Coast Road: ‘A perfect book club read’ Sunday Times
Long Island
Nesting: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025; the tender, soaring debut you won't be able to forget
Counterattacks at Thirty: A Novel
Evenings and Weekends
Caledonian Road: The Sunday Times bestseller
There are Rivers in the Sky
Intermezzo: The global #1 bestseller from the author of Normal People
Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller
Deep Cuts
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic: A Charming Cosy Fantasy Bake-Off
The Witch who Trades with Death
The Familiar
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Requiem
Rewitched: The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a spellbinding cosy fantasy about the magic of love in all its forms
Broccoli Punch
The Magickal Summer of Evie Edelman
The Needfire
The Husbands
A Case of Mice and Murder: 'A delight from first page to last' Sunday Times
Murder on Line One
The Tenant: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller! A Dark & Twist-Laden Psychological Thriller from the Author of The Housemaid Bo
The Dark Wives
Murder on the Marlow Belle
Cheddar Luck Next Time
Gabriel's Moon
Traitor's Legacy
The Sunshine Man
What A Way To Go
The Examiner: the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Appeal
The God of the Woods
Butter
The Burial Plot
All The Other Mothers Hate Me
The Sleepwalkers: THE MIND-BENDING BEACH THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT
All the Colours of the Dark: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller – ‘a wonderful book’ (Richard Osman)
Fruit of the Dead
The Voyage Home
Aphrodite: New & Ancient Greek Tales
Loki: New & Ancient Norse Tales
Circe: New & Ancient Greek Tales
Still Beautiful: On Age, Beauty and Owning Your Space
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity
A Thousand Threads
Sociopath: The Eye-opening True Story Everyone's Talking About
Shattered
Yoko
Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures: The Sunday Times Bestseller
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
Welsh Women on This Day: 366 Amazing Daily Facts and Stories
A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects
Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood
Nature’s Ghosts: The World We Lost and How to Bring it Back
The Life-Affirming Magic of Birds: and the extraordinary things they can teach us
Of Thorn & Briar: A Year with the West Country Hedgelayer
How to Design a Garden: Create and Maintain Your Dream Garden: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The Garden Against Time: In Search Of A Common Paradise
Seascape: Notes from a Changing Coastline
Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter
The Italian Way: Celebrate the Food, Culture, Art and Beauty of Italy
Boater: A Life on England's Waterways
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
Swimmingly: Adventures in Water
Tennis For Dummies
Money: A Story of Humanity
Mad About Money: Managing finances (and life) with ADHD
A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It and How To Get It
The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny
Flex: Smart Strategies to Build A Successful Career Around Your Life
Prisoners of Geography: FULLY UPDATED NEW EDITION OF THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season
Peach Street to Lobster Lane: Coast to Coast in Search of Real American Cuisine
The Unprocessed Plate: Simple, Flavourful UPF-free Recipes to Transform Your Life
Arabica: Small Plates, Big Connections: A journey through the flavours of the Eastern Mediterranean
Modern Indian: Small Plates, Big Flavours, Fabulous Feasts
Poetry Is Not a Luxury
Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Marvel Comics For Dummies
Read Yourself Happy: How to Use Books to Ease Your Anxiety
Dickens the Enchanter: Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller
Your Forest: A stylish first board book, perfect to gift babies and toddlers aged 0-3 from Jon Klassen, bestselling creator of I
Your Island: A stylish first board book, perfect to gift babies and toddlers aged 0-3 from Jon Klassen, bestselling creator of I
Your Farm: A stylish first board book, perfect to gift babies and toddlers aged 0-3 from Jon Klassen, bestselling creator of I W
Leave the Trees, Please
Moon Girl
A Mouse Just Ate My House!
Henry the Artistic Dog
The Golden Hare
There's A Shark in My Pants
Our Beautiful World
These Are My Rocks: A story about collecting
The Biggest Dog in the Book
Hank Goes Honk
Love Grows Here
Bunny's Most Fabulous Holiday Ever!
The Only Monster
Basil Dreams Big: perfect for encouraging resilience & self-belief!
Gozzle
What's That Noise?
Try: The number 1 bestselling book about friendship by rugby legends and best friends Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield
Let's Play Rugby!
Hamza's Wild World: The essential book for animal fans
Little Dinosaurs, Big Questions: 10 Thoughtful Stories
Football Skills
Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead: An Adorable and Deadly Animal Facts Book for Kids
The Magical Wheel of the Year: A Tale of the Pagan Festivals with Activities & Rituals
How to Be an Eco Explorer: Fun Activities for Exploring Nature and Saving the Planet
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Unruly Activities: For fans of funny trickster god fiction series Loki by Louie Stowell about a Norse
Astrophysics for Supervillains 2 The Great Alien Hunt
YOU Decide YOUR Adventure: Join Bear Grylls on the Ultimate Expedition
Hidden Heroes of Science: Shining a Light on the Unknown Trailblazers of the Scientific World
First Sticker Book Oceans
Usborne Scratch Activities Unicorns
Sticker Dolly Dressing Fairy Weddings
Draw Along Animals: Sketch Your Way Through the Animal Kingdom
Sticker Dolly Dressing Summer Camp
Cat and Dumpling: Home Sweet Home
Isadora Moon Rides a Bike
Dragon Inferno: Unicorns in Uniforms #1
Mirabelle in Witch City
Marty Moose: First Class Mischief
Kitty and the Clifftop Peril
Mr Big Fluff Rules
Marv and the Duck of Doom
Gordon Wins It All
Croaky: Caverns of the Gemosaurus
SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue
Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday: The hilarious kids' graphic novel series about time-travelling penguins
The Floofs Reach for the Stars
Supa Nova
Riverskin: A pacy and atmospheric tale of family secrets and courage for middle grade readers, from a debut author and performan
Skandar and the Skeleton Curse
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess
Ghostlines: A summer adventure to remember forever
Shadowhall Academy: Ghost Story Society
Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed
Wrong Tracks
The Forbidden Atlas
Hidden Treasure: A timeless children's adventure story from the bestselling author of The Miniaturist
The Blockbusters!
Shrapnel Boys
Speedwheels 3000: The Race Against Crime
Zak Monroe is (not) My Friend
Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The Hat of Great Importance: The second book in a hilarious anthropomorphic animal school series
The Last Great Heir
Wish You Were Her
Nettle: Faery Realms series: The darkly enchanting YA fantasy for fans of Holly Black's The Folk of the Air series and Twin Crow
Kickflip Vol. 1: A heartfelt graphic novel about LGBTQ+ identity, acceptance and friendship
Mondays Are Murder
Under a Fire-Red Sky
Solo
I Dare You
Circle of Liars
The End Crowns All
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Butter
I Am Rebel: The award-winning must-read animal adventure everyone’s talking about – a heartfelt tale of one dog’s mission to sav
You Are Here: The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe
Abroad in Japan
Clear
You Are Here: The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
Glorious Exploits
Martyr!
Politics On the Edge
brother. do. you. love. me.
A Flat Place
Abroad in Japan
Adam
He, She, They, Us: An Anthology of Queer Poems
Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love: 'energising, fearless and joyful' Sara Pascoe
poyums
A Tempest of Tea
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Some Like it Cold: A Cosy YA Romance That Will Melt Your Heart
Northern Soul
Dim Sum Palace
Bea's Bad Day: A Big Bright Feelings Book
The Clockwork Conspiracy: Shortlisted for the 2024 BOOKS ARE MY BAG Readers Award
I Am Rebel: The award-winning must-read animal adventure everyone’s talking about – a heartfelt tale of one dog’s mission to sav
Butter
The Ministry of Time: The romantic, sci-fi, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller
Private Rites
Our Wives Under The Sea
Salt Slow
Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch (a Phoenix Comic Book): the instant number one bestselling book from Jamie Smart, Illustra
Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey: Machine Mayhem (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-up! (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Yea
Bunny vs Monkey and the Supersonic Aye-aye (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey and the League of Doom (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey and the Human Invasion (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Bunny vs Monkey (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Everything is Everything: As seen on BBC's CLIVE MYRIE'S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE
The Farmer's Wife: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World – THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure
Essex Dogs: The epic Richard & Judy Book Club Pick from a Sunday Times bestselling historian
Old God's Time: The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller
Really Good, Actually
Weyward
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
Yellowface
There's a Tiger on the Train
Snail in Space
The Dress in the Window
Grandad's Pride
The Great Storm Whale
The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered
The Wonder Brothers
Kicked Out: A Boy, Everywhere story
The Final Year
The Clockwork Conspiracy: Shortlisted for the 2024 BOOKS ARE MY BAG Readers Award
Safiyyah's War
Every Moment Since: A Novel
The Rest of You
A Haunting in the Arctic
Evil Eye
The Well of Saint Nobody
Falling Animals: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick
Faraway the Southern Sky: A Novel
Greener: Indie Book of the Month May 2024
Hungry Ghosts: Winner of the 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
The Vanitas & Other Tales of Art and Obsession
Cuddy: Winner of the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize
The Silence Project: The gripping and original BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick
The Christmas Tree Mouse
The River Thief: a spellbinding tale of folklore and forgotten magic
Maisie vs Antarctica
Troll: The Times Children's Book of the Week
Nowhere Island
The Boy and the Octopus
Gordon the Meanest Goose on Earth
The Girl Who Couldn't Lie
There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy: A Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Tale
The Secret of the Moonshard
Pablo and Splash: the hilarious kids' graphic novel
Waiting For Froggo
The Christmas Appeal: the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Appeal
Let Us Descend: An Oprah's Book Club Pick
The Book of Beginnings
The Turnglass: The Sunday Times Bestseller - turn the book, uncover the mystery
Crooked Plow
One Puzzling Afternoon: A heartbreaking, captivating mystery for fans of The List of Suspicious Things
The Funeral Cryer
The Middle Daughter
The Mountain in the Sea: Shortlisted for the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Things That We Lost
Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories: Book 1 in the internationally successful series for children aged 5-7 from Jarvis
Call of the Titanic
Winter Tales
The Big Dreaming
Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways to start a poem from Joseph Coelho
Tapper Watson and the Quest for the Nemo Machine
Ten-Word Tiny Tales: An anthology of brilliantly illustrated tales only ten words long, from former Children’s Laureate Joseph C
One Chance Dance
Finn Jones Was Here
Molly, Olive and Dexter
Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
All Four Quarters of the Moon
The Mermaid's Tale
The Christmas Murder Game: The perfect murder mystery to gift this Christmas
Euphoria
I Fear My Pain Interests You: A Novel
The Yellow Kitchen
Bitter Orange Tree
Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2023
The Return of Faraz Ali
Black Cake
Wilder than Midnight
The Grumpus: And His Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan
The Midnight Panther
The Spectaculars: The Four Curses
The Lucky Bottle
Our Tower
Scientists Are Saving the World!: So Who Is Working on Time Travel?
Fight Back
We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me
It's a Wonderful World: How to Protect the Planet and Change the Future
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good: A funny diary story of a trickster god stuck in a kid's body, perfect for kids age 7, 8,
Jummy at the River School
China Room: The heartstopping and beautiful novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021
The Cat Who Saved Books
Learwife
Case Study
Patience
The Five Wounds
Still Life
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Body of Stars: Searing and thought-provoking - the most addictive novel you'll read all year
Open Water: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021
The Marlow Murder Club
When the Sky Falls: The bestselling wartime animal tale inspired by a true story
The Night The Moon Went Missing
The Story of Afro Hair
Julia and the Shark: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX
Maddy Yip's Guide to Life: A laugh-out-loud illustrated story!
Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature
I'm (Almost) Always Kind
By Ash, Oak and Thorn
Can You Keep a Secret? PB
Vi Spy: Licence to Chill
The Boy Who Met a Whale
My Dark Vanessa
The Glass Hotel
The Devil and the Dark Water: from the bestselling author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Last Murder at the En
Toto Among the Murderers: an atmospheric and gritty novel of a young female hitchhiker in the 1970s North of England
The Readers' Room
The Harpy
This Lovely City
The Highland Falcon Thief
Where Snow Angels Go: A delightfully wintery picture book from the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of HAMNE
I'm Sticking with You: A funny feel-good classic to fall in love with!
The Night Bus Hero
Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
The Diddle That Dummed
Everyday Magic: The Adventures of Alfie Blackstack
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA
Orphans of the Tide
Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet: As Seen on Blue Peter!
The Bear Who Did