Welcome to Waterstones in Sutton Coldfield!πβ€οΈ Pop in to browse two floors of all your favourite books or to chat with our helpful booksellers! π
Each year, we really look forward to seeing the nominees for our Waterstones Debut Fiction prize as you are guaranteed to find a gem of a novel within the selection.β¨
Which have you read? βοΈ
The Winner will be announced on 16th Julyβ¦
Bookseller Recommendation: The Girls by John Bowenπ
Originally published in the 1980βs this forgotten classic mixes humour, romance and folk horror!π
Set in the Cotswolds, Bowen crafts the perfect love story set against a backdrop of motherhood and mystery!π΅οΈββοΈ
Congratulations also go to Lyse Doucet for winning the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction. It traces five decades of Afghanistan's dramatic recent history, offering a deeply humane window into the life of ordinary Afghans.
Congratulations to Virginia Evans for winning the Women's Prize for Fiction. It's a quietly charming novel full of soul. One day a message from someone in Sybil Van Antwerp's past turns her orderly world upside down.
Most of us will have encountered the attentions of a hungry hovering seagull when trying to wolf down some seaside fish and chips. Now its your turn to play gull, trying to steal food for your order before anyone else. Great fun! This will have everyone screetching with laughter!
Our Young Adult Book of the Month is a mystery thriller similar to 'A Good Girl's Guide To Murder'. "Fame can be a Killer!!!" Our special edition comes with red sprayed edges. If the murder is not perfect, at least the book will be. A perfect read!
An amusing look at how the way a map is drawn can shape the way we view the world, sometimes with surprising and hilarious results. The book by YouTube creators Map Men is our Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
A locked room mystery is our Thriller of the Month for June! Set in Cornwall in 1910, a viscount prepares for the imminent apocalypse by closing up his home. But for him, the danger comes from within, for in the morning he is found dead...
Winner of last year's Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, The Artist by Lucy Steeds is now in paperback and is our Fiction Book Of The Month for June! It has been described as 'vividly poetic' by the Guardian. Your copy awaits...
Very exciting that Maggie O'Farrell's new book, Land, is finally on our shelves and in our window. For the eagle-eyed, you'll probably see the Mobile Library van in the reflection waiting for their copies! Come and get them as soon as possible because we're already running low...
Bookseller Recommendation : Matt Dinnimanβs A Parade of Horribles! βοΈ
The Eighth instalment of the much loved sci-fi Dungeon Crawler Carl series finds our Maverick hero and Princess Donut fighting all manner of craziness in their attempt to survive the 10th floor of the dungeon!
Join us in store for our next June Bookclub!
Where: In our Sutton Coldfield store branch!π
When: 8th of June 6-7pm. β°
Book: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amar El- Mohtar and Max Gladstone.βοΈ
#bookclub
Brand New in Paperback! π
Some big releases have arrived now in paperback, some we have been waiting a long while for β¦ β€οΈ
Shop our Buy One Get One Half Price offer in store now! π·οΈ
Paperbacks are the perfect excuse to buy more books β¦ they fit better in your suitcase! βοΈ
Bookseller recommendation! βοΈ
We have been struggling to keep Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke in stock!!π
An addictive debut which sees a social media star portraying a βperfect family lifeβ, wake up in 1805 where she has to reconsider her understanding of reality!
The 2026 Womenβs Fiction Prize Shortlist has been announced! βοΈ
These six ( waiting for The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson to be restocked! ) superb novels combine to make a show stopping shortlist. π
The winner will be announced on Thursday 11th June!π