Books and reading
Best Sellers in your library
Want to get hold of that hot title?
Try our Best Sellers Collection at
Central Library
Aldridge Library
Brownhills Library
Bloxwich Library.
Darlaston Library
Willenhall Library
Favourite and Recommended Reads
Frustrated because you can’t get hold of a copy of an older, well- loved title? Try your local library.
Link in to our online catalogue to discover what we can offer.
Did you know that Walsall Libraries are part of the national network of public libraries holding a wide range of fiction titles no longer in print? You can access this amazing resource through our Request Service.
Go to our Readers Group pages to find out what they are reading, dip into our Readers Reviews pages for some recommended reads. Try our featured Author of the Month page.
Have a look at our list of forthcoming additions to stock and see if your favourite author has a new title Coming Soon.
Crime Time
Do you like a traditional whodunnit, or the more gritty modern writers? How about crime stories set in particular countries, or at particular times in history? Do you like to have a story with a police detective as the central character, or a maybe you prefer your sleuths to be private investigators or forensic experts?
Are you looking for a particular crime writer or title? Try our online catalogue for more details of titles in stock.
Thrillers
Try our selective list of popular thriller authors – your passport to a world of intrigue, deception, and courtroom drama.
Time Travel
To the future with our selection of recent fantasy titles.
Or do you prefer to delve into the past? Sample life in Ancient Rome or the strange underworld of Victorian England. Try our selective list of historically based novels or link directly to our online catalogue.
Contemporary novels
Sex in the City, or Footie on the Terraces. We will have something for you in our list of authors telling it like it is in Something for the Girls, Something for the Boys. Try our online catalogue for details of particular authors or titles.
Black Writing
Titles from our Black & Write collection and news from our Black Writers Reading Group.
Romances and family stories
Fancy a little romance or a family saga in the tradition of Catherine Cookson? Try our suggested list of saga authors, then go to our online catalogue to see where you can pick up the book you want.
Information books
With the help of your local library you can :
- Transform your home or garden
- Learn a new language
- Create a culinary masterpiece
- Become the next poet laureate
- Impress the boss with your knowledge of world affairs
- Re-invent yourself
- Take up a new hobby
- Steep yourself in history
- Become a computer whizz
- Get the low down on the lives of the rich and famous
- Look after your pets
- Travel to faraway places
- Write a best seller
Still studying? We also have a great range of books to help you with your studies from GCSE to your first year at Uni.
This page was last updated on 12 May 2008