Books of the Month
Each month we showcase our recommendation for the best reading across fiction, non-fiction and children's books. Take a literary journey through the year with us and discover 2024’s most essential reads. Ask a bookseller in store or contact us to have one put aside.
Fiction Book of the Month
Fiction Book of the Month
Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.
Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Non-Fiction Book of the Month
The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey by Eoghan Daltun
IMagical images of Ireland's temperate rainforests meet with powerful nature writing on an astonishing journey into the wild, from the award-winning author of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest. In 2023, environmentalist and rewilder Eoghan Daltun travelled the length and breadth of Ireland photographing areas of temperate rainforest, in a bid to illustrate their beauty and immense ecological value, and to document, in almost all cases, their state of decline. The resulting collection of stunning images, combined with deeply illuminating nature writing, charts that exploration, beginning with the author's own thriving wild rainforest. From close-range to wide-lens, luscious forest imagery and landscapes are captured, unimaginably rich in native flora and fauna, offering us a deep insight into rare and priceless ecosystem fragments that we still have but are losing fast, alongside a compelling treatise for how that could so easily be changed for the better.
Children's Book of the Month
Children's Book of the Month
Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull by Martin Howard, illustrated by Pete Williamson
Perfect reading for fans of Lemony Snicket and Skulduggery Pleasant, this hilarious gothic adventure revolves around a junior necromancer as she attempts to rescue the spirits of her parents with the aid of a mercurial talking skull.