The Notting Hill Bookshop

September is flying by but we have a week left to finish this month’s bookseller book club pick — Cecily by 💙
Our booksellers are big fans of historical fiction and we can’t wait to see how this dive into the War of the Roses unfolds.
Will you be reading along?
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Here at The Notting Hill Bookshop we love a beautiful book, and with it (almost) being spooky season we thought that we would show you something that is both beautiful and fills your need for an atmospheric autumnal read.

I present to you, our Angela Carter collection!

There are quite a few Angela Carter fans amoungst our staff and we have some really beautiful editions of her books, so if you want to start reading her work or add to your collection we have everything that you could need.

Are there any authors that you particularly gravitate to? Let us know in the comments.

Every year, the summer weather always seems to take us by surprise. If you've been enjoying this glorious (maybe almost TOO glorious) sunshine lately, we've prepared a whole table with perfect companions for the long summer days. Browse our summer selection, or any of our other great books, every day of the week between 10-6, as per usual! (And please do remember to still wear a mask!) 📚💙

From today The Notting Hill Bookshop will be accepting card payments only. Thank you for your understanding and we apolgise for any inconvenience caused! 📚💙

If you've read a really good book about a fictional celebrity recently, chances are it was one of Taylor Jenkins Reid's. Now she is back with another mesmerizing tale of fame and drama - Malibu Rising. Chronicling a Hollywood house party gone wrong, this is the beach read of the season for sure. Get a copy in store, or right here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/malibu-rising-taylor-jenkins-reid 📚💙

Assembly by Natasha Brown may be bite sized, but do not be fooled. Tackling topics of race, class, safety and freedom in Britain today, this one packs a serious punch indeed. Get a copy in store, or in our online bookshop here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/assembly-natasha-brown 📚💙

There is no denying things haven't been all that easy for most of us recently. If you've found yourself in need of a hand to hold recently, then Matt Haig has come to your rescue with The Comfort Book, out today. Filled with philosophical reflections, musings and reassurance, this is a deeply lovely book brimming with hope.

We've got a limited amount of signed indie exclusive editions in stock, so pop by the shop to pick up a copy, or get one right here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/the-comfort-book-matt-haig-signed-indie-exclusive-edition 📚💙

It's here! After the runaway success of her nonfiction book, Three Women, Lisa Taddeo's new fiction effort Animal is one of the year's most awaited titles. Dark and brutal with an unforgettable anti-heroine at its centre - you definitely won't want to miss this one! https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/animal-lisa-taddeo 📚💙

How gorgeous is the paperback edition of Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi?! Shortlisted for the Booker Prize as well as longlisted for the Women's Prize, this book has racked up quite the list of (well-deserved) praise. Pick up your copy in store, or online right here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/burnt-sugar-avni-doshi 📚💙

Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan is a witty and tender story of youth, mortality and life long friendships. If you want your heart to break in the best possible way - definitely get on it.
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Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life.

In the summer of 1986, James and Tully ignite a friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over, they rush towards a magical weekend of youthful excess in Manchester played out against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded. And there a vow is made: to go at life differently.

Thirty years on, the phone rings. Tully has news.
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Pick up a copy in store (we're open every day of the week between 10-6), or click one home here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/mayflies-andrew-o-hagan 📚💙

If you're in the mood for a good YA mystery, look no further - Savannah Brown mastered the genre with her debut The Truth About Keeping Secrets, and is now back in full force with her brand new effort The Things We Don't See. Centred on a rockstar's mysterious disappearance thirty years ago, this is sure to have you completely hooked from page 1! Pick up a copy of either books from the shop, or swing by our website! 📚💙

We have just stocked up on our selection of the gorgeous Macmillan Classics Library series. One of our favourite new additions are the George Orwell books - pocket sized, gilded edges, and SO PRETTY OH MY LORD. These are bound to disappear soon (we've already sold more than half of our supply!) so if you want one of these beauties (or any other classics in the series), you better pop by sooner rather than later! 📚💙

What if Hillary never married Bill? That is the premise of Curtis Sittenfelds's bestselling newest release, Rodham. This alternative history tackles the fights and sacrifices involved in the quest for high office, as well as the compromises demanded of women in a world run by men. If this sounds like your cup of tea, you can get your hands on the brand new paperback in store or online, here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/rodham-curtis-sittenfeld 📚💙

In case you've forgotten, here is your helpful reminder: Tomorrow is Father's Day! (You're welcome). If this brought some level of panic to you - do not fret! The bookshop is packed to the brim with books for all sorts of dads. Perhaps something from our brand new Business section might suit? We're open until 6pm both today and tomorrow, so do come down and we'll be more than happy to help you pick something out! 📚💙

Booker shortlisted author Fiona Mozley's new novel Hot Stew takes place in a version of Soho that is slowly disappearing. At its centre is two women's fight to stop the building they call home being torn down and turned into a restaurant. Full of colourful characters, this book asks hard questions of poverty and property with great intelligence and humour. Pick up a copy in store, or right here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/hot-stew-fiona-mozley 📚💙

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny is the sort of book to just sink into. Comforting, touching and full of characters that brim with life, if you're after a read to sit in the grass and soak the sun in with, this is precisely it. You can pick up a copy in store any day between 10-6, or order yourself one right here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/early-morning-riser-katherine-heiny 📚💙

If all the recent glorious sunshine has made you feel a bit poetic, look no further! A Poem For Every Summer Day, edited by Allie Esiri, is precisely what you need. Including contributions from Lord Byron, Sylvia Plath, W.B Yeats, Kae Tempest, Michael Rosen and more, this is the companion you need for the endless summer evenings ahead. 📚☀️

If you're one of the many fans of Women's Prize shortlisted The Vanishing Half, then may we suggest a little look into Brit Bennett's back catalogue? Her debut novel, The Mothers, is the gripping and tender story of a big secret in a small community, and is sure to have you just as hooked as The Vanishing Half. Pick up a copy from the shop any day between 10-6, or order one for home delivery via our online bookshop: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/the-mothers-brit-bennett 📚💙

Happy Pride Month one and all! In honour of the season we have decked out our window display with some of our favourite q***r reads. Pop by any day of the week between 10am and 6pm and we'll be more than happy to endlessly gush over our favourites! 📚🏳️‍🌈

As the country continues to open up, we still can barely believe we can do things like go to the cinema again. If you are catching up on the must-sees of the past year, why not pick up Nomadland by Jessica Bruder? Its movie adaptation won several Oscars, and tells the tale of the Americans who have given up a settled life to instead travel around the country in vans, living hard lives and working minimum wage jobs. Get a copy in store, or online here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/nomadland-jessica-bruder 📚💙

The dark twisted content of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez is enough to be won over to start with, but combined with a cover of this calibre too? An absolutely unstoppable force for our little book lover hearts.
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Welcome to Buenos Aires, a city thrumming with murderous intentions and morbid desires, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses. These brilliant, unsettling tales of revenge, witchcraft, fetishes, disappearances and urban madness spill over with women and girls whose dark inclinations will lead them over the edge.
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Come down to the shop for a copy of your own, or get one here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/the-dangers-of-smoking-in-bed-mariana-enriquez 📚🖤

We're great fans of the weird and wonderful in this shop, and if there is a book that fits that bill, it's Bear by Marian Engel. First published in the 70's, it tells the story of a lonely librarian and her, well, quite intimate relationship with a bear. It has been called "the most controversial novel ever written in Canada", and we can guarantee it's like nothing you have ever read before. Pick up this strange wonder at the shop, or in our online bookshop: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/bear-marian-engel 🐻💙

Summer is so close we can almost taste it now, and perhaps you feel like you'd want to try something new and unexpected with your summer reading this year? Perhaps your bookshelf just need a bit of a shake up, or you're looking for a good gift for a book lover in your life.

Either way, we can help- with our book subscription service, we hand pick a book for you or a friend each month, based on either genres and books you like, or maybe would like to try out.

Pick between three months or six months duration, and we will lovingly select an exciting new read for you every month, regardless of where you live in the world.

The perfect thing for an exciting reading summer! To find out more you can either visit us in store, or read more here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/copy-of-gifts 📚☀️

From the author of The Big Short comes another gripping story of a true event - this time one we all know all too well. The Premonition is the extraordinary story of a group of scientists who anticipated, traced and hunted the coronavirus, in a race against time to save countless lives and communities. It's the story of how we got where we are today, and you won't want to put it down. Get yours in store, or via our online bookshop, here: https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/the-premonition-a-pandemic-story-michael-lewis 📚💙

The BBC's adaptation of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love was recently released, and while the book is, of course, always better, the adaptation was also quite amazing. If you have yet to read this hilarious, witty story of love and growing up, then you have honestly been missing out and should absolutely rectify this as soon as possible, really. Get a copy in store, or through our online bookshop at https://www.thenottinghillbookshop.co.uk/product-page/the-pursuit-of-love-nancy-mitford 📚💙