The Book House, Thame

The art form of “spredges”(sprayed edges) is gathering pace, making it hard to know which end of the book should be facing out on our shelves…. Aren’t they beauties ? Grab one while you can - these are small print runs done exclusively for indie bookshops …

The first in a new series from is out today!
We’ve got plenty of stock, so come in and grab a new book to see you through this September weather ☔️ 📖

We are thrilled to be able to invite you to come and meet the creator of Blue Monster in the shop this Saturday at 3:30pm ! Petr Horacek is coming to sign copies of this vibrant, wonderful, laugh-out-loud picture book which Luise is championing and has beguiled us all …. Come and meet Petr and get a dedication put in a copy for a special gift ! Our price £9.99.

We’ve gone for a woodland theme in our children’s window to bring in the autumn season 📚🍁🍃🌲

August bestsellers! The top three titles that you chose last month….. 📚📚📚

A monsters coming to The Book House!

Blue monster is a fabulous picture book about friendship and forgiveness. It’s incredibly funny for children and adults alike 😅

Undoubtably going to be one of our favourites this year, and we hope you’ll love it too 💕

Arriving 5th September 🗓️

Yesterday we had a visit from the wonderful and who took time out of their family holiday to sign copies of their book “How Birds Sleep”. A fascinating and beautiful children’s book on an unusual aspect of bird life 📚 🦅

🧑‍🚀 Orbital by Samatha Harvey 👩‍🚀
A love letter to planet earth, orbital explores the lives of 6 astronauts as they live and work on the international space station.

A firm favourite of our staff for its beautiful writing. And it’s only small (144 pages!) so a perfect beach read 🌎

We are huge fans of Benjamin Myers! 💕

His new novel “Rare Singles” has arrived and we can’t wait to read it on the beach!

A warm and tender story about unlikely friendships, the magic of soul music and second chances 📚☀️

What’s all the comm-OCEAN? It’s our new window! Full off all the best under the sea books to kick off the summer holidays 🐠🐙

👑 Historical fiction recommendations 👑
Whether it’s Ancient Greece or 16th century England, we love a book that delves into the past and shows it in a new light! Here’s some of our favourites that we’re sure you’ll love too 💕

What recommendations would you like to see next?

‼️‼️ July best-sellers ‼️‼️

This book is NOT to be missed! 😆 Holey Moley is one of our favourite new picture books at the moment. Super silly rhyming fun with Gus the Goat and Mavis Mole! A great choice for those who have enjoyed the Oi Frog series. Come in and have a read…. 📚

Oxfordshire author Lucy Cavendish popped in today to sign copies of her new book “How to Have Extraordinary Relationships with Absolutely Everybody” - Even Puffin wandered over to have a look… available now ! Special price £14.99! 📚📚📚 .cavendish.49

This Thursday, Thame Library will be hosting another fabulous free author event! will be revisiting where she grew up and went to school. She will be talking about her very successful career as a writer of crime fiction, whilst discussing her latest paperback “The Night She Dies”. Tickets are available through Thame Library 📚 event

We’ve just had a collection from the wonderful 📚 Thank you to everyone who donated any unwanted children’s books to this fabulous cause! We have kept the collection bin and will be collecting donations for another couple of weeks so please keep them coming!

Lula Dean is on a mission to cleanse the town’s reading habits. Not everybody agrees…A timely look at censorship, politics and rights. 📚 Very funny, very topical.

We are thrilled to be welcoming Sarah Clarke Author (in conjunction with The Book House, Thame) to the library on Thursday 11 July at 7pm to talk about her latest thriller: The Night She Dies. Sarah has strong roots in the local area - she spent some of her childhood in Long Crendon and attended Lord Williams School.
Collect your FREE ticket from the library or call us on 01844 212288 to reserve your place

⚠️⚠️‼️ COMPETITION TIME ‼️⚠️⚠️
As you may have seen, Puffin and Muffin are currently resting in the back garden of the shop! We have a new Baby Puffin BUT he is nameless….

Can you help us choose a name??

Pop into the shop and pick up and pick up a slip to be in with the chance of winning a super goodie bag! The winning name will be chosen on Saturday 29th June.

We are taking part in the donation scheme again this summer! ☀️ 📚 Our dumpbin has arrived in the shop and is ready for donations of unwanted children’s books (new and gently used). The Children’s Book Project is a registered charity and works with settings across the UK to redistribute thousands of books to children and their families. Bring your unwanted children’s books to shop until 1st July - you’ll find the collection box in our conservatory. We are so pleased to be supporting this wonderful project! 📚📖📚

Signed copies of ultra-processed people available in the shop!
And copies of the other books from yesterdays (amazing) event.

Tonight we are at for a special screening of “Six Inches of Soil” with 📚 We have set him to work already, so signed copies are available!

Lovely portrait of The Book House kindly donated by a well-wisher for our puffin repair campaign - thank you Lauren ! It’s beautiful 😍

We are very excited for tomorrow’s event in the town centre! We have event maps in the shop ready to give out and can’t wait to try lots of tasty treats throughout the day! Make sure you don’t miss out… 📚🥙🌯🍔🍊

Check out our new fiction wall!

Book house non-fiction picks!

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'Fat Puffin' photo appeal launched to save Thame book shop mascot The Book House in Thame has appealed for pictures taken of "Fat Puffin" over the years.

An absolute delight! “Good Things” by is perfect spring reading! A heartwarming tale of siblings and fractured familial relationships told with wit and charm.

Everyone who was lucky enough to have a seat at Long Crendon Library’s “Meet the Author” event last night was taken on an enthralling tour through the world of Jane Austen by the author .hornby - you could, as the saying goes, have heard a pin drop, so engrossed were we all! Gill kindly signed stock for our bookshop afterwards, so treat yourself ! 📚📚