Waterstones Reading

Lovely local author @loxton_marilize popped in to sign her amazing new YA romantasy 'A Wish So Deadly', about a girl who is willing to sacrifice everything to bring her sister back from the dead. Prepare to swoon...❤️

Happy World Book Day in this National Year of Reading 2026 🥳. Exchange a WBD token for a WBD book, or take £1 off a book of your choice. Enjoy activities in store on 6 & 13 Mar & come along dressed up as your favourite book character: waterstones.com/events/world-b… See you soon 📚😃

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!!! 🎉 Oh and p.s... We're doing Double Plus Stamps until midnight on Sunday to celebrate! 😱 Not a Plus member? Sign up here for free: waterstones.com/plus

Just announced! Claire Lynch’s dazzling novel, A Family Matter, is the first debut to ever win the @nerobookawards Gold Prize for Book of the Year. Full of heart and emotional depth, a novel about parental love and forbidden love; find it here: waterstones.com/category/cultu…

A huge thank you to wonderful local author Holly Webb & all her amazing fans for the launch of her fabulous new book 'A Girl's Guide to Spying'. Copies of this thrilling adventure, inspired by the work of Girl Guides for MI5 in the First World War, now available in store 🕵🏻‍♀️🔎

The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2026 Shortlist is here!🎉 Chosen by our brilliant booksellers and bursting with terrific titles to foster a love of books in the National Year of Reading, discover the shortlisted authors and illustrators here: waterstones.com/the-waterstone… #WCBP26

We are very excited to announce wonderful author Beth O'Leary will join us on Tue 14 April at 7pm to talk about her new love story 'The Name Game', followed by a book signing. Tickets available at: waterstones.com/events/in-conv… See you there 🏝

The heir to a precarious throne feels herself dangerously attracted to the ruthless God of War in our Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month IMMORTAL, @SuelynnTan's captivating tale of power, revenge and love: waterstones.com/book/immortal/… #WBOTM

A New Year celebration at a lavish mansion turns lethal when the family patriarch is brutally slain in our January Thriller of the Month, Shizuko Natsuki's dark and gritty rediscovered classic MURDER AT MOUNT FUJI: waterstones.com/book/murder-at… #WBOTM

An ageing man fights to mend his relationship with his son before it's too late in our first Fiction Book of the Month for 2026, Lisa Ridzén's beautifully bittersweet and profoundly moving debut WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH: waterstones.com/book/when-the-… #WBOTM

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! May your 2026 be filled with books, books, and well... more books! 🥳 We’ll be starting as we mean to go on with our January Books of the Month, see you soon for the first big reveal! #WBOTM 📚

Wishing all our lovely customers a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year. See you on Boxing Day from 10am 📚

A huge thank you to lovely local children's author Holly Webb & our wonderful customers for a great Christmas evening & to @TamesisChoir for the magical music. We have lots of gift ideas in-store from beautiful books to glorious games - see you soon!🎁🎅🎄

We are on very excited countdown to our Christmas Shopping Evening tonight, Thu 11 Dec until 8pm. Enjoy some festive snacks while browsing our fabulous gift selection, accompanied by beautiful Christmas music from @TamesisChoir: waterstones.com/events/celebra… See you there 🎅🎁🎄

Join us for our Christmas Evening this Thu 11 Dec 6.00 - 8pm. Enjoy some festive nibbles & be inspired by our great gift ideas. Holly Webb will be signing her books & @TamesisChoir will sing beautiful Christmas music: waterstones.com/events/celebra… See you there 🎁 🎅

TRIPLE STAMPS ENDS TONIGHT! Don’t miss out on our incredible #BlackFriday deals: waterstones.com Not a Plus member? Sign up here for free: waterstones.com/plus

Time to move that wish list into your basket because DOUBLE (TRIPLE WHEN YOU SPEND OVER £100!) PLUS STAMPS are back until midnight Monday!!! 🤪 Not a Plus member? Sign up here for free: waterstones.com/plus 📚

Loved by booksellers and readers from day one, THE ARTIST by Lucy Steeds is our #BookOfTheYear 2025 & THE CAFE AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS by Mikey Please is our Children's #BookOfTheYear! 🎉 & Gift of the Year is Tim Siadatan's PADELLA! 🎁 Find them here: waterstones.com/category/cultu…

Just announced! David Szalay’s Flesh wins the #BookerPrize2025 Tracing the path of a life brought low by outside events, this at once panoramic and intimate novel ranges from communist Hungary to the London of the super-rich: waterstones.com/category/cultu…

A huge thank you to fabulous @darrenshan & his amazing fans! We had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of 'Cirque Du Freak' with you all. Signed copies of Darren's books now available in-store 🎪