Backstory Picks

A collection of all the books our team has really loved over the years. Browse for gifts or search for your next great read!

282 products

282 products

  • A Far-flung Life A Far-flung Life
    Team pick

    A Far-flung Life

    M L Stedman
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • John of John John of John
    Team pick

    John of John

    Douglas Stuart
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • The Fortnight in September-9781906462222
    Tom's pick

    The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff

    £14.00
    £14.00
  • May We Feed the King
    Team pick

    May We Feed the King

    Rebecca Perry
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Palm House The Palm House
    Team pick

    The Palm House

    Gwendoline Riley
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • EVENINGS & WEEKENDS PB
    Tom's pick

    Evenings and Weekends

    Oisín McKenna
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • The Book of Birds
    Team pick

    The Book of Birds

    Robert Macfarlane+
    £35.00
    £35.00
  • Four Thousand Weeks
    Tom's pick

    Four Thousand Weeks

    Oliver Burkeman
    £12.99
    £12.99
  • Hounding
    Team pick

    The Hounding

    Xenobe Purvis
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • Precipice
    Tom's pick

    Precipice

    Robert Harris
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • Giovanni's Room Giovanni's Room
    Team pick

    Giovanni's Room

    James Baldwin
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Names The Names
    Tom's pick

    The Names

    Florence Knapp
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Piranesi Piranesi
    Team pick

    Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Rogues
    Tom's pick

    Rogues

    Patrick Radden Keefe
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Three Days in June Three Days in June
    Tom's pick

    Three Days in June

    Anne Tyler
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Alone with a Book
    Team pick

    Alone with a Book

    Tessa Hadley
    £22.00
    £22.00
  • BOOKSHOP PB
    Tom's pick

    The Bookshop

    Penelope Fitzgerald
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • Years
    Team pick

    The Years

    Annie Ernaux
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • All That Glitters
    Tom's pick

    All That Glitters

    Orlando Whitfield
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
    Team pick

    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    V. E. Schwab
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Eat the Buddha
    Tom's pick

    Eat the Buddha

    Barbara Demick
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • The Death of Us The Death of Us
    Tom's pick

    The Death of Us

    Abigail Dean
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Lifeboat at the End of the World
    Tom's pick

    Lifeboat at the End of the World

    Dominic Gregory
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Medea Sang Me a Corrido
    Team pick

    Medea Sang Me a Corrido

    Dahlia de la Cerda
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • A Snake Among Swans
    Team pick

    A Snake Among Swans

    Hannah Kaner
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • As You Wake, Break the Shell
    Team pick

    As You Wake, Break the Shell

    Becky Chambers
    £22.00
    £22.00
  • Winter Guest
    Team pick

    The Winter Guest

    Sarah Moss
    £12.99
    £12.99
  • The Ten Year Affair The Ten Year Affair
    Tom's pick

    The Ten Year Affair

    Erin Somers
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • A History of England in 25 Poems A History of England in 25 Poems
    Team pick

    A History of England in 25 Poems

    Catherine Clarke
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • Blood Bound Blood Bound
    Team pick

    Blood Bound

    Ellis Hunter
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
    Team pick

    Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel

    Lucy Foley
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Whistler Whistler
    Tom's pick

    Whistler

    Ann Patchett
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • The Idiot
    Team pick

    The Idiot

    Elif Batuman
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Story of a Murder Story of a Murder
    Team pick

    Story of a Murder

    Hallie Rubenhold
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Exit Party Exit Party
    Team pick

    Exit Party

    Emily St John Mandel
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Eden at Dawn
    Team pick

    Eden at Dawn

    Karim Kattan
    £13.99
    £13.99
  • The Castle
    Tom's pick

    The Castle

    Jon Ronson
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Hell's Heart Hell's Heart
    Team pick

    Hell's Heart

    Alexis Hall
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Parable of the Sower
    Team pick

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Brawler Brawler
    Team pick

    Brawler

    Lauren Groff
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Murder at World’s End The Murder at World’s End
    Team pick

    The Murder at World’s End

    Ross Montgomery
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Said the Dead
    Team pick

    Said the Dead

    Doireann Ní Ghríofa
    £18.99
    £18.99
  • Voyagers Voyagers
    Team pick

    Voyagers

    Meg Charlton
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Great Wherever
    Team pick

    The Great Wherever

    Shannon Sanders
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Genius Myth The Genius Myth
    Team pick

    The Genius Myth

    Helen Lewis
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • Frida Slattery As Herself
    Team pick

    Frida Slattery As Herself

    Ana Kinsella
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Waist Deep
    Team pick

    Waist Deep

    Linea Maja Ernst
    £9.99
    £9.99
  • Lone Wolf Lone Wolf
    Team pick

    Lone Wolf

    Adam Weymouth
    From £11.99
    From £11.99
  • Penguin English Library Middlemarch
    Team pick

    Penguin English Library Middlemarch

    George Eliot
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Ply
    Team pick

    Ply

    Hernan Diaz
    £20.00
    £20.00
  • Stowaways Stowaways
    Team pick

    Stowaways

    André Aciman
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Grapevine The Grapevine
    Team pick

    The Grapevine

    Kate Kemp
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Mother Mary Comes To Me Mother Mary Comes to Me
    Team pick

    Mother Mary Comes To Me

    Arundhati Roy
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • Yesteryear Yesteryear
    Team pick

    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Room 706 Room 706
    Tom's pick

    Room 706

    Ellie Levenson
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • The Land and its People
    Team pick

    The Land and its People

    David Sedaris
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Travel Light
    Team pick

    Travel Light

    Naomi Mitchison
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Medium Rare
    Team pick

    Medium Rare

    A. Natasha Joukovsky
    £14.99
    £14.99
  • The Wreck The Wreck
    Team pick

    The Wreck

    Lizzy Stewart
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • For and against a united Ireland
    Tom's pick

    For and against a united Ireland

    Fintan O'Toole+
    £18.00
    £18.00
  • What Am I, A Deer?
    Team pick

    What Am I, A Deer?

    Polly Barton
    £14.99
    £14.99
  • Expanded Earth
    Team pick

    The Expanded Earth

    Mikey Please
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • REBEL & TRAITOR HB
    Tom's pick

    A Rebel and a Traitor

    Rory Carroll
    £22.00
    £22.00
  • Hunger and Thirst
    Team pick

    Hunger and Thirst

    Claire Fuller
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Infinity Machine
    Tom's pick

    The Infinity Machine

    Sebastian Mallaby
    From £14.99
    From £14.99
  • Legenda Legenda
    Team pick

    Legenda

    Janina Ramirez
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • Heap Earth Upon It Heap Earth Upon It
    Team pick

    Heap Earth Upon It

    Chloe Michelle Howarth
    From £11.99
    From £11.99
  • Enough Said Enough Said
    Team pick

    Enough Said

    Alan Bennett
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • TRICK MIRROR PB
    Team pick

    Trick Mirror

    Jia Tolentino
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • The Science of Racism The Science of Racism
    Team pick

    The Science of Racism

    Keon West
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Earth Prayers Earth Prayers
    Team pick

    Earth Prayers

    Carol Ann Duffy DBE
    From £12.99
    From £12.99
  • To the Moon and Back To the Moon and Back
    Team pick

    To the Moon and Back

    Eliana Ramage
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • The Old Fire The Old Fire
    Team pick

    The Old Fire

    Elisa Shua Dusapin
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Tainted Cup
    Team pick

    The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett
    £12.99
    £12.99
  • Guards! Guards!
    Team pick

    Guards! Guards!

    Terry Pratchett
    £10.99
    £10.99
  • Arcana Academy Arcana Academy
    Team pick

    Arcana Academy

    Elise Kova
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Fundamentally Fundamentally
    Tom's pick

    Fundamentally

    Nussaibah Younis
    From £9.99
    From £9.99
  • Chosen Family Chosen Family
    Team pick

    Chosen Family

    Madeleine Gray
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • Among the Burning Flowers Among the Burning Flowers
    Team pick

    Among the Burning Flowers

    Samantha Shannon
    From £10.99
    From £10.99
  • The Homemade God The Homemade God
    Team pick

    The Homemade God

    Rachel Joyce
    From £9.99
    From £9.99