The Bookshop of Forbidden Books
This charming yet powerful new novel from international bestseller Marc Levy is a tender love letter to literature, at a time of increasing censorship.
Marc Levy
“No other profession could have made me this happy. I became a bookseller so I could share that feeling. Encountering new ideas, travelling through time, discovering lost civilizations, different ways of thinking…It’s like keeping the magic of childhood alive. To read is to open myself up to the world.”
LIVE. READ. RESIST.
Mitch, a passionate bookseller, is arrested one morning for committing an unthinkable crime: selling books that have been banned. After five years in prison, all Mitch wants to do is to regain his freedom and settle back into his bookshop. But fate has other plans. On the same day Mitch crosses paths with the man who put him behind bars, he also encounters Anna, a woman who could well be the love of his life. From that moment on, Mitch finds himself caught between an irresistible desire for revenge and an irresistible desire for love . . .
A whimsical comedy brimming with charm, tenderness and humanity, and a tribute to the transformative power of literature, this is a novel that will capture the hearts of book lovers around the world.
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Release Formats
Hardback
ISBN : 9781918107050Published : 24/09/2026
RRP : £16.99
Paperback
ISBN : 9781918107197Published : 08/04/2027
Ebook
ISBN : 9781918107265Published : 24/09/2026
RRP : £9.99
Audio
ISBN : 9781918107333Published : 24/09/2026
RRP : £21
Trade Paperback
ISBN : 9781918107128Published : 24/09/2026
RRP : £14.99





