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<p>Fellow bookworms! How much do you love pottering around an indie bookshop? Scanning the shelves and leafing through that newly released hardback on your must-read list. My advice? Swerve the behemoth of Amazon and beeline instead to the higgledy-piggledy <a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/">Nantwich Bookshop &amp; Coffee Lounge</a> &#8211; a deeply inviting space to get lost in, with racks of books from every genre, a scattering of sofas to curl up on, and a suntrap terrace out the front. You can browse the full collection <a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/shop/">online</a> or pop inside. And if you&#8217;re stuck for what to read this summer, the literary team running the show has given us their inspired recommendations, whether you&#8217;re planning on lolling on a sunbed or hiding away in a luxe glamping pod this summer&#8230;.</p>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9781035005697.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Women by Kristin Hannah</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>&#8216;Women can be heroes, too&#8217;. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances &#8216;Frankie&#8217; McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California&#8217;s idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing and being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.</p><p>As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed America. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.</p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/the-women-2/">BUY NOW</a></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9781785031052.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods. </p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/the-bear-and-the-nightingale/">BUY NOW</a></p><p></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9781398707672-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whittaker</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>A sweeping coming of age tale, an epic love story and a searing thriller &#8211; it really is the most beautiful pager turner. There is a moment when childhood ends. For Joseph &#8216;Patch&#8217; Macauley and Saint Brown, it comes late one summer as Patch is abducted from their hometown. Devastated, Saint devotes her days to finding her best friend. Held in total darkness, Patch is hopeless and alone &#8211; until he feels a hand in his. Though he never sees the girl, they fall in love. When he escapes, he&#8217;s left with only her voice and name &#8211; and promises to spend the rest of his life searching for her. As Saint&#8217;s heart breaks for the boy she lost &#8211; and the man he becomes &#8211; she will shadow his journey, to uncover the truth behind who took him.</p><p>Over a lifetime driven by obsession, Patch and Saint must sacrifice everything for redemption, justice, and, ultimately, love &#8211; even if that means losing each other forever. There are talks that this will be made into a film and I can absolutely see this.</p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/all-the-colours-of-the-dark-2/">BUY NOW</a></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9781035031269.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">James by Percival Everett</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>This is a beautifully written book using the most delicious dialogue.The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson&#8217;s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town.</p><p>So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all.</p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/james-2/">BUY NOW</a></p><p></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9781529157642.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>My favourite novel this century. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett returns home to his younger brother Billy after serving fifteen months in a juvenile facility for involuntary manslaughter. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California. But they&#8217;re not alone. Two runaways from the youth work farm, Duchess and Woolly, have followed Emmett all the way to Nebraska with a plan of their own, one that will take the four of them on an unexpected and fateful journey in the opposite direction &#8211; to New York City.</p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/the-lincoln-highway-2/">BUY NOW</a></p><p></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/cheshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2025/07/9780349145594-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg" alt="" aria-hidden="true" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke &#8211; Women&#8217;s Prize Winner for Non
Fiction 2025</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>A non fiction choice which is so beautifully written, it will make you cry and yet I also learnt so much. This is the unforgettable story of how one family&#8217;s grief transformed into a lifesaving gift. With tremendous compassion and clarity, Dr Rachel Clarke relates the urgent journey of a young girl&#8217;s heart and explores a history of remarkable medical innovations, stretching back over a century and involving the knowledge and dedication, not just of surgeons, but of countless physicians, immunologists, nurses and scientists.</p><p><a href="https://nantwichbookshop.co.uk/product/the-story-of-a-heart/">BUY NOW</a></p></div></div></div></div>


Your summer reading list – sorted!

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