The Bookshop Book, Mark Lawrence
The Bookshop Book, Mark Lawrence
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The Bookshop Book

Author: Mark Lawrence

Narrator: Mark Lawrence

Unabridged: TBD

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/20/2026


Synopsis

A fantasy adventure through cozy, cluttered bookshops and into the pages of classic literature itself, set in the world of international bestselling author Mark Lawrence's groundbreaking The Library Trilogy.

Bookshops have always been places where worlds collide. Places where ideas make war, where cultures meet and mingle. For Frederick "Red" Archer, a young man hanging on at the edge of society, a bookshop he wanders into will be the place that changes his life.

Rose Penrose is watching the world from the other side of the page, transported by an act of awful violence into a book her mother wrote. When a terrifying pursuer has Rose cornered, she is somehow able to leap from the book she inhabits into another—one that happens to be in the very bookshop where Red is standing.

Set in the world of Mark Lawrence's groundbreaking Library Trilogy, this fantasy adventure winds through the stacks of beloved bookshops and into the pages of classic literature itself.

About The Author

Mark Lawrence was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, to British parents but moved to the UK at the age of one. After earning a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London, he went back to the US to work on a variety of research projects, including the “Star Wars” missile-defense program. Since returning to the UK, he has worked mainly on image processing and decision/reasoning theory. He never had any ambition to be a writer, so he was very surprised when a half-hearted attempt to find an agent turned into a global publishing deal overnight. His first trilogy, The Broken Empire, has been universally acclaimed as a groundbreaking work of fantasy, and both Emperor of Thorns and The Liar’s Key have won the David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel. Mark is married, with four children, and lives in Bristol.


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Quotes

"Fans of that series will enjoy how it fits, while new readers will find this ode to books, bookshops, and libraries a delightful novel that can be read on its own."—Library Journal

Praise for the Library Trilogy

“The most tightly plotted novel I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.…It’s truly magnificent.”—Book Riot

“This tale of knowledge and its cost flies by, thanks to the gripping mystery and beautiful world-building.…Readers will be desperate for more.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Gripping, earnest, and impeccably plotted.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Mark Lawrence strikes the perfect balance between intellect and heart in this second volume of his Library Trilogy.”—Grimdark Magazine