Welcome to The Snug Bookshop

An independent bookshop in Olney, Buckinghamshire and now offering a full catalogue online shop.
Our mission is to Promote literacy and Nurture emotional resilience in rural communities.

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LAND – New June 2026! Maggie O’Farrell- Award winning Author of Hamnet!

£25.00

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The Midnight Train -New May 2026

£20.00

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The Tree that Bends

£10.99

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Island of Strangers : Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis

£25.00

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The Question of Palestine – The First Book to narrate the Modern Palestinian experience in English.

£14.99

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Edward W. Said – Orientalism – Seminal work on Colonialism

£12.99

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Eric Hobsbawm : A Life in History – The Most Famous Historian in the World!

£16.99

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Representations of the Intellectual – Wide-ranging Essays

£12.99

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The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991- Essential text by Eminent Historian, Eric Hobsbawm

£16.99

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An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth : Discover the Awe-Inspiring Wonders of Planet Earth

£20.00

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We have access to all books in the UK distribution network and with live access to stock level information you can order any book that’s in stock with next day delivery. Our online shop calculates postage so books will be sent out the same day.

The Snug Bookshop Services

  • Adult and Children In-person Bookclubs

  • Writing Clubs In-person

  • Online form – to suggest books for gifting

  • Wrapping and Gift Delivery

  • Next Day Delivery

  • Local Home Delivery (by car)

  • Christmas List Wishlist – Open from November

  • Annual 3monthly, 6monthly, 12monthly Book Subscription

  • School Visits & consultancy for support with reluctant readers

  • Newsletter -(email sign up 10% off your first Order)

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Booker Prize Winner 2025 announced

Flesh

By David Szalay

The Booker Prize is a prestigious, annual literary award for the best single work of long-form fiction written in English and published in the U.K. and Ireland.
Read the Guardian’s review here