The aim of this site is to provide information and links to help friends (mainly in Hampshire and Southampton) find good books to read, whether conventional, audio or e-books.

Solent Readers (Scores)

audioBooks

eBooks

Library

Although Hampshire and Southampton libraries are completely separate, you can join either or both, wherever you live. Both have an increasing selection of digital material (eBooks and audiobooks) available for free loan by download.

• Hampshire Full Catalogue   Advanced Search

• Hampshire eBooks & audiobooks

• Southampton Full Catalogue

• Southampton eAudiobooks & eBooks

BBC

• A Good Read presented by Harriett Gilbert  Summaries   

• Open Book looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics  Summary

• Books & Authors Podcast including A Good Read and Open Book

• Arts - Books 

• Radio 2 Book Club

• Radio 4 Book Club

Other links

• Amazon

• Audible

• GoodReads

• Open Library

• Project Gutenberg

• Reading Groups for Everyone

• The New Yorker  /Books

• Waterstones

Podcasts

• A Good Read presented by Harriett Gilbert  Summaries  

• Books of the Year with Simon Mayo  ACast  Apple Podcasts

• Richard & Judy Book Club  Podcast Republic

• The New Yorker  /Books