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Discover… monthly newsletters packed with recommendations for every kind of reader, brought to you by guest authors, booksellers, and our book-loving team.
Discover… competitions and prize draws to win signed copies of the latest books and exciting prizes, including National Book Tokens to spend on even more books.
Discover… trivia quizzes to test your literary knowledge, and personality quizzes to discover what kind of booklover you are.
Discover… more about other readers with our community polls.
Discover… upcoming events, offers and updates from bookshops local to you – delivered straight to your inbox!
Discover... how National Book Tokens support reading for everyone, be the first to hear about new products, and more!
Caboodle is now called National Book Tokens Discover (thank you to everyone who helped us pick the name!). You'll find all the same competitions, book recommendations, and quizzes below, and our newsletter will feature new competitions and updates as usual. Log in with your Caboodle email address and password to view your profile, quickly enter competitions, and view your personalised book recommendations, or browse our website and enter giveaways without logging in. Have a question or any feedback to send?
Competitions
Discover our competitions and prize draws to win signed books and exciting prizes, including National Book Tokens to spend in your favourite bookshop.
Find happiness all year round
Win a signed copy of Frequently Happy by David Larbi and a 6-month house plant subscription.
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Celebrating the Nero Book Awards
Win a set of all 16 books on the shortlist and some Caffè Nero ground coffee to enjoy while reading them!
Win the shortlist
Spend your National Book Tokens and win £500/€500!
Redeem a gift card in a local bookshop and you could win a big cash prize to enjoy in 2025.
Enter nowDiscover First
Discover the next big book before it hits bookshops – we have 100 copies to give away every month! Plus, start reading the first chapter straight away.
Discover First: The Paris Express
We're giving 100 booklovers the chance to get an early copy of Emma Donoghue's new book.
Get your copyBooks to Read
Discover book recommendations for every kind of reader, brought to you by guest authors, booksellers, and our book-loving team.
40 of the best new books in 2025
The best fiction and non-fiction you can discover in bookshops this year.
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40 of the best new children's books in 2025
The most exciting fiction and non-fiction young readers can discover in bookshops this year.
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5 graphic novels for younger readers
Dan and Jason, creators of Blue, Barry & Pancakes, recommend graphic novels for ages 5-7.
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Discover booksellers' favourite picks – because bookshops are the best place to go for book recommendations! Submit a question and if it's answered, we'll send you a £15/€20 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop.
Grace from The Orcadian Bookshop recommends
Grace from Orkney shares her favourite picks from Scotland.
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Paul from Bow Books recommends
Paul from Hertfordshire offers recommendations for Indie Bookshop Week.
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Liz and Julia from Next Page Books recommend
Liz and Julie from Hitchin answer your questions about the best reads for kids.
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Quizzes
Discover what kind of booklover you are with our fun personality quizzes, and test your literary knowledge with our tricky trivia quizzes, including our fun and fiendish Hidden Books Game.
Can you find all 20 books?
Guess the book titles in each of the illustrated scenes – there are 12 fiendish games to play!
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Which Jacqueline Wilson character are you?
Are you Ellie, Nadine, and Magda from the Girls series?
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Which Greek god or goddess are you?
A quiz inspired by Stephen Fry's colourful world of magic, mayhem, monsters and maniacal gods.
Take the quizPolls
Discover more about yourself and other readers with our community polls.
According to our previous poll, 63% of you read more than 21 books last year!
Long Reads
Discover our longer articles about books and reading, designed to empower you to choose the books you want to read from the bookshops you love. Plus, read exclusive features from Booktime magazine, the essential guide to the most anticipated books of the season.
Reflections Through Time: Interview with Tracy Chevalier, author of The Glassmaker
Travel through the life of Murano glassmaker Orsolo Rosso.
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Right Hand Men: Interview with Gareth Rubin, author of Holmes & Moriarty
Reimagine Arthur Conan Doyle's classic characters.
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Divine Comedy: Interview with Louie Stowell, author of the Loki series
Norse God-turned-schoolboy Loki meets an arch-enemy in the elf Vinir.
Read moreBook Doctor
Discover just the right book for any mood or occasion with reading prescriptions from our guest Book Doctors.
Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki has joined us to prescribe some fantastic books and reading advice.
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Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
Janice Hallett joins us to prescribe some fantastic books.
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Katie & Kevin Tsang, authors of the Dragon Realm series
Katie & Kevin Tsang have joined us to prescribe some fantastic books for children.
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Winners
Discover the winners of our biggest giveaways, competitions, and children's activities.
And the Hidden Books Game answers are...
We're delighted to announce the answers and which player has won a £500/€500 National Book Token!
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Young people are obsessed with books!
Meet the five people aged 16 to 24 who won £250/€250 National Book Tokens.
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Which schools won £1,000 for their library?
Five schools each won National Book Tokens to rebuild their libraries.
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