Get ready for take-off with the biggest range of books at Gatwick Airport all under one roof!

With over 12000 titles instore we're are all you'll need.

Books etc Gatwick is the place to be for all the latest reads. You don’t need to go traipsing round the high street because we’ve got the essential books for 2008 under one roof! Our booksellers are real people who love reading and aim to give you the best service around.

We’re open 365 days of the year from 5am to 9pm in Gatwick's South Terminal - just so you can always squeeze in that last-minute shopping trip!  

We’ve got the biggest range of books to be found in the whole airport and fantastic offers on both new releases and old favourites.

We’re really excited about our airport exclusives - essentially paperback versions of titles only available in hardback at regular high-street bookshops. They're lighter and (best of all) very much cheaper with prices from £10.99 to £14.99 (RRP).

Right now, we currently have an amazing offer of 2 for £20 on ALL our airport exclusive titles Give us a call before you fly, we're more than happy to check if a new hardback release is available as an airport exclusive and will reserve any title instore for you to collect from the counter as you pass through the departure lounge.

We also have "3 for £18" on stacks of new and bestselling paperbacks as well as "Buy One Get One Half Price" on the latest childrens titles. 

NEW FOR NOVEMBER

Our first Airport Exclusive Book of the Month is the recently crowned MAN Booker prize winner for 2008 "The White Tiger" by Adiga Aravind at just £7.99 (£3 off RRP of £10.99) - also in our 2 for £20 offer.

 

Our next Airport Exclusive of the Month appeals to all those high-flyers out there. "Business Stripped Bare" by Richard Branson at just £11.99 (£2 off RRP of £14.99) - also in our 2 for £20 offer.

From its creation as a mail-order record company to the literal launch of Virgin Galactic, today Virgin is one of the premier 'way-of-life' brands in the world, trusted and enjoyed by many millions of people. In "Business Stripped Bare", Sir Richard Branson shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant and audacious deals. In this work, discover why Virgin tried to take on one of the world's biggest superbrands, how Virgin Mobile USA holds the record as the fastest company in history to generate revenues of over one billion dollars (faster than Microsoft, Google and Amazon) and how Richard is the only person in the world to have built eight billion-dollar companies from scratch in eight different sectors.What qualities does Richard look for in the people he hires? How does he manage a crisis? Who are the entrepreneurs he most admires? Find out the true story behind Virgin Blue's success in Australia, what really happened when Virgin bid for Northern Rock and why Richard believes all businesses must work with governments to tackle climate change and invest in the future of our planet. Combining invaluable advice with the remarkable and candid inside stories of Virgin's greatest achievements, as well as some of its setbacks, "Business Stripped Bare" is a dynamic, inspirational and truly original guide to success in business and in life. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur or are just starting out, Richard strips business down to show how you can succeed and make a difference.

Our Paperback of the Month is "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold at just £5.99 (£2 off RRP of £7.99) - also in our 3 for £18 offer. 

Helen Knightly has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare. And as this electrifying novel opens, she steps over a boundary she never dreamt she would even approach. But while her act is almost unconscious, it also seems like the fulfilment of a lifetime's buried desire. Over the next twenty-four hours, her life rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to this crossroads.'Exhilarating, unforgettable ...This is a remarkable novel in which every word is vital, each nuance felt ...Candid, gut-wrenching, at times horribly funny and often beautifully touching ...The genius which guides "The Almost Moon" is its absolute, horrible, multiple truths; its staggering clarity' - Eileen Battersby, "Irish Times". 'As moving as it is unquestionably gripping' Observer 'As gripping as it is strange and wild ...My God, it grips ...I lay awake half the night, feverishly hoping both that it would never end, and that it would all be over soon' - Rachel Cooke, "Evening Standard".

Our Childrens Book of the Month is "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer at just £4.99 (£2 off RRP of £6.99) - also in our Buy One Get One Half Price offer.  

 Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear. Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.

Our Childrens Picture Book of the Month is "Airport - The Magnet Book" by Felicity Brooks and Gustavo Mazali at just £7.99 (£2 off RRP of £9.99) - also in our Buy One Get One Half Price offer.  

 This is a brand new addition to the innovative new "Usborne Magnet" series. It contains 10 robust magnetic vehicles found in and around an airport, including planes, trucks helicopters and buggies all to move around the magnetic roads, tracks and runways in each double page scene. The scenes include the departure hall, the runways and getting the plane ready. The magnetic truck pieces can then be 'parked' back into the safe storage areas at the front and back of the book so they don't get lost.  

Our Business Book of the Month is "When Markets Collide" by Mohammed El-Erian at just £12.99 (£3 off RRP of £15.99). 

Winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2008 -A detailed map of the new investment landscape from the man Fortune magazine calls the “Global Guru”. Never before have investors and policy makers been beset by so many conflicting messages about the economy and the markets. While most pundits dismiss the conflicts as “noise” in the system, Mohamed A. El-Erian, president and CEO of the billion Harvard Endowment and incoming co-CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, one of today's most successful investment firms, avers that those messages signal deep, structural changes and realignments that are radically redefining the investment game. Written by the man who Fortune magazine refers to as a “Global Guru,” When Markets Collide offers a cogent picture of the rapidly changing world financial system. A book that is sure to become an overnight investment classic, it gets you up to speed on the new economic and investing landscape and provides a detailed blueprint for capitalizing on the phenomenal opportunities now available in that new investment landscape, while minimizing the new and challenging set of risks.

Our History Book of the Month is "The American Future - A History" by Simon Schama at £12.99 - also in our 2 for £20 offer.

In November 2008 the United States elected a new President. But the imminent collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means prior to this the country began an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history; how it came to find itself in multiple crises and how an America that began as 'the last, best hope of earth' came to be so suspected and vilified around much of the world. "The American Future: A History", written by an author who has spent half his life there, takes the long view of how the United States has come to this anguished moment of truth about its own identity as a nation and its place in the world.In each of the chapters devoted to the most compelling issues facing Americans now - the projection of power ("American war"); race, immigration and the problematic promise of e pluribus unum ("American skin"); the intensity of religious conviction in public life ("American fervour"); the mystique of American land and its battles with the imperatives of profit ('American Plenty'- Schama traces the deep history of the present crisis. Cumulatively the chapters build into a history of American exceptionalism - the 'American difference' that means so much to its people but which has led it into calamities as well as triumphs. "The American Future: A History" argues that if you want to know what is truly at stake, you need to absorb these stories and understand this history - for understanding is the condition of hope.

Our Travel Book of the Month is "Stephen Fry in America" by, well Stephen Fry at £12.99 - also in our 2 for £20 offer.

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies his journey for the BBC1 series. 'Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire.' - The Guardian Stephen Fry has always loved America, in fact he came very close to being born there. Here, his fascination for the country and its people sees him embarking on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 50 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation. Starting on the eastern seaboard, Stephen zig-zags across the country in his London taxicab, talking to its hospitable citizens, listening to its music, visiting its landmarks, viewing small-town life and America's breath-taking landscapes - following wherever his curiosity leads him. Stephen meets a collection of remarkable individuals - American icons and unsung local heroes alike.Stephen starts his epic journey on the east coast and zig-zags across America, stopping in every state from Maine to Hawaii. En route he discovers the South Side of Chicago with blues legend Buddy Guy, catches up with Morgan Freeman in Mississippi, strides around with Ted Turner on his Montana ranch, marches with Zulus in New Orleans' Mardi Gras, and drums with the Sioux Nation in South Dakota; joins a Georgia family for thanksgiving, 'picks' with Bluegrass hillbillies, and finds himself in a Tennessee garden full of dead bodies. Whether in a club for failed gangsters (yes, those are real bullet holes) or celebrating Halloween in Salem (is there anywhere better?), Stephen is welcomed by the people of America - mayors, sheriffs, newspaper editors, park rangers, teachers and hobos, bringing to life the oddities and splendours of each locale. A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, Stephen Fry in America is our author's homage to this extraordinary country.