Guru Guide

Feeling a little blue? Need a little pick me up? We’ve made a list of the ultimate feel good films guaranteed to make you smile! Home Alone (1990) “Keep the change, ya filthy animal” Home Alone is an absolute classic! Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is happily living his dream of being home alone until two witless […]

That’s Christmas over and done with for another year, happy with your presents? Nope we didn’t think so! Since Christmas Day we’ve received a record number of visitors looking to cash in on their unwanted Christmas gifts as people wasted no time in making the most of a bad situation. After the Christmas Day surge […]

New year, new you and all that jazz, here are 12 New Year’s resolutions all you book lovers should consider… 1. Buy more books. via GIPHY 2. Read more books. via GIPHY 3. Join a book club.   4. Visit your local library. via GIPHY 5. Visit a little free library. 6. Sniff more books. […]

If you’re lucky every year your family and friends will buy you lots of lovely presents for Christmas. Wow that’s great…. that is until you come to put all this nice new stuff away. If you’re anything like us your book shelves are already overflowing onto the coffee table, nightstand, stairs, bathroom, car, you get […]

With the year coming to an end we’ve dug deep to discover the most unwanted books of 2015, so sit back grab yourself a cuppa and find out which books have been found surplus to requirements by many of you over the last 12 months…     We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Despite winning […]

You asked and we delivered! Get paid for your unwanted books, CDs, DVDs and games faster than ever with next day payments from WeBuyBooks! Simply send us your unwanted items and we’ll pay you the day after we’ve checked them using your preferred payment method, not bad eh? Start selling your unwanted items NOW! So […]

You’ve spoken and we’ve listened! Working alongside MyHermes, we’re now offering a new and improved delivery and collection service. Benefits to you include: No minimum offer value to qualify for FREE home collection. Saturday collections. Faster turnaround time – meaning you get your money quicker. Full online parcel tracking. Thousands of MyHermes parcel shops for […]

They say don’t judge a book by it’s cover, but sometimes it’s impossible, especially when you consider some of the weird book titles out there! We’ve dug deep into the book archives and discovered 10 of the weirdest book titles of all time that you’ll judge instantly, brace yourselves there are some absolute belters…   […]

It’s Sunday morning, you’ve a new book in hand and you’re ready to be enraptured, but a chapter in and you’re already fed up! You close the book, huff and puff and vouch never to give it a minute of your time ever again, or something along those lines anyway! Don’t worry you aren’t the […]

Is your bookcase bulging? Do stacks of books surround you? This might sound like heaven, but if you answered yes to both questions then the likelihood is you’re a book hoarder, but don’t worry you’re not alone! We’re all guilty of keeping books we’ve either not finished or will never read again! Sat collecting dust […]

We’d like to say a huge congratulations to David Cottrill our Kindle Fire winner! David kindly completed one of our surveys, and was picked at random as our winner. He’ll shortly be receiving his new Kindle Fire – a dedicated e-reader so he can indulge his love of reading without interruptions associated with reading on […]

Most homes are full of books, ranging from contemporary novels to well-thumbed academic texts from undergraduate days. Selling your books can be lucrative, particularly if you can offer unusual or rare editions. However, you’ll fetch higher prices if your books are presented in the best possible condition, so taking steps to protect them now will […]

Ever wondered which books fetch the most cash here at We Buy Books? Well we thought we’d let you in on a little secret by outlining the biggest money making books of 2015 so far: 7. Fundamentals of Anaesthesia The first of many academic books to make our list of the biggest money making books […]

Imagine a world where everything makes sense and questions were never asked, boring eh? Luckily the world we live in is far from boring and the music industry is a great example. From wacky performers to crazy song lyrics there’s never a dull moment in music! Over the years there have been hundreds, if not […]

Compiling a list of books to read over the summer can feel like an impossible task, there are so many out there that deserve your attention, but you only have a limited amount of time over the holidays. Whether you’re looking for light beach reads, or something heavier but equally worth your while, we have […]

There aren’t many writers whose work is as instantly recognisable as William Shakespeare’s. Most of us will have a Shakespeare play or two sitting on our bookshelves, but just what are his most popular works? 1. The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice tells the intriguing tale of Bassanio, a lonely Venetian desperate to […]

April is a month of many things; rain showers, daffodils, spring lambs. It’s a month for spring cleaning and getting the BBQ out early for a test run. But it has also been an important literary month throughout history too, and we’ve collected the six most important literary moments of all time that occurred in […]

We’re often told we shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover. However, sometimes that just isn’t possible and first impressions do count – as this motley band of tomes show. From the weird to the offensive, abandon all hope ye who read here: 1. Are Women Human? : And Other International Dialogues – Catherine A. […]

In today’s day and age more and more people are opting to sell their unwanted books, CDs and DVDs online as a means of making some much-needed extra cash. And here at We Buy Books we offer a simple and hassle free service that promises to give you the best value on the web for […]

Although many people now favour reading devices over books, there are still hundreds of thousands of traditionalists who love the smell, texture and appearance of the humble book. The problem for many is knowing when to stop. Can you, we might ask ourselves, truly ever have too many books? Clearly, if you can’t find your […]