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Topping & Company Booksellers
About Us
We opened our first bookshop in 2002, in the cathedral city of Ely. In the decades since, we've opened bookshops in Bath, St Andrews, Edinburgh, and now York.
Behind all that we do is a deep and unrelenting love for books, and an unwavering belief in bookshops with individual booksellers at the helm rather than a distant head office. We remain family-run, independent booksellers, now in our second generation.
We opened our newest bookshop in the heart of York on 5th June 2026, in a building dating from 1860.
It is the largest independent bookshop in Britain, spanning three floors and playing host to some fantastic views of the Minster. We hope we can welcome you in to share in this exciting new chapter.
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday: 9am - 9pm
Sunday: 10am - 5pm
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Events at Topping & Company Booksellers
Palestinian Fiction: Ibtisam Azem for The Sleep T…
Topping & Company Booksellers
'Sleep thief is what the interrogator called me. I'll never forget that. I would steal a few seconds of sleep so I coul…
An Evening with Spark of the Everflame's Penn Cole
Topping & Company Booksellers
Penn Cole is an internationally bestselling author of magical worlds, feisty women, and angsty romance. Her debut serie…
Owen Jones on The Fall of the West
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From the critically acclaimed author of Chavs, an excoriating take-down of Western hubris - and the book that reveals w…
Adalyn Grace for The Wretched Divine
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Join Adalyn Grace, beloved author of the Belladonna Trilogy, as she joins us to discuss her adult fantasy debut: The Wr…
David McCloskey for London Station
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David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst who worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White Ho…
Emily St John Mandel for Exit Party
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From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel's new mind-bending epic: a story of …
Terry Deary for A History of the World in Ten Wars
Topping & Company Booksellers
War: what is it good for? Absolutely something, surely, or we wouldn't keep doing it.Throughout the ages, each generati…
Ian Rankin for The Heights
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Please note, this event is now taking place at The Citadel.Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of …
Perilous Enchantment: The True History of Faeries…
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Sarah Clegg has a PhD in ancient history from the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Woman's Lore and The De…
Rob Wilkins on Terry Pratchett's The Discworld Be…
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Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of…
Jo Baring for Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture
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'This lively and passionate book celebrates all the ways that sculpture roots us into first-hand physical experience - …
Alice Oswald for Rhapsody: A Manifesto
Topping & Company Booksellers
Join us to hear Alice Oswald talk on Rhapsody, a daring, genre-defying work of non-fiction from one of our greatest poe…
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