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Bring the fun home with our brilliant range of entertainment books at The Works. Whether you're testing your knowledge with quiz and trivia books, sharing laughs with joke collections or diving into engaging activity titles, there's something below for everyone. Perfect for family nights, parties or quiet moments of solo fun, these books are designed to entertain, challenge and delight. Explore titles that spark conversation, laughter and learning - all in one place.
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Go beyond the music with the most comprehensive exploration of the life and career of international megastar Taylor Swift The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context you need to fully immerse yourself in the Swiftiverse. From her humble beginnings as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no sign of burning out. The Taylor Book explores the life of an icon, including: • Expert analysis of every album and Taylor’s Version, including The Tortured Poets Department • In-depth exploration of Taylor’s most beloved songs and music videos • Breakdowns of Taylor’s notorious Easter Eggs, helping fans explain the secret messaging she slips into every album • Exploration of the songwriting process and genre experimentation • Iconic fashion moments from each era • Exquisite images spanning Taylor’s entire career • A look at Taylor’s work beyond the music, from her acting credits and fandom to her relationships and politics • And much more! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241700761 • Author: Malcolm Mackenzie • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Hardback • Pages: 224
Make family life even more fun and easier for everyone with these creative hacks that save you time and money! Time is so precious when you’re a mum. It’s something you can’t buy and it’s something there never seems to be enough of. We can feel like we are failing if we can’t do it all. What I’m sharing in my first book are ways that have helped me to navigate motherhood; saved me money, my sanity and, most importantly, my time. Which means less time spent stressing on things like the school run, long car journeys, holidays or mid-week meals and more time spent having fun as a family. My hacks probably began in my own childhood and I love sharing them now, like recipes being passed to the next generation. So here are 150 ways that I hope make your life easier, giving you more time to make wonderful memories with your own family. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408733769 • Author: Casey Major-Bunce • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 1.2 cm
This book is filled with awesome ideas to entertain the kids on a rainy day! ‘I’m bored’ must be the most frightening words in a child’s vocabulary, and how to keep kids entertained is something that keeps many of us awake at night. 101 Things to do on a Rainy Day is a brilliant collection of creative (and occasionally crazy) games, activities and projects to do when you’re stuck indoors – without having to go anywhere near a TV or computer screen! Why not grow a windowsill herb garden, make your own jigsaw, or learn to play the glasses? Get crafty with decoupage and salt dough, or play detective by dusting for fingerprints. Exciting makes include terrariums and kaleidoscopes, whilst wacky games cover everything from Balloon Stomp to Sticky Note Scramble. All 101 ideas only require materials that you’ll already have around the house. With a wealth of ingenious and fun suggestions to keep you amused, you might not even notice that the rain has stopped. The activities are written with children aged 5+ years in mind but it’s your call as to how much help, support and age-appropriate supervision they might need … make whatever adjustments are necessary. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804192955 • Author: Dawn Isaac • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 224
This fantastic collection of F1 facts, stats and stories is back for a great new edition! World Formula One Records 2026 offers lively, fun and fascinating facts, stats, stories and trivia from the high-octane world of F1. Featuring the best teams, star drivers and most famous circuits, the book also has all-time records, from 1950 onwards. This new edition has the low-down on teams such as Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull; drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Ayrton Senna; and tracks like Silverstone, Monaco and Suzuka; plus all-time wins, points, titles, pole positions and much, much more. This wonderful annual brings the most exciting sport on the planet to life! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035424726 • Author: Bruce Jones • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Hardback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm
Test your wits with the ultimate game of cunning, logic and intuition It's time to start your adventure. Get them before they get you Put your sleuthing skills to the test in a world of deception, betrayal, and strategy. Placed in a castle in the Scottish Highlands, you must figure out if your fellow players are Faithful or a Traitor. Can you trust Jorge, the dentist with an encyclopaedic memory and tendency to smile at everyone? Or Nina, the retiree who acts like the group's matriarch but has a knowing glint in her eyes..? Beware, for in this treacherous game, trust is a luxury you cannot afford. In the official book of the BAFTA-winning phenomenon, The Traitors: The Interactive Game Book, the decisions you make will decide what happens next. Take this thrilling journey on your own or with others, pooling your wisdom to make the right choices. With over 20 standalone games to play in a group - all with cunning Traitors twists - this is the perfect gift, guaranteed to unleash hours of mischief and fun. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529975932 • Author: Alan Connor • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.3 x 3.2 cm
At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then: disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour – and all public life – as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy’s descent into hell. Along the way are reflections on an extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, and what it took for him to return to the stage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408724057 • Author: Ozzy Osbourne • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Hardback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm
The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men! Hello, we're the Map Men, and in the following pages we've selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries old and some are so recent they're being published today (or yesterday, if you’re reading this tomorrow). They include world maps, colonial maps, corporate maps, Soviet maps, pioneer maps, news maps and maps whose intended use was hijacked for a French surrealist political movement in the 1950s. Whether you’re an avid map junkie or simply ‘map-curious’, you will uncover a unique tale of adventure, error and unexpected humour in each chapter, as we attempt to answer the question: ‘What on earth happened here?’ So, ditch the compass (or disable location services) and set out on a journey with us, the Map Men, into a world of cartographic chaos and mappy mishaps. Because the worst maps are the best maps. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008710279 • Author: Map Men • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 cm
After three years, Jeremy Clarkson has discovered the golden rule of farming: whatever you hope will happen, won't. Enthusiastic schemes to diversify face defeat at the hands of the Council Planning department, or derision from Kaleb. Jeremy's plans for a business empire founded on rewilding and nettle soup are doubted by Lisa. And the stifling thickets of red tape keep only one person smiling – Cheerful Charlie, who charges by the hour. But the animals couldn’t be happier. A rented bull called Break-Heart Maestro is delighting the cows. The pigs are bringing home the bacon. And the goats are . . . most probably psychopaths. Yet on the good days it hard not to be optimistic. Where else do you get to harvest blackberries with a vacuum cleaner? Maybe it’s not just Break-heart Maestro who gets a happy ending? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241786987 • Author: Jeremy Clarkson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 16 x 2.8 cm
The 2025 Private Eye Annual brings together twelve months of the most incisive, hilarious and downright cheeky content from Britain's favourite satirical magazine. Editor Ian Hislop, the longest-serving captain on Have I Got News for You, has curated the year's finest cartoons, parodies, sketches and photo-bubbles that perfectly capture the political chaos and social absurdities of 2025. This 96-page hardcover collection showcases why Private Eye remains the UK's most successful satirical publication, fearlessly poking fun at politicians, celebrities and institutions with the wit and irreverence that has made it a British institution for over sixty years. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781901784756 • Author: Ian Hislop • Publisher: Quarto Publishing UK • Format: Hardback • Pages: 96 • Dimensions: 30.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 cm
A visual and fact-filled feast for every true F1 fan. A stunning Formula One book with amazing photography showcasing 50 iconic F1 cars from 1950 to the modern day, highlighting engineering innovations, their impact on the automotive industry, historic races, drivers, pioneering engineers and teams who put them on the racing track. Maurice Hamilton covers the technical specifications of the cars and pulls out the amazing stories behind the pictures to appeal to every true Formula 1 fan and lovers of the Grand Prix and motor sport. Get the inside story on the teams, the designers, famous drivers and the memorable races they were involved in plus the amazing tracks they raced on. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008711030 • Author: Maurice Hamilton • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.9 cm
Dust off your dancing shoes, Strictly is back! Featuring exclusive interviews with all the celebrities, judges, presenters and professional dancers, as well as behind-the-scenes features to give you a glimpse into the glitz and glamour, the 2026 Annual is your perfect partner for all things Strictly. Get the scoop on what the professionals get up to when they’re not on the dance floor, hear from last year's winner Chris McCausland, and feast your eyes on the set's dramatic revamps. It's that time of year again, so Keep Dancing! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785949685 • Author: Alison Maloney • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm
The brand new ultimate quiz book for everyone, where an 8-year-old has as much chance of winning as an 80-year-old! From the team behind the hit TV show, The 1% Club Official Quiz Book 2 is the brand new book packed full of brain teasers and quiz questions. The must-have follow-up to the first bestselling book from the show. Are you in the top 50% of the country? The top 10%? Or even the top 1%? This is your chance to find out with BRAND NEW QUESTIONS Includes cracking Christmas quizzes perfect for Christmas day fun To win, you need to be able to correctly answer a set of fifteen questions that get progressively harder with each round, starting with a question that 90% of the country can get right down to a question that only 1% of the country can answer. Who will join The 1% Club around your Christmas table this year? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780857507334 • Author: BBC Studios • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 21.5 x 15 x 2.4 cm
Football isn't life or death - it's much more serious than that... Which players will the fans never forget? Who are the Premier League's best buys? Who were the best link ups in history? In Match of the Day Top 10 of Everything, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards bring all of the charm, wit and punditry of their hit BBC Sounds podcast onto the page, arguing the toss over their favourite strikers, Premier League managers, shock transfers, cult heroes, hard men, FA Cup Finals, and much, much more. The question is...will you agree with their picks? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781911743064 • Author: Micah Richards & Gary Lineker & Alan Shearer • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.55 x 2.54 cm
Welcome to Staying Relevant, a book written by two best friends . . . contains swearing, adult themes and outrageous stories from life in the spotlight. If you think you know us already, you're wrong. You're gonna find out a hell of a lot about us. Probably more than you ever needed or wanted to know, to be honest. This book isn't about the glossy, filtered version of us that people normally see. It's about the real Sam and Pete, the ones behind the nonsense. Now grab a bevvy, get comfy and enjoy the journey with us - through the best bits, the worst bits, and all the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel moments in between, on our quest to stay relevant. In their first book together, Sam and Pete lay out what it truly takes to stay in the spotlight. A celebration of their unlikely friendship, the book features brand new, insane stories from their lives, including: behind the scenes, never-before-told tales from the jungle and the ballroom, hosting the NTAs red carpet, their journey creating the podcast, and plenty more. Expect swearing, heaps of positivity from Sam and, of course, zero sarcasm from Pete. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408734742 • Author: Sam Thompson & Pete Wicks • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Hardback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm
What’s occurring? Welcome to a celebration of the much-loved BBC comedy show, Gavin and Stacey. In this quiz book for family and friends of all ages there are over 500 questions all about our favourite TV smash. Do you know your Nessa from your Smithy, your Barry Island from your Billericay? What about Uncle Bryn? Pam and Mick? The current state of Pete and Dawn’s marriage? And which character is obsessed with omelettes? Containing oodles of hilarious family-friendly challenges, dares, and party games – who can do the best impression of Nessa? Can you draw Bryn and Jason on their notorious fishing trip? Let the laughter begin! Test your knowledge and treat your loved ones this Christmas. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789468663 • Author: Joe Shooman • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Hardback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.8 x 3.2 cm
Are you the king of an undefeatable pub quiz team? Are you a serial runner-up? Or do you love nothing more than collecting a hard-earned wooden spoon and a free pint for best team name? Most importantly: do you think you know it all? This is your chance to prove it as you work your way through a range of expertly curated quizzes in Think You Know It All: Pub Quiz This book will entertain and challenge in equal measure, with a series of perfectly pitched pub quizzes, crafted by Inquizition founder Alex Douglas. Here are bags of questions to enjoy, with curveballs to tax you, test you and trip you up – no matter your level. Boasting hours of fun – and playable by yourself, or with friends, at home or in the pub – it’s time to see how much you deserve the ultimate accolades. Are you master of the music round? The sage of sport? A titan of trivia? Let's find out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789297515 • Author: Alex Douglas • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm
Unleash the adrenaline-fueled chaos of Top Gear with Top Gear Nought to Sixty – a collection of the 60 maddest motoring moments from every era of probably the greatest motoring programme of all time. From epic challenges like homemade stretch limos, bungee jumping a Rover 114 and destroying a Toyota Hilux to all of the legendary road trips, from Botswana and Vietnam to Bolivia and Nepal. This is a loving tribute to every era of Top Gear, where speed, power, and sheer audacity collide in a spectacular showcase of motoring madness. Featuring all your favourite presenters, road trips, challenges and choice insults as well as features on everything from racing legends and sleek supercars to space shuttles and old bangers, this epic collection is a must-have for any discerning petrolhead. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785948039 • Author: Top Gear • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 25.2 x 19.6 x 1.8 cm
Don’t tell them we said this, but professional grapplers are notorious for “kayfabe” - pretending that their fake, pre-planned bouts are the genuine article. Well something that’s definitely 100% the real thing is Viz - The Wrestler’s Neck, a hulking, stiff-spined heavyweight that’s set to (very painfully) turn heads in bookshops this Christmas. Crushed between its muscle-bound full-colour covers is an eye-popping 226 pages of cartoons, features, letters and top tips - enough side-splitting material to fill Big Daddy’s leotard and his top hat! Viz - The Wrestler’s Neck is guaranteed to bodysplash its way to the top of the bestseller lists … Easy! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781916421981 • Author: Viz Magazine • Publisher: Quarto Publishing UK Account • Format: Hardback • Pages: 226 • Dimensions: 30.4 x 23.8 x 2.5 cm
How many eggs have been broken in the making of this programme? What is the worst thing Alex has eaten? Are you more likely to win Taskmaster if you wear a hat? Why is the Taskmaster always right? This hilarious compendium celebrates a decade of Taskmaster's inspired chaos. Relive the most outrageous tasks, iconic meltdowns, and ingenious victories from your favourite contestants. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529441529 • Author: Alex Horne & Jack Bernhardt • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Hardback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
The official puzzle book with the smash-hit series, The Fortune Hotel, on ITV. Ten cases, one fortune … do you have what it takes to win? Get ready for sun, sand and secrets. Welcome to the Fortune Hotel, the perfect sun-dappled setting for an intriguing and devious puzzle book adventure. Get ready to play the ultimate game of bluff, which begins the moment you step foot on the Caribbean white sands. Guard your suitcase closely and outwit and outmanoeuvre your fellow holidaymakers, as you put your tactical and strategic skills to the test with cunning puzzles, tricky tasks and crafty challenges to solve. You have eight days to win the game … will the decisions you make lead you to the fortune? The Fortune Hotel is ready for you to check-in … Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789297843 • Author: The Fortune Hotel • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
