Bea’s Book Wagon By Julie Haworth

‘Bea’s Book Wagon’ is the latest book by Julie Haworth.

After impulsively jacking in her dead-end temp job and investing her life savings in a ramshackle old horsebox, Bea sets about turning her dream of running a bookshop into a reality, and opens Bea’s Book Wagon. But it’s not all smooth sailing, and as Bea struggles with the challenges of running her own small business, she can only hope that her love of literature and the power of reading can help transform the lives of her friends, her community and herself in the process.

I spent my day cosying up with the latest book by Julie Haworth and it was an absolutely glorious story. An inspirational story of following your dreams, new beginnings and books, books books, this book was perfect from the first page!

The story is seen primarily from the perspective of Bea, a woman who’s tired of being a dogsbody in a temping post and decides to pack it in and after a drunken buy on eBay buys a horse box to turn into a mobile bookshop. With the help of family and friends, Bea fulfils her dream of sharing her passion of books and helps others along the way, including a gentleman called Arthur who she introduces to the Jack Reacher stories.

I genuinely loved this story, if life hadn’t gotten in the way I would have consumed it in one sitting. It’s beautifully written that flows at a gentle pace that really pulled me in. I loved Bea, she’s a wonderful lead character and as a fellow book lover, it was lovely to join her on her journey and bring her vision to life. I loved Nathan, her teenage sweetheart and his perspective to the story added a lovely twist to the story. Many people may have been swept away by Lachlan in the story, but I found his hero and flashy persona a bit much and cheered for Nathan the whole way.

A story that is charming, warm and deliciously uplifting, ‘Bea’s Book Wagon’ is the perfect book to curl up with during the winter evenings, as it will warm the cockles of your heart!

You can pre-order ‘Bea’s Book Wagon’ from Amazon and will be available to buy from good bookshops from 9th October 2025.