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The Secret Bookshelf

The Secret Bookshelf, set in the secret garden in The Courtyard, Carrickfergus, is a hidden gem of a shop.  Now moved to the ground floor, just at the back of the path, our new premises remain quirky, with a great selection of new, pre-loved and kids books, as well as a literary-themed gift section. Pop in and say hi, if you can! 

 

 

Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright: Much-Loved Poems You Half-Remember
Island of Whispers
Three Tasks for a Dragon
National Trust: 'Tis the Season: A Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar Full of Christmas Poems
365 Poems for Life: An Uplifting Collection for Every Day of the Year
The Poetry Pharmacy Forever: New Prescriptions to Soothe, Revive and Inspire
Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul
300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World
Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being A Witch
Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of Ireland
Entangled Life (The Illustrated Edition)
Fungi: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Mushrooms
Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - A Dog a Day: 365 stories of delightful dogs to brighten every day
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - A Cat a Day: 365 stories of fascinating felines to brighten every day
The Dunlop Dynasty: The World's Greatest Road Racing Family
It's Too Dark, Puffling
Cures of Ireland: A Treasury of Irish Folk Remedies
Lighthouses of Ireland: An Illustrated Guide to the Sentinels that Guard our Coastline
The A to Z of an Irish Christmas: All the Craic of the Crimbo!
The Letters of Seamus Heaney
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Irish Fairy Tales
The Star-Child
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Wild Atlantic Women: Walking Ireland's West Coast
The Moon Spun Round: W. B. Yeats for Children
Tread Softly: Classic Irish Poems for Children
Avoca at Home
Christmas and the Irish: A Miscellany
Little Bang: Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for writing 2025; double-winner of the Children's Book Ireland Awards
Fairy Tales of Ireland
Standing on One Leg is Hard
Tales from Old Ireland
Ulster Fairytales and Legends
Artemis Fowl
Well Done, Mummy Penguin: A baby’s first story from a multi award-winning author
Skulduggery Pleasant
Something Terrible Happened Last Night
Under the Hawthorn Tree: Children of the Famine
The Secret Elephant: The true story of an extraordinary wartime friendship
Race the Atlantic Wind: The Flight of Alcock and Brown
Truth Be Told
The First Move
Every Sparrow Falling
Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen
The World of Jane Austen: A Jigsaw Puzzle with 60 Characters and Great Houses to Find
Jane Austen's Letters
Pride and Prejudice: The Complete Novel, with Nineteen Letters from the Characters' Correspondence, Written and Folded by Hand
The Jane Austen Colouring Book
Jane Austen: The Complete Works
The Usborne Complete Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
Pride and Prejudice: (Vintage Classics Austen Series)
Persuasion (Vintage Classics Austen Series): NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM
The Translations of Seamus Heaney
Collected Poems
New Selected Poems 1966-1987
New Selected Poems 1988-2013
Collected Poems
The Candlelight Master
The Statement: Reissued
Lies of Silence
Translations
The Star Factory
The Pen Friend
The Fire Starters
Fifty Years On: The Troubles and the Struggle for Change in Northern Ireland
Gone to Earth
The Work of a Winter
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's abc
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Hide-and-Seek
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cloth Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Buggy Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 123
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Little Learning Library
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Book and Toy Gift Set
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Finger Puppet Book: 123 Counting Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Snuggle Blanket
My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar Colouring Book
Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons
Dune
Luna: SUCCESSION meets THE EXPANSE in this story of family feuds and corporate greed from an SF master – perfect for fans of DUN
Prador Moon
Star Wars: Thrawn
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: Official 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
We are Legion (We are Bob)
Revelation Space: The Best of the SF Masterworks
Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original series)
Old Man's War
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: the most hopeful, charming and cosy novel to curl up with
Starship Troopers
The Fall of Hyperion
The Skylark of Space
Red Rising: Celebrating its 10th anniversary, an explosive dystopian sci-fi novel (#1 New York Times bestselling Red Rising seri
Chris Packham's Nature Handbook: Explore the Wonders of the Natural World
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
The Heartbeat of Trees
Our Garden Birds: a stunning illustrated guide to the birdlife of the British Isles
Rewild Your Garden: Create a Haven for Birds, Bees and Butterflies
The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us - A Diary (as seen on the BBC's Springwatch)
The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs: The Art of Making Predictions & Deductions
Thin Places
Earthed: A Memoir
The Turning of the Year: Lore and Legends of the Irish Seasons
Concise Coastal Bird Guide
Belfast Noir
Apple of My Eye
The Dirty South: Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts evil in the eighteenth book in the globally bestselling series
Bloody January
Conviction: THE THRILLING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Death at Whitewater Church: An Inishowen Mystery
Every Dead Thing: Meet Private Investigator Charlie Parker in the first novel in the award-winning and globally bestselling seri
Fault Lines
The Less Dead
The Liar’s Daughter
The Mermaids Singing
A Place of Execution
The Quaker
The Ruin: The gripping Irish-set crime thriller you won't want to miss
Play Dead for Me: A heart-stopping crime thriller (Frankie Sheehan 1)
Galatea: The instant Sunday Times bestseller
How Should One Read a Book?
Warning: When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
The Gardener's Pocket Bible: Every gardening rule of thumb at your fingertips
The Little Book of Eurovision: The Glitz, the Hits, and the Russian Grannies
The Soaring Life of the Lark
Dinosaur Therapy
Erin's Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book
Tits, Boobies and Loons: And Other Birds Named by People Who Clearly Hate Birds
The Comfort Book
The Little Book of Celtic Names
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Everyone Sang: A Poem for Every Feeling
The Moon Spun Round: W. B. Yeats for Children
National Trust: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year (Poetry Collections)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice
A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories and Poems by Spike Milligan
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
Persuasion: Chiltern Edition
Jane Eyre: Chiltern Edition
The Great Gatsby: Chiltern Edition
The Art of War: Chiltern Edition
Sense and Sensibility: Chiltern Edition
Wuthering Heights: Chiltern Edition
Jane Eyre Journal Blank.
Wuthering Heights Journal (Lined): Chiltern
The Great Gatsby Journal (Lined): Chiltern
Moby Dick Lined Journal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Gift Pack
SHERLOCK HOLMES NOTEBOOK LINED
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
The Art of Wild Swimming: Ireland
The Mindful Art of Wild Swimming: Reflections for Zen Seekers
Swim Wild: Dive into the natural world and discover your inner adventurer
Taking the Plunge: The Healing Power of Wild Swimming for Mind, Body and Soul
Wild Swimming Walks: 28 River, Lake and Seaside Days Out by Train from London
Wild Swimming Walks Cornwall: 28 coast, lake and river days out
The Outdoor Swimming Guide: Over 400 of the best lidos, wild swimming and open air swimming spots in England, Wales & Scotland
Swimming with Seals
Swims
Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim
At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond
The Lido: The uplifting, feel-good Sunday Times bestseller about the power of friendship and community
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: a beautifully illustrated collection of recipes and reflections on life from one of the most famous witche
The Room on the Broom Cookbook
The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur's Cookbook
The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
Brick Lane Cookbook
Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook
Dark Side of the Spoon: The Rock Cookbook
The Modern Art Cookbook
The Star Wars Cookbook: Han Sandwiches and Other Galactic Snacks
The Godfather: The Corleone Family Cookbook
Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook
The Monet Cookbook: Recipes from Giverny
The Little Library Cookbook
Edgar Allan Poe: Illustrated Tales
The Gormenghast Trilogy
The Haunting of Hill House
In a Glass Darkly
The Gothic Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham
American Supernatural Tales
Frankenstein
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories
We Have Always Lived In The Castle
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy
Mordew
Waters and the Wild
Wuthering Heights: Chiltern Edition
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories
Mythologica: An encyclopedia of gods, monsters and mortals from ancient Greece
Irish Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales and Legends
Woodland Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
Animal Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
Irish Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold
Fairy & Folk Tales of Ireland
The Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
Norse Myths and Viking Legends
The Egyptian Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Station Eleven
The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next Book 1
Rivers of London: Book 1 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series
Among Others
Europe in Winter
Mythago Wood: The Winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
The Ship of Ishtar: Epic Fantasy Novel
Darker Than You Think
The Anubis Gates
Solaris
Time And Again: Time and Again: Book One
Silverlock
The Broken Sword
Chronicles of the Black Company: A dark, gritty fantasy, perfect for fans of GAME OF THRONES and ASSASSIN’S CREED
The Lord of the Rings
Equal Rites: Discworld: The Witches Collection
Guards! Guards!: Discworld: The City Watch Collection
Father Christmas's Fake Beard
Small Gods: Discworld: The Gods Collection
Mort: Discworld: The Death Collection
Hogfather: Discworld: The Death Collection
The Time-travelling Caveman
The Magic of Terry Pratchett
The Shepherd's Crown: Discworld Hardback Library
The Wee Free Men: A Tiffany Aching Novel
Reaper Man: Discworld: The Death Collection
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: a beautifully illustrated collection of recipes and reflections on life from one of the most famous witche
Wyrd Sisters: Discworld: The Witches Collection
The Discworld Atlas: a beautiful, fully illustrated guide to Sir Terry Pratchett’s extraordinary and magical creation: the Discw
Wintersmith: A Tiffany Aching Novel
The City of Brass
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
House of Salt and Sorrows
Hero at the Fall: The must-read New York Times-bestselling fantasy series
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
These Violent Delights
The House of the Spirits: Vintage Quarterbound Classics
The Shadow of the Wind: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1
Marina
The Magic Toyshop
Magic Lessons: A Prequel to Practical Magic
The Night Circus
The Starless Sea: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestseller
The Fire Starters
Midnight's Children
Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
Red Sorghum
The Snow Child: The Million-Copy International Bestseller
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Illustrated Edition
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
The Gracekeepers
Little Fires Everywhere
Spinning Silver
My Name Is Lucy Barton: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
Daisy Jones and The Six
Where the Crawdads Sing
Circe: The stunning new anniversary edition from the author of international bestseller The Song of Achilles
A Little Life
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Pachinko: The New York Times Bestseller
The Heart's Invisible Furies
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Prince Of Tides
Beloved
The Godfather
Red Dragon: The original Hannibal Lecter classic (Hannibal Lecter)
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Secret History
Alias Grace
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Confederacy of Dunces: ‘Probably my favourite book of all time’ Billy Connolly
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Slaughterhouse 5: 50th Anniversary Edition
The Princess Bride
The Lamplighters
The Lighthouse Stevensons
Lighthouses of Ireland: An Illustrated Guide to the Sentinels that Guard our Coastline
The Lighthouse: The classic locked-room murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian)
To the Lighthouse
The Snow Goose
Letters from the Lighthouse: ‘THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION’ Guardian
The Salt Path
The Lighthouse
The Light Between Oceans
Lighthousekeeping
The Lighthouse Keeper's Mystery
Lampie
The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers
A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost
W.B. Yeats: Selected Poems
Ariel
The Haw Lantern
Plum
Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Selected Poems
William Blake: Selected Poems
High Windows
Poems
Blood, Tin, Straw
Found Architecture: Selected Poems
Sincerity
If All the World and Love Were Young
The Burning Perch
Visions of Gerard
On the Road
On the Road: The Original Scroll
The Dharma Bums
Desolation Angels
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
The Sea is My Brother: The Lost Novel
Maggie Cassidy
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
Selected Poems: 1947-1995
Collected Poems 1947-1997
Wait Till I'm Dead: Poems Uncollected
The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Junky