Page Menu

The Library

Learn about the Creakle Library
View and find all books
Track Creakle books on the map

Enter library now

Found a book?

How to borrow a book
Simply enter the book ID Number
It's easy, free and fun

Found a book

Donate a book

How it works
Find or suggest a book drop
Honesty helps to maintain the library!

Donate a book

Authors

Find authors by name or genre
Are you an author?
Authors' events

Find authors

Organise your books

How it works
Why organise your books?
Benefits for members

Organise books

Book drops & literary places

What are book drops and literary places?
Find a book drop or literary place
Become a book drop or literary place

Explore book drops

Much more below...

Featured member book shelves

Ibexpower

Romance

Libraryadmin

Library Selection

Paracom

Computing

Featured library books

Murder at the Savoy ...

Maj Sjowall

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s...

Borrow

From: Dunstable, GB

The Devil That Dance...

Aminatta Forna

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Their Eyes Were Watc...

Zora Neale with an introductio...

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Snow Falling on Ceda...

David Guterson

In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a local...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Jumping The Queue

Mary Wesley

Matilda Poliport, recently widowed and largely estranged from her four...

Borrow

From: Scunthorpe, GB

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of...

Borrow

From: Broxbourne, GB

A Grain of Wheat

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are...

Borrow

From: Aylesbury, GB

The Legacy

Katherine Webb

IN THE DEPTHS OF A HARSH WINTER, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER,...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

The Devil's Mus...

Jane Rusbridge

It is 1958 and the Sputnik satellite has taken a dog up into space; back on...

Borrow

From: Aylesbury, GB

The Tiger's Wif...

Tea Obreht

In April of 1941, the German bombs started falling over the city and did...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

The Salt Road

Jane Johnson

Jane Johnson's The Salt Road is a magical historical adventure which...

Borrow

From: Ludlow, GB

As Darkness Falls

Bronwyn Parry

An abducted child. A ruthless killer. A race against time. Haunted by her...

Borrow

From: Maidenhead, GB

Fault Line

Robert Goddard

It could be your average suicide. A man found dead in his car, engine...

Borrow

From: Bourne, GB

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes...

Borrow

From: Bourne, GB

Featured authors

Sheila O'Flanagan

As you can see, a Dubliner all my life. My parents owned a grocery shop in the Iveagh Markets, in the Liberties area of the city and I guess city blood runs through my veins.As a child I enjoyed...

Rosamunde Pilcher

Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her...

C.S. Lewis

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898 -1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English...

Featured book drops

The Nags Head Hotel

United Kingdom - London Road

Book Drop

The Nags Head in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire is an AA 4 Star graded traditional 15th century country inn and restaurant situated along the valley of the River Misbourne in the...

The Bell

United Kingdom - Welford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, The Bell Inn is an outstanding 17th century inn, complete with exposed beams, flagstone floors, oak furniture, open...

The Tea Set

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

The Tea Set in Chipping Norton and Broadway are two new tea rooms in the Cotswolds. The Tea Set offers afternoon tea, coffee and cake, lunches, pre-theatre dinners with bubbly and...

Featured book shops

Collected Stories Bookstore

United States - Milford

Book Shop

Collected Stories Bookstore features a full selection of rare, out of print and used books. We purchase books that are unique and in good to fine condition. We do not purchase...

Daunt Books

United Kingdom - Marylebone High Street

Book Shop

Daunt Books is an original Edwardian bookshop with long oak galleries and graceful skylights situated in Marylebone High Street, London.

Baggins Book Bazaar

United Kingdom - High Street

Book Shop

Baggins Book Bazaar is set in the historic town of Rochester - just an arrow-shot from the celebrated Norman Castle and Cathedral, and specializes in rare and secondhand...

Featured libraries

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

Manchester Central Library

United Kingdom - Manchester

Library

Central Library opening times:
Monday: 9am-8pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Wednesday: 9am-8pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

The beautifully refurbished...

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The...

Featured book news

RSC embraces ‘hugely challenging’ task of staging Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces ambitious adaptations of novels in season that includes Elizabeth Debicki as Ric...

Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize

The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthe...

Missouri Williams and China Miéville among writers on ‘adventurous’ Goldsmiths shortlist

Six writers are in contention for the £10,000 books prize, which celebrates fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends th...

Cherise Saywell wins national short story award for ‘tender’ tale of a child facing violence – read an extract here

The Edinburgh-based writer takes £15,000 prize for Ditto, a ‘beautifully told’ story about domestic abuse in a small Aus...

‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event

City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks Co...

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media Continu...

Injunction blocking publication of ex-SAS soldier’s book on counter-terror op extended

MoD claims book by soldier known as Christian Craighead contains alleged breach of confidentiality contract Continue rea...

‘Why no female lead characters this year?’: The Guardian’s book team answered your questions

This year’s shortlist for the Booker prize was announced last night. Our books editors answered your questions about the...

Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize

The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic ...