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

Libraryadmin

Fiction

Ibexpower

Romance

Paracom

Fiction

Featured library books

Breakfast with the N...

Rumer Godden

For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to...

Borrow

From: Maidenhead, GB

The Crimson Rooms

Katharine McMahon

Evelyn is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother in the...

Borrow

From: Maidenhead, GB

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

Twilight tempted the imagination . . . New Moon made readers thirsty for...

Borrow

From: Maidenhead, GB

Anderby Wold

Winifred Holtby

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic...

Borrow

From: Bourne, GB

Claudine Married

Colette

Claudine Married: Following the excitement of a shared life in Paris,...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Kaspar Prince of Cat...

Michael Morpurgo

A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat,...

Borrow

From: Dunstable, GB

The Know

Martina Cole

Joanie Brewer loves the bones of her three children. She'd do anything...

Borrow

From: Beaumaris, GB

Breaking Point

John Macken

There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

Charles Reeves is a preacher, mystic and formulator of the Infinite Plan -...

Borrow

From: Aylesbury, GB

Now You See Her

James Patterson

To save her own life, Nina Bloom vanished. Now, to rescue an innocent man,...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

White Oleander

Janet Fitch

White Oleander is a painfully beautiful first novel about a young girl...

Borrow

From: Ludlow, GB

Village by the Sea

Anita Desai

An award-winning story about a family's survival in a small fishing...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Never Go Back

Lee Child

‘It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds...

Borrow

From: Maidenhead, GB

Touch & Go

Lisa Gardner

Compulsive, chilling and utterly unputdownable, this is award-winning...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Paula

Isabel Allende

When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell...

Borrow

From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist.Dorothy L. Sayers is...

Kevin Maher

Kevin Maher was born and brought up in Dublin, moving to London in 1994 to begin a career in journalism. He wrote for Guardian, the Observer and Time Out and was film editor of the Face until 2002,...

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, was a French writer, who wrote numerous well known historical novels which have resulted in him being one of the most widely read French authors in the world. His novels include - The...

Featured book drops

Cocoa Black Chocolate Shop & Cafe

United Kingdom - Peebles

Book Drop

Home to UK World Chocolate Master, Ruth Hinks, Cocoa Black is located near the banks of the River Tweed in the Royal Burgh of Peebles, near Edinburgh. The Cocoa Black building...

The Vintner

United Kingdom - Stratford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Situated in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, The Vintner is a natural meeting place, whether it be for a coffee or something a little stronger in the café / bar, a meal in our...

Snowshill Arms

United Kingdom - Snowshill, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7JU

Book Drop

Close to the historic Snowshill Manor, which is open to the public, The Snowshill Arms lies in this very pretty village. This is a family-friendly, locals pub which also welcomes...

Featured book shops

Booktenders' Secret Garden

United States - Doylestown

Book Shop

Ellen Mager, the full-time proprietor of the store, is known to have a golden touch when it comes to helping children find the perfect book. A former teacher, her enthusiasm and...

Broken in Books

United States - Rowley

Book Shop

Broken In Books is a general interest new and used bookstore located in Rowley, Ma, at the junction of route 1 and 133. We are always interested in buying your gently used books,...

City Lit Books

United States - Chicago

Book Shop

We know that every time we read a book, it changes us. City Lit is here to help you find that special book that changes your understanding of the world around you. The book that...

Featured libraries

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...

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...

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

OPENING TIMES:
9:30 am – 17.45 Monday - Saturday
Closed on Sundays

Featured book news

Quidditch, Muggles, magic: new Harry Potter trailer gives full look at TV show

HBO’s extended trailer reveals more details of JK Rowling’s wizarding world coming to screens this Christmas Continue re...

Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will...

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch

Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting i...

US public libraries at ‘breaking point’ amid ideological attacks, report finds

PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans Continu...

Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92

Author and Kentucky native, who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial ...

Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library

Grammy award-winning American artist selected as 13th person to submit written work to Oslo-based project Continue readi...

‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham

Country star came to South Yorkshire town in 2007 for UK launch of the Imagination Library, her book donation scheme Con...

Badenoch plotted to remove Sunak as PM months before election, book claims

Anthony Seldon’s book alleges Badenoch asked fellow Tory ministers ‘if anyone was interested in changing the captain’ Co...

‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent Luke Harding answered your questions

The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his n...