The Books on Our Shelves

All our books have been generously donated to the shop, to help raise funds for Vista.

You will find the shop well organised by genre and topic, as listed below, and the shelves are constantly refreshed with new stock. If you are looking for a particular book, author, or subject, please ask at the counter. We are happy to check our stock room and/or to take note of what to look out for, for you.

OUR FICTION SHELVES

  • General Fiction


  • Classic Fiction - Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens, D H Lawrence, Anthony Trollope ... you will find them in our Vintage/Classics section

  • Crime Fiction and Thrillers –

    authors including David Baldacci, Mark Billingham, Lee Child, Ann Cleves, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, Claire Douglas, Nicci French, Robert Galbraith, John Grisham, Peter James, Peter May, Val McDermid, Richard Osman, James Patterson, Ian Rankin, L J Ross, Wilbur Smith ...



    It's said that one of Lee Child's novels featuring Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every 9 seconds! (We do have lots!) His brother, Andrew, has taken over the writing of them now.


  • Sci Fi and Fantasy –

    a selection ranging from the old classics such as Arthur C Clarke to Dan Brown’s mysteries.

    The Game of Thrones series pops up from time to time for the reader who likes a “meatier “ tale.

POETRY and PLAYS

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

LARGE-PRINT AND TALKING BOOKS

SCARCE, COLLECTIBLE AND SPECIALIST – see the stock list here

NON-FICTION SUBJECT AREAS

Art

Artistic hobbies

Biographies, autobiographies and memoirs

Business, economics and politics

Cookery

Education (course books and revision guides)

Gardening

Health and Wellbeing

History

Humour

Language

Local interest

Music (including sheet music)

Natural History

Philosophy and Religion

Puzzles, games and quizzes

Science

Sport

Transport

Travel

War