Secret Garden Books

Secret Garden Books Your friendly independent bookshop owned and managed by women since 1977. Come visit us at 2214 NW Market St in beautiful Ballard, Seattle.

Seattle's premier independent bookshop specializing in children's books since 1977. Reading and recommending books for everyone else, too, since 2000. Follow us on Twitter!

Let the record show that no matter how many dogs you see on our instagram, Secret Garden staff love cats too! We especia...
09/18/2026

Let the record show that no matter how many dogs you see on our instagram, Secret Garden staff love cats too! We especially love when they visit, like this sweet girl who stopped in with her owner the other day đŸ«¶ Swipe for some of our current cat favorites and a very deft escape attempt đŸ±

Secret Garden staff had a blast filling out our Seattle Arts & Lectures The Seattle Public Library book bingo boards thi...
09/08/2026

Secret Garden staff had a blast filling out our Seattle Arts & Lectures The Seattle Public Library book bingo boards this year! Swipe to see some of our booksellers completed boards, and let us know if you spot any of your favorites! 🔍

Thank you so much to our friends at Alfred A. Knopf for sending us some incredible swag to celebrate our beloved Yestery...
08/07/2026

Thank you so much to our friends at Alfred A. Knopf for sending us some incredible swag to celebrate our beloved Yesteryear hitting one MILLION copies sold (!!!)

Secret Garden booksellers were lucky enough to get to talk to Caro Claire Burke before her Elliott Bay Book Company event. She is a brilliant writer and public speaker and was so generous with her time (as you can tell by the last photo, we were pretty starstruck.)

If by some chance you haven’t read Yeateryear yet, you’re in luck— we just restocked our shelves!

“Look at how hard this woman works. Look how exhausted and beautiful she is. This, my friends, is the true American dream.” ✹

July, August, September, and October Book Club picks! Strange Pictures DID come out of top of our Instagram poll but due...
07/22/2026

July, August, September, and October Book Club picks! Strange Pictures DID come out of top of our Instagram poll but due to some crucial feedback (namely that September is our book seller Katherine’s birthday month and she REALLY wants to read Station Eleven) we decided to save it for October, which will be even more appropriately spooky đŸ‘»

Book Club meets the last Thursday of every month at 7:15pm right here at Secret Garden— join us next week, 7/30, for The Summer Book! 📕

Author Clare Edge stopped by to sign Mixing Magic! Keep an eye out at Secret Garden for her next two books: Natural Sele...
07/21/2026

Author Clare Edge stopped by to sign Mixing Magic! Keep an eye out at Secret Garden for her next two books: Natural Selection (YA thriller out next month!) and Hamlet and Juliet (adult gothic romance that publishes in January!) ✹🔼

It’s time once again for an instagram poll to determine our September Book Club read! Book Club is always the last Thurs...
07/17/2026

It’s time once again for an instagram poll to determine our September Book Club read! Book Club is always the last Thursday of the month at 7:15pm, right here at Secret Garden (snacks provided). Vote for your favorite, and if you’ve got suggestions for future books, drop them in the comments below! 👇

Elton and what he’s reading this summer! 📈
07/09/2026

Elton and what he’s reading this summer! 📈

Tomorrow, July 1st, the hunt for Waldo returns to Ballard! Stop by to grab a passport and find him hidden somewhere in t...
06/30/2026

Tomorrow, July 1st, the hunt for Waldo returns to Ballard! Stop by to grab a passport and find him hidden somewhere in the bookstore. If you’re able to spot him at all 18 participating stores around Ballard during the month of July, your name will be entered in a raffle to win a Where’s Waldo book or a gift card! Happy searching! 🍄

we were so lucky to have the very talented Suzanne Kaufman, illustrator of “Welcome to Our Classroom” and “Hello Dog Hel...
06/29/2026

we were so lucky to have the very talented Suzanne Kaufman, illustrator of “Welcome to Our Classroom” and “Hello Dog Hello Human” hang out with us at Secret Garden and sign some books! stop by to get a beautifully drawn on copy for yourself!

We were thrilled to have author Tom Lin stop by to sign copies of his newest novel, Babylon, South Dakota (wearing a gre...
06/22/2026

We were thrilled to have author Tom Lin stop by to sign copies of his newest novel, Babylon, South Dakota (wearing a great hat, nonetheless). We couldn’t agree more with Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar— this book is “wonder-full, enchanted, and enchanting.” 🌾

Address

2214 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA
98107

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

+12067895006

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