Novel Ideas is a family owned independent bookstore located in downtown Baileys Harbor, Door County Wisconsin. Find a wide selection of new books for children & adults, magazines, fun games, and great toys.

We offer a variety of customer services including:

• Gift registries for holidays, birthdays, baby showers, teachers and more
• Special orders
• Book Club Discounts
• Customer loyalty program
• Author signings and other special events

Now on SUMMER hours: OPEN DAILY at 10am.

Come join us for upcoming events:

• Great Gifts for all ages! We have great gift books, greeting cards and other gift items for every special occassion. A book is a gift you can open again and again!
• New Book Section for Books for Soldiers - Novel Ideas now has a used book section and all proceeds will be donated to Books for Soldiers! You can also buy a new book requested by soldiers that we will ship to them on your behalf. OR give a special gift by donating in a friend or family member's name. Find out more about Books for Soldiers on our Events page.
• Saturday mornings at 10:30am. - Kid's Storytime: Our weekly storytime is back for the summer with new stories and fun each Saturday. See more details on our Events page.

• Novel Ideas is now on Facebook! Check out the latest news from Michelle and Pat at www.facebook.com - search for Novel Ideas Bookstore.
• Check out new book by local surgeon and author Shaun Melarvie, MD, FACS - Dr. Melarvie has written his first book based on his own medical and personal experience, The Relativity Diet: a Diet Theory of Everything.

  The Relativity Diet is filled with evidence based science, not hocus-pocus or wishful thinking. If you already know in your mind what you should do to lose weight but nobody has found a way to motivate you to actually do it, this is, finally, the book you've been waiting for.

• Now available! Greg Mortenson's Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We have limited signed copies of this new hardcopy by the author of Three Cups of Tea. Call us at 920-839-1300 or e-mail us at novelideas@gbnetx.com to reserve your copy now!
• Coming soon - We're planning more new author and family events for the new year. Please check back for more details.
  If you missed any of our previous booksigning events, we may still have signed books available. Please call us at 920-839-1300 to check on books for Michael Perry, Brian Freeman, Trygvie Jensen, Judie Stang and Colleen Baldrica. We also have unsigned copies of Gail Lukasik's two novels set in Door County, Destroying Angels and Death's Door.

Click here or on our 'Events' Bookmark for more details.

Enjoy the quiet side in Baileys Harbor! Stop in to check out our new selection of books, toys and games for the season. We have great gift ideas for every occasion. And lots of Door County books & gifts - and directions to Cana Island Lighthouse!

We're open year round - OPEN DAILY at 10am.

Click here to visit www.myspace.com/novelideas.

OR search for Novel Ideas Bookstore on facebook to get the latest news from Michelle and Pat!