Orphan Books in Halifax, NS

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Telephone:	+1 902-425-5013
Address:	2394 Agricola Street, Halifax, NS, B3K 4B9 North End
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	970 ftGo Time 480-6774 0.2 miGo Time 480-6779 0.2 miGo Time 480-6787
Categories:	Bookstores

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Accepted Cards	Credit, Debit
Parking	Street

Wheelchair Accessible	No
Dogs Allowed	Yes

Today

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Local time (Halifax)	13:51 Sunday, 25 May 2025

Business hours

Monday	–
Tuesday	–
Wednesday	11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday	11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday	11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday	11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday	–

Description

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Orphan Books is a small, fiction-only used bookstore. We carry fiction in a variety of genres, including general fiction, fantasy, science fiction and young adult. Most of our books are priced between $ 1.00 and $ 10.00. Our stock changes over pretty quickly, so please stop by and see what we currently have in!

We’re not able to pay cash for used novels, but we’re happy to buy for store credit. We prefer newer novels that are in good condition, and we are not generally interested in mass market romance novels and mysteries — but there are exceptions to every rule, so we’re glad to take a look at anything our customers bring in! If you have some books you’d like to re-home, please feel free to stop by.

History

Established in 2012.

Orphan Books opened on July 7, 2012 and is planning to stick it out on Agricola Street for the foreseeable future!

Meet the Business Owner

Morgan D.

Business Owner

Morgan and her partner own and run Orphan Books together. They’re both big book lovers, and enjoy hooking up the right orphan book with the right new owner.

In her free time, Morgan also does some freelance editing and loves to write. She’s thrilled to be able to say that books and stories are more or less her life these days.

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2 reviews of Orphan Books

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Emily M.

Place rating: 5
North End, Halifax, Canada

An absolutely delightful little shop with an absolutely delightful little owner that you absolutely should check out. It’s local and it’s a bookshop, so it’s a built-in-5-stars for me.
It’s small, but they’ve got a great selection and it’s not congested. (They often put boxes of $ 1 books on the sidewalks when it’s nice out, which helps.) There’s a lot of science/speculative fiction, but there’s a decent selection of contemporary fiction and classics as well. Not a whole lot of 2013 – 14 titles, but some fairly recent stuff and lots of old favourites. Nothing like the smell of a well-worn book. Yum!
The price-point is where it’s at: if you’re a reader who devours books like I am, spending $ 20 – 30 for each new book is nearly impossible. And I refuse to go the way of the e-book. Enter Orphan Books AKA saver of my pocket book.

Ben B.

Place rating: 4
Vancouver, Canada

This is a very cute, very little shop on Agricola that I must have walked by a million times without noticing they were there since their opening earlier this summer. Open only Wednesday to Friday, it’s tricky to find a time to pop in but I finally poked around today.
With only four or five shelves of books, it’s surprisingly refreshing compared to mammoth bookstores like Chapters or even other second hand bookstores where you feel things could come toppling down on you at any minute. It’s simple, there’s room to breathe and actually take in the titles in front of you, and you can bet that the owner can find what you’re looking for if it’s in her collection.
The coolest part? While this used bookstore focused entirely on fiction, there’s an obvious bias toward science-fiction, making for a really interesting collection of niche books. Cheap too! Dig around and find yourself some deals.