Books For Less NZ

Books For Less NZ A NZ based online second hand bookstore for recent releases and best sellers for all ages. New books uploaded weekly.

Need some reading inspiration for the long weekend? 📖We’ve got an awesome book drop for you today, with a little bit of ...
21/04/2026

Need some reading inspiration for the long weekend? 📖

We’ve got an awesome book drop for you today, with a little bit of something for everyone. This is one of those weeks where you’ll want to zoom in to see all the titles, because we have lots of hidden gems in these stacks!

With the days getting shorter and colder, now’s the perfect time to escape into a book, so make sure to check out all these and more, on our website tonight at 8pm ⏰

Needing to find a way to fund your future book purchases? 💸Our book buy back programme is up and running, and now open t...
20/04/2026

Needing to find a way to fund your future book purchases? 💸

Our book buy back programme is up and running, and now open to anyone in the North Island!

We’ve put together some of our frequently asked questions about Shlelf SWOPs - the who, what, why, how if you will.

We’re having so much fun opening each of your book SWOP bags as they arrive, so if you have any other questions before you join, let us know 🙋

P.s. if you’re in the South Island, don’t fret, it won’t be long to wait now until it’s your turn

Only two weeks to go! Are you coming to see us at ? We’ve spent a stormy Sunday afternoon transforming our lounge into a...
19/04/2026

Only two weeks to go! Are you coming to see us at ?

We’ve spent a stormy Sunday afternoon transforming our lounge into a market stall, preparing for Ages of Pages in just two weeks.

And boy is it looking good! 😍

We have so many amazing products to share, including the launch of not one but THREE new NZ made products that we know our book loving customers will love just as much as we do.

Make sure you put these details in your diary, and head along to the book fair on May 2nd for a fantastic afternoon.

📖 Ages of Pages Book Fair:

FREE ENTRY
Sat 02 May 2026 9.30am - 4.00pm
Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton, NZ.
All ages welcome

Spoiler alert 🚨We often get asked what kinds of books we include in our blind dates, so this time we thought instead of ...
16/04/2026

Spoiler alert 🚨

We often get asked what kinds of books we include in our blind dates, so this time we thought instead of telling you, we’ll give you a teaser of what you might unwrap when you pick up a Blind Date with a Book.

Here are some of our recent (and upcoming 🤫) premium Blind Date with a Book books, including some very recent releases!

Don’t forget we’re at the this Saturday, so you can treat yourself to a book or two, whether a surprise read or not.

New this week ✨We’ve got a fantastic range of new fiction and non-fiction on the website this week, so here are a few of...
15/04/2026

New this week ✨

We’ve got a fantastic range of new fiction and non-fiction on the website this week, so here are a few of the titles that caught my eye.

Are any of these on your TBR?

It’s Tuesday, and we’re back this week with another stellar secondhand book drop! 📚After a little break last week to vis...
14/04/2026

It’s Tuesday, and we’re back this week with another stellar secondhand book drop! 📚

After a little break last week to visit family, it’s great to be back to our normal Tuesday routine of sharing great books with you all.

And while you’re checking out the drop tonight, don’t forget to browse our huge new range of non-fiction books too!

A reminder if you want to pick your order up in person at the market this weekend, use the code MARKETPICKUP at checkout. Otherwise have fun browsing these, and a whole heap more online tonight at 8pm ⏰

Guess who realised they forgot to show off this months blind dates? This month’s premium blind date with a book books ar...
13/04/2026

Guess who realised they forgot to show off this months blind dates?

This month’s premium blind date with a book books are so much fun - not only do you get a fantastic recent release (which would cost more to by new than this whole package), you get a scrumptious bar of our new bennetto chocolate, enough tea for several servings of relaxing raspberry goji berry tea to enjoy alongside your book, and a themed book lover key chain!

But the real question is, would you choose romance, mystery, adventure, sci-fi or classics? 🗝️

You can grab a premium blind date on our website now, or at the this Saturday!

Ps. These would make fantastic Mother’s Day gifts if you want to get sorted early! 💝

So why is it called shelf SWOP?Our first shelf swop bags are arriving back to us, and we couldn’t be more excited.But wh...
11/04/2026

So why is it called shelf SWOP?

Our first shelf swop bags are arriving back to us, and we couldn’t be more excited.

But why shelf SWOP and not swap? 🤔

Aside from the fun play on words, when you order a bag, you’ll be sent a special reusable shipping bag to fill and return, aka a SWOP (Sustainable Way Of Packaging) bag ♻️

These bags are designed to be used over and over, to prevent single use packaging and excess waste. They’re sturdy, but still home compostable once they reached the end of their use-ability. After a few uses they won’t look quite so pristine, but I like to think of them like secondhand books - sometimes the most worn ones hold the best stories.

The driving force behind everything we do is sustainability, so it’s important we do this through action, and not just pretty words.

Why not just use boxes you might ask? 📦

Unfortunately, boxes cost us on average 2 to 3 times more to ship, so aren’t cost effective for us as a small business. However, if you have more than eight books to exchange, you can return your books to us in a box, and just slip the unused SWOP bag inside too.

We’ll be opening up our Shelf SWOP bags to the rest of our north island customers (currently Hamilton only) very soon, with South Island to follow not long after. 🚚

In the meantime do you have any other questions about our buy-back programme and how it works?

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