Sussex Inlet Preloved Bookshop

Heather Patterson★★★★★July 2025Report

Amazing selection of books and very lovely staff!

Holly★★★★★April 2025Report

A wonderful shop full of such a wide variety of secondhand books. Friendly staff and very reasonably priced, I could've spent hours here.

ann dee★★★★★August 2023Report

If you're a "book person" you'll love this shop. Usually holiday in the area a couple of times a year and always look forward to spending some serious time in this bookshop. Much, much better than any similar business in Sydney.

Ingrid McGrath★★★★★August 2022Report

I drove down from Wollongong purely to go there for this book shop and it didn’t disappoint. HUGE variety of secondhand books and lots of help offered. Will definitely be back.

Andre Kottek★★★★★February 2019Report

The Sussex Inlet Preloved Bookshop, aka The Lions Bookshop, is hands down my favourite second hand bookshop I've come across in the NSW/ACT section of Australia. I make time for a browse every visit to Sussex and usually come out with several kilograms of books for me and my partner. If you're after a brand new copy of the latest release, this is not your shop. However, if like me you enjoy hunting through a huge range of "preloved" books, this shop is amazing. In addition to new finds, I've also found old and sometimes original releases of some of my favourites, ie: managed to snap up the original hard cover artwork of Robert Ludlum's "Bourne" series (looks great on the shelf next to my original set which was printed only a few years ago). Staff are amazingly helpful and friendly. If they don't have a book you're after, if they think it's a title they can get in, they'll put you on a waiting list and fang you a buzz when it's available. Easy 5 stars, check it out and support the Lions charity.