This is a free listing of bookshops that Australian romance readers might find useful. Book Thingo can’t vouch for these stores except to say they exist. Please exercise due care before entrusting third-parties with any sensitive information.
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Romance specialists | Secondhand romances | Other bookshops | Other secondhand | Ebooks | Ebook readers | Audiobooks
Romance or romance subgenre specialists
Booktopia (online)
Dymocks Melbourne
Lower Ground Floor, 234 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Ever After
Shop 2, 124 Crown St Mall, Wollongong NSW 2500
Galaxy Bookshop (sff)
Level 1, 131 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Monthly paranormal book club
Intrigue (online)
The Ripped Bodice
3806 Main St, Culver City CA USA 90232
Robinsons Bookshop
3/11 Station Street, Frankston VIC 3199
Rosemary’s Romance Books (online)
144 Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Secondhand romance books
Abebooks (generalist)
The Book Shop (generalist)
26 Griffith Street, Coolangatta QLD 4225
Ever After (romance)
Girrlit’s Books (romance)
Second Chance for Romance (romance)
Other bookshops
Amazon — Australia | Canada | US | UK
The Book Depository (UK-based, but with free delivery to Australia)
The Bookshop Darlinghurst (lgbtq; Australian)
Bookworld (Australian)
Boomerang Books (Australian)
Dymocks (Australian chain)
Elizabeth’s Bookshops (Australian)
Fishpond (NZ-based with an Australian shop)
Infinitas Bookshop (sff, horror; Australian)
Kinokuniya (Japan-based with an Australian shop)
Level 2, The Galeries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
The Nile (Australian)
QBD The Bookshop (Australian chain)
Other secondhand bookshops
Gould’s Book Arcade
32 King Street, Newtown NSW 2042
Sappho Books & Cafe
51 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
Ebooks
Booktopia (Australia)
Bookworld (Australia)
Dymocks (Australia)
Kindle — Australia | Canada | UK | US
Ebook readers
iPad — Apple | JB Hi-Fi | Myer
Kobo — Bookworld | JB Hi-Fi | Myer
Nook — Barnes & Noble
Audiobooks
Audible — Existing customer | New customer (two free audiobooks and 30-day free trial)