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OUR
BOOKS

Marysville BookNest relies on donations of pre-loved books, but please, no magazines, no textbooks and no condensed books. Our main groupings are

General fiction

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Literary fiction

An arbitrary category, sometimes defined by available shelf space, but think: authors who have won awards,

Crime and Thrillers

We have well known names such as Ian Rankin, Patricia Cornwell and Lee Child and​ many others, as well as a selection of "true crime".

Biography (and autobiograpy)

The usual suspects of politicians, military leaders and sports-people, along with "ordinary people" whose stories illuminate the times in which they lived.

Children and young adults

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Travel

As well as guide books for places we have not been allowed to go, we also have a selection of travel writing.

Also History, PoetryGardening, Current affairs, Cooking

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Special

Special Books

Australians. Set incomplete - (Atlas missing).

$150 for set. *Enquiries via contact us page.

(Note that the pdf is available free).

ArtLib

Donation from Judith Rodriguez estate

BookNest have received a generous donation of a large number of books from the estate of noted Australian poet Judith Rodriguez.

Books from this collection are progressively being offered for sale in a special section of the BookNest shop.

Art Books

Community Browsing Library

BookNest received a donation of over 200 books on visual arts form Rosemary Mangiamele (1943-2023), for use as a community art library.


This is located in MIRA on shelves built at the Mens Shed.

It is available for browsing during normal MIRA opening hours.

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