Books on High is a bookstore on High Street in the Auckland CBD, carrying an unusually wide subject range that spans everyday fiction and non-fiction through to a genuine antiquarian, classics and rare book collection. Alongside books, the store stocks crystals, artifacts, gifts and stationery, including the Ferris Wheel Press pen range.
The rare book side of the shop includes items like Bligh's Voyage In The Resource From Coupling To Batavia, an 8-volume History of England in the Lives of the Englishmen, and New Zealand-specific historical titles such as Old New Zealand, Battle of Orakau, and Lessons in the English Language for Maori Schools - the kind of stock aimed at collectors as much as general readers.
On the general books side, the subject range covers everything from architecture, art and astrology through fiction, history, Te Ao Māori and Te Reo Māori, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, tarot and oracle cards, and world languages, alongside a dedicated Auckland Writers Festival 2026 section. Most items can be bought online with Click & Collect, or added to a wishlist for later.
Books on High sits on High Street in the Auckland CBD, running as a bookstore with a subject range that goes well beyond a typical general bookshop. Alongside the everyday categories - fiction, non-fiction, biography, children's books - the store carries a genuine antiquarian, classics and rare book collection, plus crystals, artifacts, gifts and stationery.
The antiquarian side of Books on High is where the store sets itself apart. Stock includes items like The History Of The Low-Countrey Warres, Bligh's Voyage In The Resource From Coupling To Batavia, and an 8-volume set of A History of England in the Lives of the Englishmen. New Zealand history features prominently too, with titles like Old New Zealand, Battle of Orakau, and Lessons in the English Language for Maori Schools sitting alongside multi-volume sets such as The Works of Laurence Sterne. These are limited-stock items, often held at just one or two copies, aimed squarely at collectors and researchers rather than casual browsers.
Beyond the rare book room, Books on High's general catalogue spans dozens of subjects - architecture, art, astrology, automotive, biography, environmental studies, esoteric literature, feminism and womanhood, health and healing, history, indigenous studies, law, politics and economics, literature, maps, maritime, mysticism, New Zealand, numerology, occult, personal development, philosophy, poetry, psychology, religion, Rudolf Steiner, Russian literature, science, society and culture, spirituality, sporting and hunting, Te Ao Māori and Te Reo Māori, The Fourth Way, transport and aviation, travel, world history, world languages, and yoga, among others. It's the kind of range built for browsing across very different interests under one roof.
The store doesn't stop at books. Crystals, artifacts and gifts sit alongside a stationery range that includes Ferris Wheel Press pens - the Roundabout Rollerball and the Scribe Ballpoint among them - giving shoppers something beyond reading material to pick up.
Books on High keeps a dedicated section for the Auckland Writers Festival 2026, tying its catalogue into the city's literary events calendar rather than treating the shop as separate from what's happening in Auckland's book scene more broadly.
Most items on the site can be bought online with a Click & Collect option, letting customers reserve a title and pick it up rather than waiting on delivery. Items can also be added to a wishlist, useful for tracking rare titles with limited stock until you're ready to buy.
Books on High is located at 8 High Street, Auckland CBD. Specific opening hours aren't included in the content available for this listing, so anyone planning to visit in person is best to check the store's Contact & Opening Hours page directly before heading down. For collectors after a genuine rare book find, or anyone after a wide-ranging general bookshop with a bit of everything, High Street's Books on High covers both ends of that spectrum.