Hornby Books is a second-hand bookshop at 393 Main South Road in Hornby, Christchurch. It is known for its wide range of second-hand books and a good selection of puzzles. Customers mention book selection, second-hand books and puzzles most often. If a book a customer is looking for is not on the shelves, staff will take a request and contact them when one comes in. The shop is run by a woman who knows her stock well, and customers say she can recall what she has without looking.
Reviews are mostly warm. Visitors say the staff are friendly, helpful and fun to talk to, and one regular said they always leave with something new. One reviewer was unhappy with the counter. They said the staff member told another customer, with some pleasure, that a donor had accidentally included rare Tintin books among a donation of war books. That review is a warning about how donations were discussed in front of customers. Among the two book shops within a kilometre with ten or more reviews, Hornby Books has the higher rating, and Paper Plus Hornby, 0.2 km away, rates 4.3 from 100 reviews.