Fendalton Library is a branch of Christchurch City Libraries on Jeffreys Road in one of the city's most established suburbs, holding a rating of 4.7 from 203 Google reviews. A free Christchurch library card works across the whole city network, so holds placed online can be collected at whichever branch suits. Staff can usually source less common titles through interloan, and are often the quickest route to discovering the e-books and digital resources many members never realise they have. Modern branches are as much community rooms as book lenders, with quiet study corners, free wifi and children's storytimes the dependable core. For those in the leafy streets around Fendalton, it makes a natural stop for picking up holds or an hour's quiet reading.