McBeath Books - Community Library is a library on McBeath Avenue in Hoon Hay, Christchurch, rated 5.0 from 1 review. A small community library like this usually runs on a simple take-one, leave-one basis, kept stocked by neighbours rather than paid staff, so what's on the shelf at any given moment depends entirely on what people happen to donate rather than a planned collection. That makes browsing more of a lucky dip than a search, since there's no catalogue to check before you go, and regulars tend to swing past regularly rather than making a special trip, picking something up whenever the timing works out. Leaving a book in return, rather than just taking one, is what keeps a community library like this going, since the whole system depends on people giving back roughly what they take. On McBeath Avenue in Hoon Hay, this is that kind of neighbourhood book-sharing spot.