Book Club is a locally owned bookshop on Devonport Road in Tauranga Central, selling pre-loved books and coffee. The website says you can come for the coffee and stay for the books. It was founded by two women from the same book club, and it holds events and monthly book clubs. Its cafe suppliers are all based in the Bay of Plenty. The website describes pre-loved books as keeping stories in circulation, and online orders have taxes included, with discounts and shipping calculated at checkout.
The shop holds its pre-loved stock to what it calls a high standard. A copy may be slightly thumbed or carry a previous owner's name or a small message, which the website says adds to its second life. Images show an indicative copy rather than the exact book. The shop will send a quality report on request and will work to resolve any issue on arrival. Of the two bookshops within a kilometre that have ten or more reviews, none rates higher than this one. The other is Sonshine Bookcentre, 0.3 km away. Our pick in Tauranga Central for second-hand books and a coffee.