Katja Pott Art and Books is a book shop on 17th Avenue in Tauranga South, Tauranga, where books sit alongside art as the name suggests, and it holds a 5.0 rating from eight Google reviews, with contact through its website. A good independent book shop is judged on its curation: shelves built by someone who reads, so that a wander can turn up titles no bestseller list would surface. The other thing worth knowing is that booksellers take requests; if the book you want is not on the shelf, most will order it in, often within days. Regulars ask for recommendations rather than hunting alone, since a bookseller who knows your taste saves hours of dithering. Leave time to linger, because the best finds are usually ones you did not come in for. For readers around Tauranga South, Katja Pott Art and Books is a place on 17th Avenue for exactly that kind of unhurried browsing.