WIN $150 GIFT VOUCHERS: ALADDIN'S GOLD

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

GOT A QUESTION? • FAQ(02) 9264 3111info@abbeys.com.au

EARN $10 VOUCHERS: ABBEY'S REWARDS!

OUR SUMMER READING CATALOGUE IS OUT NOW!

Our Summer Reading Catalogue is out now and has 32 pages packed with hundreds of wonderful books.

Plus $150 Gift Vouchers to WIN! (click the treasure chest below)


How to get your copy:

• Browse it online (click the link below).

• Download the PDF (click the link below).

• Pick it up in-store at 131 York Street (across from QVB). 

• Use 'Order Notes' to ask for a Summer catalogue and we'll put one in with your order!

Popular New Books

Show In-stock items only
Double Rewards

Minority Report

The New Shape of Australian Politics...

George Megalogenis

Paperback

$29.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Chairman's Lounge

The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold...

Joe Aston

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Question 7

Richard Flanagan

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

Juice

Tim Winton

Hardback

$49.99  $39.99

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord

Garth Nix

Paperback

$17.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

You Don't Have to Have a Dream

Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious...

Tim Minchin

Hardback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Why are We Like This?

An Evolutionary Search for Answers...

Zoe Kean

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Black Convicts

How slavery shaped Australia

Santilla Chingaipe

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Mr and Mrs Gould

The Extraordinary Adventurers Who...

Grantlee Kieza

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Swimming Sydney

A Tale of 52 Swims

Chris Baker

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Theory & Practice

Michelle de Kretser

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

Dusk

Robbie Arnott

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

The Belburd

Nardi Simpson

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

A Secret Garden in Paris

Sophie Beaumont

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

Italy by Ingredient

Artisanal Foods, Modern Recipes...

Viola Buitoni

Hardback

$99  $80

In Stock 😊

Signed

Squat

A Week Squatting at Kanye's Mansion...

John Safran

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Slivers, Shards and Skerricks

A one-man anthology by one of Australia's...

Shaun Micallef

Hardback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Australian Gospel

A Family Saga

Lech Blaine

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

On Xi Jinping

How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is...

Kevin Rudd

Hardback

$63.95  $54.95

In Stock 😊

Signed

The Elements of Marie Curie

How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path...

Dava Sobel

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End...

What has happened • What can happen...

Dr Sara Webb

Hardback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

The Granddaughter

Bernhard Schlink

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

Off to the Nursery

A Celebration of Gardening, Plants...

Alice Oehr

Hardback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

To Stir with Love

Kate Mildenhall

Hardback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals

Sami Bayly

Hardback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

When it Rains

#5 Dan Clement

Dave Warner

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards
Signed

The Close-up

Pip Drysdale

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Signed

Take Flight

Incredible Stories of Australian...

Kathy Mexted

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

All the Beautiful Things

Katrina Nannestad

Hardback

$22.99 

In Stock 😊

Kingmaker

Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing...

Sonia Purnell

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Landovel

An Epic Three-Part Fantasy Quest...

Emily Rodda

Hardback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Land Between the Rivers

A 5,000-Year History of Iraq

Bartle Bull

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

El Cid

The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval...

Nora Berend

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Murder Under the Sun

Classic Mysteries for Summer

Cecily Gayford

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Spectacular

#3.5 Caraval

Stephanie Garber

Paperback

$22.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

This Earthly Globe

A Venetian Geographer and the Quest...

Andrea di Robilant

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Time of the Child

Niall Williams

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Wonders in the Deep

Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries...

Mensun Bound

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Myths of Geography

Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong...

Paul Richardson

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Holocaust Codes

The Untold Story of Decrypting the...

Christian Jennings

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2024

Russ Radcliffe

Paperback

$35 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Our Streets

The Regional Cities and Major Towns...

National Library of Australia

Hardback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

The Rest is History Returns

An A–Z of Historical Curiosities...

Tom Holland

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Lost Souls

Soviet Displaced Persons and the...

Sheila Fitzpatrick

Hardback

$59.99 

In Stock 😊

The Great When

#1 Long London

Alan Moore

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Tracks on the Ocean

A History of Trailblazing, Maps...

Sara Caputo

Hardback

$59.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Throne of Secrets

#2 Prince of Sin

Kerri Maniscalco

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Genetic Book of the Dead

A Darwinian Reverie

Richard Dawkins

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Last Dynasty

Ancient Egypt from Alexander the...

Toby Wilkinson

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Mysterious Fayum Portraits

Faces from Ancient Egypt

Euphrosyne Doxiadis

Hardback

$79.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

A Matter of Taste

The Australian Women's Weekly and...

Lauren Samuelsson

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Australia at the Movies

The ultimate guide to modern Australian...

David Stratton

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Happiness of Dogs

Why the Unexamined Life is Most...

Mark Rowlands

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

The Battle of the Generals

MacArthur, Blamey and the defence...

Roland Perry

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Story Orchestra

Jessica Courtney-Tickle

Hardback

$35 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Remember When...

Snapshots of Australia from the...

Bob Byrne

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Max Dupain

A Portrait

Helen Ennis

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Lunar

A History of the Moon in Myths,...

Matthew Shindell

Hardback

$100 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Citizen

My Life After the White House

Bill Clinton

Hardback

$65  $55

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Jasper Cliff

Josh Kemp

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Norse Mythology Illustrated

Neil Gaiman

Hardback

$60 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Best Australian Science Writing 2024

Jackson Ryan

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Money

A Story of Humanity

David McWilliams

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Icebreaker

#1 Maple Hills (Deluxe Collector's...

Hannah Grace

Hardback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Mean Streak

A Moral Vacuum and a Multi-Billion...

Rick Morton

Paperback

$35.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Karla's Choice

A John Le Carré Novel

Nick Harkaway

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Imagining a Real Australia

The Documentary Style 1950-1980...

Stephen Zagala

Paperback

$59.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Book Curses

Eleanor Baker

Hardback

$29.99 

In Stock 😊

Cocktails and Canapes

Step by Step: An Easy Guide

Rockpool Publishing

Hardback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

The Blanket Cats

Kiyoshi Shigematsu

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Ten-Word Tiny Tales

Joseph Coelho

Hardback

$27.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Health

Spirit, Country and Culture (#8...

Shawana Andrews

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Odyssey

Stephen Fry

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Cloud Atlas

Everything You Need to Know About...

Sarah Zambello

Hardback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Biblioflora

A Celebration of Floral Beauty in...

Jeanne Batiste

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

What Went Wrong With Capitalism

Ruchir Sharma

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Green Ages

Medieval Innovations in Sustainability...

Annette Kehnel

Hardback

$59.99 

In Stock 😊

Wicked

Defying Gravity: The Illustrated...

Stephen Schwartz

Hardback

$29.99 

In Stock 😊

The Front Runner

#3 Gold Rush Ranch

Elsie Silver

Paperback

$22.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

MoneyGPT

AI and the Threat to the Global...

James Rickards

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

We Who Wrestle with God

Perceptions of the Divine

Jordan B. Peterson

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport

Sport's Greatest Sinners

Titus O'Reily

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Iron Flame

#2 Empyrean

Rebecca Yarros

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Shortest History of Ancient Rome

Ross King

Paperback

$27.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Indigenous Knowledge

Australian Perspectives

Marcia Langton

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Wild Science

Unexpected Encounters When Working...

Helen P. Waudby

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Beyond The Broken Years

Australian Military History in 1000...

Peter Stanley

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Baggy Green

The Pride, Passion and History of...

Michael Fahey

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Thinning

Inga Simpson

Paperback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World

Essays

David Graeber

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Adventures in Maps

Debbie Hall

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Golden Thread

Tea Cooper

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Blood Over Bright Haven Limited Edition

M L Wang

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Is Earth Exceptional?

The Quest for Cosmic Life

Mario Livio

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Season

Helen Garner

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Muttcracker

Anna Kemp

Paperback

$16.99 

In Stock 😊

Design and Building on Country

First Knowledges for Younger Readers...

Alison Page

Paperback

$26.99 

In Stock 😊

I Shall Never Fall in Love

Hari Conner

Paperback

$24.99 

In Stock 😊

Midnight and Blue

#25 Rebus

Ian Rankin

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Molly

A Prequel to The Dressmaker

Rosalie Ham

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

A Bit on the Side

Reflections on What Makes Life Delicious...

Virginia Trioli

Hardback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Words to Sing the World Alive

Celebrating First Nations Languages...

Jasmin McGaughey

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

Paul Kidby

Hardback

$65 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Marigold Mind Laundry

Jungeun Yun

Hardback

$32.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Book of Elsewhere

Special Edition

Keanu Reeves

Hardback

$49.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

City of Destruction

The gripping and unputdownable new...

Vaseem Khan

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Why Machines Learn

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern...

Anil Ananthaswamy

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Enchantment by Birds

A History of Birdwatching in 22...

Russell McGregor

Paperback

$39.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Natural Gardener

Advice and Inspiration for Wildening...

Richard Unsworth

Hardback

$59.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over

My Guide to Life

Michael Caine

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Secret Life of the Universe

An Astrobiologist's Search for the...

Nathalie A. Cabrol

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Prize Catch

Alan Carter

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

Paperback

$22.99 

In Stock 😊

65,000 Years

A Short History of Australian Art...

Marcia Langton

Hardback

$79.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

He Went Back for His Hat

Justice Michael Lee on Bruce Lehrmann...

Michael Lee

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

Patriot

Alexei Navalny

Hardback

$55 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

Double Rewards

The Fortune Teller of Berlin

J. C. Maetis

Paperback

$34.99 

In Stock 😊

$10 REWARD VOUCHERS

Your purchases earn you $10 Reward Vouchers with ABBEY'S REWARDS!

BIG, BOLD & BEAUTIFUL BOOKS

So many beautiful books pass through our doors. These sumptuous titles are perfect for revelling in the photography in a quiet moment or presenting as a gift that will be remembered.

Audiobooks with heart!

A GREAT AUDIOBOOK EXPERIENCE

Abbey's Bookshop is proud to partner with Libro.fm to offer you a wonderful range of audiobooks to complement your reading choices.

• Free to join and buy as you go
• The membership offers are a very good deal


Use the promo code to get FREE audiobooks when you join!

GIFT VOUCHERS & GIFT CARDS

We have two ways you can make someone feel special - an Abbey's Gift Voucher or Abbey's Gift Card. Gift Vouchers are redeemable online or in-store and have no expiry date.

OUR ONLINE GIFT VOUCHERS are a fast and simple way to email your gift - either directly or send later on. Or perhaps you want to print it yourself and pop into a card. Try it out - just enter the amount and type in the recipient's name, and your name and message.

OUR GIFT CARDS remain popular with customers who like to give something tangible. Gift Cards are credit card-sized and fit easily into your purse or wallet and come enclosed within an attractive presentation slip. They are redeemable online or in-store. Gift Cards have no expiry date and are mailed out Express Post. View the range of gift values we have online, or if you want any other value, please phone 02 9264 3111 or ask in-store.

Find more info about redeeming vouchers and cards in our FAQ: REDEEMING VOUCHERS

YOUR PRIVACY

Your privacy is important to us and we recognise our responsibility to protect the privacy of your personal information.

New Release Book Lists

QUICK LINKS

VIEW BY ALPHABETICAL LIST: CATEGORIES TEXT LINKS

SHIPPING • FAQ • TERMS • PRIVACY

Shipping & Delivery • Shop Hours • Frequently Asked Questions • Privacy & Security • Terms of Trade

BUYING FOR A SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR LIBRARY?

We definitely appreciate the support you're showing by buying from us and supporting an independent bookshop with actual booksellers in a real bookshop. Like schools, universities and libraries themselves, bookshops are a bulwark for our culture.

If you are ordering for a school, university or library for the first time please look here for information about your account...


Bestsellers

The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir...

P S Cottier

Paperback

$24  

Not in-store but you can order this

Juice

Tim Winton

Hardback

$49.99   $39.99

In Stock 😊

Precipice

Robert Harris

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

The Chaser and Shovel Annual 2024...

The Year of AI

The Chaser

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

Midnight and Blue

#25 Rebus

Ian Rankin

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

The Dark Wives

#11 Vera Stanhope

Ann Cleeves

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

Time of the Child

Niall Williams

Paperback

$32.99  

In Stock 😊

The City and its Uncertain Walls...

Haruki Murakami

Hardback

$49.99  

In Stock 😊

Australia at the Movies

The ultimate guide to modern Australian...

David Stratton

Paperback

$39.99  

In Stock 😊

Murder Under the Sun

Classic Mysteries for Summer

Cecily Gayford

Paperback

$24.99  

In Stock 😊

The Elements of Marie Curie

How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path...

Dava Sobel

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

2025 Australasian Sky Guide

Nick Lomb

Paperback

$24.99  

In Stock 😊

The Masquerades of Spring

Rivers of London Novella

Ben Aaronovitch

Hardback

$36.99  

In Stock 😊

Reforged

Seth Haddon

Paperback

$39.95  

In Stock 😊

Light Bringer

the absolutely addictive and action-packed...

Pierce Brown

Paperback

$22.99  

In Stock 😊

Song of the Mysteries

Janny Wurts

Paperback

$35.99  

In Stock 😊

Tolkien Calendar 2025

Tolkien, J R R

Calendar

$24.99  

In Stock 😊

The Fifth Season

#1 Broken Earth

N. K. Jemisin

Paperback

$22.99  

In Stock 😊

A Is for Alien

An ABC Book (20th Century Studios)...

Charles Gould

Hardback

$12.95  

In Stock 😊

Fortress Sol

Stephen Baxter

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

Doctor Who

In Wonderland

Paul Magrs

Paperback

$21.99  

In Stock 😊

Children of Time

#1 Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Paperback

$22.99  

In Stock 😊

Blood Over Bright Haven

M. L. Wang

Paperback

$34.99  

In Stock 😊

The End and the Death

Volume III

Dan Abnett

Paperback

$27  

In Stock 😊

English File 4th Ed Pre-Intermediate...

Christina Latham-Koenig

Paperback

$74.95  

In Stock 😊

English File 4th Ed Upper Intermediate...

Latham-Koenig

Paperback

$74.95  

In Stock 😊

Cutting Edge 3rd Ed Elementary Workbook...

Sarah Cunningham

Paperback

$49.95  

In Stock 😊

Cutting Edge 3rd Ed Intermediate...

Sarah Cunningham

Paperback

$49.95  

In Stock 😊

Cosmopolite 1 A1 Livre d'Eleve Book...

Textbook

Nathalie Hirschsprung

Paperback

$62.95  

In Stock 😊

Cosmopolite 1 A1 Cahier d'Activites...

Activity Book

Nathalie Hirschsprung

Paperback

$36.95  

In Stock 😊

Adosphere 3 A2 Livre d'Eleve & CD...

Celine Himber

Mixed media product

$39.95  

In Stock 😊

Adosphere 3 A2 Cahier Activites...

Celine Himber

Mixed media product

$29.95  

In Stock 😊

Beginning Spanish Grammar

A Practical Guide to 100 + Essential...

Luis Aragones

Paperback

$42.95  

Not in-store but you can order this

Tutto Bene 1

Italian Course for Beginners

Guarnuccio, Elio & Iacovacci, Annamaria...

Paperback

$68.95  

In Stock 😊

Buongiorno Italia Student Book 3rd...

Joseph Cremona

Paperback

$50.95  

In Stock 😊