J. E. Books
WHERE
Hull
What it’s like
A browse-friendly bookshop with new and second-hand titles plus literary gifts like mugs and bookmarks.
Shelves of new and second-hand books to work through at your own pace, with a side table of literary gifts if you fancy a mug, a tea towel or a bookmark to take home. It's a proper browsing shop rather than an event space, so the pace is set by however long you and your kids want to spend flicking through spines.
Second-hand shelves are the bit worth setting aside real time for. Prices on those tend to beat new copies, and you never quite know what you'll turn up, which is half the fun of a shop like this. If you've got a reader who likes hunting rather than being handed a bestseller, this is the sort of place that rewards a slow lap of the shelves.
It's open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30am to 4pm, so a Sunday or Monday trip is out. There's no booking involved, you just turn up in the window and browse.
Plan your visit
What is there to do here?
Browse new and second-hand books, and there are literary gifts too, mugs, tea towels and bookmarks among them.
What are the opening hours?
Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30am to 4pm. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Do we need to book?
No booking link is offered, so it seems to be a straightforward walk-in browse.
Is it just books?
Mostly, but there's a side line in literary gifts if you want to pick up a mug or bookmark alongside your reading.
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