New & secondhand bookshopThe Little Lost Bookshop
Shop 10, Ha'penny Lane, 181 Katoomba St, Katoomba NSW 2780
Tucked into Ha'penny Lane, the passage between Katoomba Street and the underground Woolworths car park, this independent Katoomba shop runs a secondhand room next to its original store of new books, board games and a kids' room. Flooding closed the secondhand side, the shop wrote on Facebook on 11 February 2026, and an Instagram post on 6 April 2026 announced that it had reopened that weekend. On 15 August 2026 the Discover the Blue Mountains tourism account described the shelves as packed with new and secondhand reads, fiction and poetry through to manga, nature and spirituality, and the shop's website says most of its secondhand books are uncatalogued and sell for $6 to $10 each in-store. The website showed two clashing sets of opening hours in October 2026, so ring (02) 4778 0100 or check Facebook before making a special trip.
Secondhand bookshopRoundabout Books
117 Leura Mall, Leura NSW 2780
At the top of Leura Mall in Leura, 1.7 km east of Katoomba and next door to Fool On The Hill Records, Roundabout Books opened in April 2026, as both the Leura Village Association directory and the shop's Facebook announcement of 27 April confirm. It is a tiny room: paperbacks start at $10 according to the shop's 1 October 2026 post, bargain copies go for $5 in the trays outside, and 1970s comics, war comics and vintage science fiction were on the shelves in early September 2026. A post on 24 October 2026 said books it cannot use are passed on to charity and that staff will track down a missing volume of a series on request. Trading runs six days, with Tuesday off, and no times are posted.
SF, fantasy & horror bookshopWyrdbooks
Shop 1/32 Station St, Wentworth Falls NSW 2782
In Wentworth Falls, about 6 km east of Katoomba, Wyrdbooks is a specialist in horror, fantasy and science fiction, and its About page calls the pre-loved paperbacks and hardcovers the bread-and-butter of the shop and the section that turns over fastest. Signed and numbered limited editions from presses such as Subterranean, Suntup and Centipede are the second strand of the stock, and the news page reported on 27 July 2026 that a large science fiction collection the shop had bought included a run of French Fleuve Noir Anticipation paperbacks. Its contact form offers a 'Sell a Collection' option, and the home page announced stall 131 at Book Fair Australia on 7–8 November 2026.
Hours: Thu–Sat 9am–4pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Secondhand bookshop (Gleebooks)Gleebooks Secondhand, Blackheath
Shop 4, Colliers Arcade, Govetts Leap Rd, Blackheath NSW 2785
Blackheath, almost 9 km to Katoomba's north-north-west, is home to the mountains branch of the Glebe independent Gleebooks, whose secondhand room is a separate unit, Shop 4, across Colliers Arcade from the new-book shop at Shop 1. The chain's secondhand page promises carefully chosen used fiction and non-fiction, including out-of-print titles, and says Gleebooks Secondhand buys good used books and takes donations through [email protected]. The Blackheath shop's Instagram advertised an Easter book sale in the arcade, tagged #secondhand, on 16 April 2025. Gleebooks' contact page gives the Blackheath branch seven-day hours of 9am to 5pm without listing the secondhand room on its own, and the branch shut early on Sunday 18 October 2026 for new carpet before reopening on the Tuesday.
Rare & collectable books (ANZAAB)Blue Mountains Books
Shop A, 11 Ross St, Glenbrook NSW 2773
Also in Glenbrook, in Shop A of the Ross Street arcade, Blue Mountains Books is the rare and collectable side of the Blue Dragon business, a name Blue Dragon's website ties to its AbeBooks listings of collectible books. Its entry in the ANZAAB directory of antiquarian booksellers highlights militaria, science fiction, natural history and fantasy. The Blue Mountains Bookshop Trail page said on 19 October 2026 that the shop was taking an eclectic assortment of rare books to the Sydney Rare Book Fair, hosted by the State Library of NSW. According to that ANZAAB entry it trades Wednesday–Friday from 10am until 4pm, Saturdays until 3pm and Sundays until 2pm, leaving Mondays and Tuesdays closed.
New & used bookshopA Reader's Heaven
184 Mort St, Lithgow NSW 2790
Lithgow belongs to its own council, west of the City of Blue Mountains and about 29 km north-north-west of Katoomba, and A Reader's Heaven on Mort Street describes itself on its Facebook page as somewhere to buy, order or trade new and used titles. Its 31 August 2026 post spelled out the trade side: bring in books you have finished and, if the shop can use them, you may get credit towards your next reads. On 5 September 2026 it announced that, for the first time in its near-30-year history, it would open seven days a week, and later posts showed a first edition printed for British soldiers on the Rhine (21 September) and a shelf of Feist, Eddings and Horus Heresy fantasy (18 October 2026).
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:30am–5:30pm, Sat–Sun 9:30am–4pmWebsite Books, RPGs & community spaceLost Souls Bookshop
114 Main St, Lithgow NSW 2790
Also in Lithgow, on Main Street about 250 m from A Reader's Heaven, Lost Souls Bookshop sells secondhand, remainder and new books beside role-playing games and supplies, and its Facebook page presents it as a community space that promotes local artists. Its 2026 posts give a sense of the stock: fourth-edition Shadowrun books in February, a US politics section in the same month and a complete set of Preacher comics in July. The shop said on 11 July 2026 that its in-house Dungeon Master would run two or three Dungeons & Dragons games every Sunday from then on. It publishes no regular opening hours, so send the page a message before you drive over.