Mildura's secondhand book trade is thin on the ground and spread out, so bring the car. On the national statistics map, the Mildura–Buronga urban area takes in Irymple and Merbein and reaches over the Murray into New South Wales as far as Wentworth, so all three count alongside the city, and any entry outside central Mildura names its town straight away. Of the five stops on this page, Literati on Lime Avenue is the one bookshop; the others are a library sale table, a reuse shop and two volunteer op shops, and all dollar figures are Australian.
Two changes shaped the list. The Christie Centre, the disability service provider behind AroundAgain, wound up three of its social enterprises in February 2026 but kept the reuse shop going, and by September 2026 Red Cross's own page for its Langtree Avenue op shop said that store had closed. In April 2026 a volunteer-run book fair filled a room at Irymple Primary School for a weekend, and its organisers had not set a second date by late September 2026.
Independent bookshop, new and pre-ownedLiterati Books and Giftware
64A Lime Ave, Mildura VIC 3500
An independent shop a short walk from the Langtree Mall in the CBD, whose Instagram profile says it concentrates on high-quality pre-owned and new books alongside unusual giftware. On 30 April 2026 the La Trobe Book Club told its members that Literati sells both new and pre-owned titles, had opened an online store and would take 15% off for club members until the end of 2026. The council's op-shop itinerary, dated June 2026, has it trading 10am to 5pm on weekdays and until 2pm on Saturdays, but the shop's own channels publish no hours, so check before a special trip.
Library book sale (Mildura Rural City Council)Mildura Library book sale
Mildura Library, Alfred Deakin Centre, 180 Deakin Ave, Mildura VIC 3500
The council library inside the Alfred Deakin Centre, 750 m north-east of the town centre, keeps a standing sale of pre-loved and ex-library stock. The council's library service posted on 20 February 2026 that its book sale was ongoing, with new titles being added all the time, at $1 for paperbacks and children's books, $3 for hardbacks and 50 cents for magazines. A June 2025 post had already placed the sale at Mildura Library at those same prices, so check the tables whenever you pass along Deakin Avenue.
Hours: Library hours: Tue–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 10am–2pm, Sun–Mon 1pm–5pmWebsite Op shop (Rotary)Wentworth Rotary Community Op Shop
66 Darling St, Wentworth NSW 2648
In Wentworth, across the Murray in New South Wales and roughly 23 km west-north-west of Mildura in a straight line, this volunteer-run op shop carries the local Rotary name. A sale it ran from Monday 16 February 2026 took in books and children's books along with DVDs, CDs and games, with clothing the one thing left out. In July 2026 the Rotary Club of Wentworth promised 10% off at the shop for anyone holding a combined ticket to the Pioneer Museum and the Wentworth Gaol, an easy way to fold a book stop into a day at the river junction.
Hours: Mon–Fri 10am–3pm, Sat 9:15am–12:45pmWebsite Where can I find cheap used books in Mildura?
Start at the Mildura Library sale, where paperbacks and children's books go for $1 each and hardbacks for $3. Suzy's Books in Merbein has advertised cookbooks and children's titles at the same dollar, and the Rotary op shop in Wentworth marked books down in its February 2026 sale. For volume, watch for another round of the Irymple book fair, which put thousands of donated books on its tables in April 2026.
Where do I sell used books in Mildura?
Literati sells pre-owned stock, yet nothing it publishes explains whether it buys from the public, so ring or call in with a few titles before bringing boxes. The charities run on donations: AroundAgain takes goods at its drive-in receivals station and the Irymple parish shop at its back door. Before you give anything away, run one BiblioScan photo across the shelf: every spine it recognises in that single picture comes back tagged with a likely resale value, which splits the titles worth listing on Gumtree, on eBay.com.au or on Facebook Marketplace from the charity pile.
Which day is best for book hunting in Mildura?
Midweek. From Tuesday through Friday all five are open between 10am and 3pm, going by the hours each one posts and, for Literati, the council itinerary. Saturday works if you move fast, since the Irymple shop shuts at noon and the Wentworth one at 12:45pm. AroundAgain stays closed on Mondays, and on Sundays the library alone among the five posts opening hours, from 1pm.
Are there any used book fairs in Mildura?
There was one in 2026: Book Fair Mildura & Sunraysia, a volunteer event at Irymple Primary School on 18 and 19 April 2026, was run in aid of a local animal rescue group. No second date had been announced by late September 2026. In between, the library's permanent sale on Deakin Avenue is the steadiest place to find table-priced books.