Best Used Book Store Ottawa Near Me

4worldlovers: We love you Turtle Island! We sell books in a variety of different genres for you to enjoy. From Indigenous to esoteric to one-of-a-kind rare/antiquarian and author signed books, both new and used books, novels, short stories, poetry, philosophy, psychology, Gender and LGBTQ2Spirits, history and tons of more titles added everyday.

When it comes to new and used books, you can always rely on Barely Bruised Books to have just what you are looking for. If you cannot find what you need, please contact us and we will try to track it down. Browse through our ever-growing online catalogue which will eventually have over 80,000 used books and tons of more titles added everyday! We don't even have 1/10 of the books up yet on the website. We still have a storage area with over 60,000 used books to eventually get on the website. Please bear with us during this transition period. We guarantee complete customer satisfaction or your money back GUARANTEED!

If you find a book at another bookstore for a lower price in the same edition/same condition, Barely Bruised Books will match the price and take an additional 10% off! Simply contact us and we will help you. Check-out the Largest Free Little Library in Ontario just outside our doors 24/7. WE LOVE COMMUNITY! Learn to love and Stop the hate. Stay safe!

We're deeply sorry this took this long. We love all of our community, no matter what ethnicity, gender, or social background because we are all in this together! We'd like to give everyone some love who stuck beside Barely Bruised Books while we worked our butts off to provide you this new website.

We have overcome many obstacles throughout this journey but we did it where you'll be guaranteed to get the best prices on both new used books. We promise you'll be impressed by our amazing pricing! Some of you might ask, "how can a bookstore survive with prices like this?" Our answer is COMMUNITY; through the biggest Free Little Libraries, supporting local artist, free events, and the wisdom taught by my mentor. He teaches that you get back what you give and that money is an obstacle rather than a need.

A big shout out to our staff and volunteers, who are dedicated to provide their knowledge!

We have the largest Free Little Library in Ontario outside our doors 24 hours a day! Community, Diversity, Unity and worldwide love is our goal! Both adults and kids books are Free outside. During these difficult times, many can't afford the luxury so we focus on providing to ones in need. We prefer book donations but will accept monetary donations to provide books to our Free Little Library and other Free Little Libraries all across Ontario, prisons, and a school in Kenya. Your donations to this cause is greatly appreciated. Literature seems to be our only escape during these difficult times.Thank you for your support! We love you all!

4worldlovers: Super friendly and helpful staff, a wide variety of books well organized , great prices ...and a fat fluffy cat named Garfield who prowls around I’ve found some really obscure hard to get titles here as well, definitely a must for book lovers! - Feryal (facebook)

A friendly bookstore that will make young and old alike feel at home: get comfy and discover hidden treasures! - Caro (yp.ca)

Cheerful, exceptionally well organized, tidy store. Great choice of books, decent prices! - Bridget (facebook)


Great little bookstore. Staff are super. Garfield is a champ. What's not to love? - Walter (facebook)


Always meant to drop in. Was well worth the time. They have many great books. Too many to check through in one visit. We also were able to drop off books that we had read. Staff was friendly and helpful. Layout was amazing. Must take more opportunities to visit properly - Norm (yelp.ca)


Best energy, sweetest staff, and cutest cat! SO much more than books - they have DVDs, games, comics so so much!! - Candice (facebook)


Good selection of a variety of different genres! There is a book here for anyone 0-90 years of age!!! - Olive (facebook)

4worldlovers: Since 1969 we've been selling early books on Canada and the Arctic, but also have thousands of books on Fishing and Angling, Military History, Literature, Maps and Prints and other Antiquarian Books.

4worldlovers: Advance notice about a very special event coming our way in November. On Sunday, November 12th, we will welcome Tika the Iggy: Lessons in Life, Love, and Fashion . Tika is that loveable Italian Grehound that you may have encountered on Social Media. Get ready to feel fabulous!! More details to follow.

Join us on Sunday, August 20th as we welcome Natacha Belair to the store as she introduces her new novel, A Stellar Purpose, a YA science fiction that won Gold at the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards. Natacha will be in the store from 1 to 3 p.m.

On Tuesday, August 22nd Linh Nguyen will be at the store from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to introduce her new middle-grade novel, No Place Like Home

Perfect Books is pleased to welcome Habib Cooper Diallo on September 6th from 6:30 to 8 p.m. as she introduces her very provocative work #BlackinSchool. Wrought from her high school journals, this work sheds light on what challenges exist for black students in Canadian High Schools.

Kyle Vingoe-Cram will be at the store from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th to introduce Kettle Harbour, a graphic novel set in Nova Scotia. Childhood memories may evoke nostalgia but memory can be a tricky thing!

Roy MacGregor, one of Canada’s most celebrated journalists will visit us on Tuesday, September 11th to introduce Paper Trails, a retrospective of many decades in Canadian journalism. This book provides fascinating insights into the people and events that have shaped our nation ‘s politics, sport and culture over the past 50 or more years. There’ll be some great storytelling to be sure! Join us from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Seating is limited — come early!

On September 12th from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. we welcome Amanda West Lewis to the store to introduce her new Young Adult novel, Focus. Click. Wind. This novel takes young readers back to the days of turmoil and political upheaval of the late 1960’s and will be a terrific resource to acquaint young readers with those turbulent times.

Also on September 12th Perfect Books will be at Library and Archives Canada as the bookseller for the Ottawa Writers Festival as it launches its Fall Festival. Charlotte Gray‘s latest work, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt will be the focus of the evening. Festivities get underway at 7:00 p.m.

On September 13th from 7 to 8:30 p.m., we welcome Rebecca Sacks to the store with her new novel, The Lover, an intense, page-turning love story between a twenty-seven year old Canadian woman and a nineteen-year old Israeli soldier, set in contemporary Israel.

Take a deep dive (and an inexpensive one at that) into our wonderful collection of classic literature in the form of the iconic Penguin Blacks. Revisit Dickens, Woolf, Dostoevsky, Conrad, Austen, Bronte… the list goes on and on

When shopping on our website, go to the browsing function on the left side of your screen. Select “What’s in Store” and then select the Subject. Because we can’t promise that new orders will arrive by the 24th, this feature will help you narrow your search and confirm that we have stock in the book(s) you’re seeking.

… is optional now. Some of our staff and customers are continuing to mask up. This is now a personal choice which we respect.

We always have a few on hand and they’re free so please join with us in keeping EVERYBODY healthy for the long term

• Click on the “Shop” icon on the top left of this page

• When the next page opens, select “Gift Cards” from the green bar near the top of the page

• In the box that says “Cost”, enter the dollar value you wish

• At this point you can personalize the card (see the box on the left)

• When finished, click on the box at the bottom of the page which will take you to a login screen

• There you can create an account or log in to your existing account

• You will then proceed to checkout where you have two options

• We can hold the card at the store for pickup OR we can mail it to the recipient you choose

• Note that you are automatically charged for shipping but we waive that if the card is being mailed locally

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4worldlovers: Happy spring! Or maybe pseudo-spring is a better term – it’s still pretty wintry out there! Though it may be a while before we see the first flowers poke their heads out of the ground, everything’s coming up books here at the store these days! The spring books are just pouring in and there are so many we want to read that it’s hard to know where to start! Thankfully, there are no real rules when it comes to reading, so we can all just jump right in with both feet! Just make sure you keep your warm socks and cozy blankets close at hand because it looks like winter may not be quite finished with us yet!

Before we get into the “what’s new” section of our newsletter, we have a few in-store book signings on the horizon that we wanted to tell you about. On Saturday, April 15, Susan Taylor Meehan will be in the store from 1:00pm to 3:00pm to sign copies of her new novel, Loyalty. Full of spies, secrets, and just a hint of romance, this Cold War era tale takes readers from wartime Ottawa to the unstable shores of Europe as a young woman tries to find her place in a changing world. Be sure to pop the store between 12:00pm to 2:30pm on Saturday, April 22 to see local author Elie Nasrallah. He will be here signing copies of his newest book, Gates and Walls, a fascinating volume of “stories of migration in modern times.” Taking a quick peek into May, local mystery author (and store favourite) Brenda Chapman will be here on Saturday, May 6 from 11:00am to 1:00pm. She will be signing copies of When Last Seen, the highly anticipated follow-up to Blind Date, the first book in her new Hunter and Tate Mystery series. Set right here in Ottawa, this new series sees a true crime podcaster and a determined detective join forces to solve the mysteries and murders that crop up in our Nation’s Capital. Since we’re so early on in the month, be sure to keep your eyes on our website and social media pages for up-to-the-minute event information so you’re sure to not miss anything new that crops up!