Oxford St Books

This store is pretty awesome. They have a huge range of books and quirky cards. I love that they’re open every day till late. I’ve popped in several times to grab a quick gift when I’ve forgotten a present and find myself getting carried away by the huge range from cooking books, to kids books, to joke books. I love it!

Some people spend all there money on clothes or shoes. My not so secret addiction is books. Books can take you to another world or another time. These days good book shops are hard to find.
Oxford St Books is one of those rare good book shops. This place is filled to the brim with good books. Best sellers, rare and unusual finds, vast range of non fiction subjects. I can spend hours here, browsing books or talking books with the staff. They are open til late, which is also great.

Being the only bookstore in the oh-​so-​trendy suburb of Leederville, I found Oxford Street books to be a bit over hyped. I mean, where will all the hipsters get their Bukowski from? It’s a small book store with the usual run of the mill titles. They have a nice catalogue of coffee table books, and their autobiography section is worthy of a mention too. I think the main pull of this store is it’s eclectic, urban vibe. It’s jam-​packed, giving it a quirky, higgilty-​piggilty feel, giving off an air of hipster nonchalance. I found 2 of the 3 books i was looking for, but they were fairly popular titles (Russell Brand’s ‘Booky Wook 2′ and David Sedaris’ ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day’, if you were interested). I even got a discount on one of the books by the nice pony-​tailed chap at the counter because Russell Brand’s autobiography been a little bit too loved to bits by window shoppers.
It’s not a bad store, but I think my view of bookstores has been forever tainted by the grand chasm of printed literature that is Planet Books in Mount Lawley.

I really love this little place, it has a really feel to it. It could almost be called quaint, but then again maybe just small. It hasn’t got the largest collection but it does have some of my favourites.
For me this store isn’t so much for the novels its more for the joke kind of books. The have the rabbit suicide books and now I just love these. Especially in book stores, I think most of the time I go in just to flick through the little pictures of bunnies.
The service is great really helpful, it is really suited to the Oxford St strip.

Oxford Street Books is a perfectly serviceable little store, but the five– and even four-​star reviews on this page are overselling it. Its line-​up is solid, but it’s nothing special, especially when it comes to the fiction section, which is neither large nor broad. Its only real draw – and it is not one to be smirked at – is its excellent range of large-​format coffee table books, especially those dealing with photography. There is also a halfway decent section dedicated to film, television and the performing arts, which is a section I find lacking in most other Perth bookstores.
The shop is perfectly located and has a good vibe: small, cluttered and, well, bookish. I am particularly fond of the table out the front, which gives the place the sort of flea-​market feel that suggests one might stumble across something rare or unusual. One most likely won’t, but the suggestion, at the very least, is appreciated.

This is a great little bookshop, and although it doesn’t have a huge selection, what it does have is good. Like many of Perth’s bookshops, it has a very extensive and impressive collection of cookbooks. It also has one of the best collections of art books I’ve seen — it just goes on and on, covering everything from Renaissance painters to tattoo artists. Even better, if you’re a stationery junkie like me, check out their amazing collection of notebooks, journals and sketchpads — it is awesomely wide-​ranging.

Oxford St books is the rabbit hole to fall down in Leederville. It is crammed full of books; fresh, crisp and waiting to be read by you. It has shelves filled with our most beloved characters, from Elizabeth Bennett to Hermione Granger and Frankenstein’s monster to the young Oskar Schell. Not only does it stock an array of fiction, but there is every topic covered. Your gardening needs are met, all art across graffiti, illustration, art history, fashion, animation have bright and beautiful books. Politics and history are covered, film and music have an array of tutorials and biography’s, there is a large Children’s section and even an incredible greeting card collection, which actually a nice letterpress one I gave to my mother, she framed. If you are a book lover this is where you should come and spend your time perusing, getting lost in new worlds and adventures and widening your imagination even further.

The best thing about Oxford Street Books is the smell of paper and ink that hits you as you walk in the door! It is delicious, there’s nothing quite like the smell of new books (except maybe the smell of new pencils!).
I could spend hours in here, soaking in the aroma and leafing through the pages of the books they have on offer. And the great thing is the staff are happy for people to spend as long in here as they like — no strange stares if you spend too long reading sections from a book to see if you’ll like it, they really leave you to your own devices, yet are helpful if you seek advice from them.
Another thing I like about Oxford Street Books is that they don’t stock all the books in the English-​speaking world, they only have a select few, so you know the ones they do have are the good ones. It’s like the shelves of the store are lined only with the books that the knowledgeable staff at Oxford Street Books would recommend, and they are always bang on!
In particular they have an impressive range of music related books and biographies that I always find it difficult to choose just one book from!

This is the best thing about Leederville. When the heat outside is getting too much to bear, head inside Oxford Street Books. You can spend a little or a lot of time trawling through the book shelves to find some of the greatest little pieces that you can add to your library. The staff are really friendly and they’ll leave you alone if that’s what you choose, but then if you need help, BOOM, they’re there.
They also have a fabulous range of notepads and journals and pretty much the best of anything that comes from a tree.
Awesome range of Penguin classics if you’re starting up or expanding your collection. If anyone finds Breakfast at Tiffany’s, please let me know, I’ve been looking for years!

Oxford Street Books is an interesting diversion on the Oxford Street café strip. In some respects, it is akin to an oasis of calm in the bustling of the street.
Oxford Street Books stocks at good range of genres of the fiction and non-​fiction kind. They have quite a few travel books, and a entire back corner dedicated to quirky books about visual art. There is also a section in the front corner dedicated to children’s books.
The issue with Oxford Street Books isn’t their diversity, but the fact that there isn’t that many books available in total. At times, it feels like Oxford Street Books believes it is a good idea to stock a little bit of everything. That approach, however, comes across as somewhat shallow and scatter-​gunned.
Oxford Street Books would probably benefit if it focused on more the books they stock well, such as their art books. Their art books collection has some priceless titles, including one book dedicated to the art of iPhone photography.