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Endling by Maria Reva

REVIEWS

What We’re Reading: October

LauraHunchback by Saou Ichikawa Hunchback opens with a bang – an account of the “narrator’s” super steamy threesome at one of Tokyo’s most sought-after swinger’s club. Or – to be… Read More

What We’re Reading: September

Paige — The Bachman Books by Stephen King Read the book before you see the film and experience the true, drawn out desperation of The Long Walk. Back in the… Read More

Love Your Bookshop Day

Saturday October 11 is Love Your Bookshop Day and Mostly Books is delighted to be running multiple competitions and giveaways for our beautiful book-loving community. Answer & Win! To go… Read More

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Booker Prize Longlist 2025

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, and features a previous winner plus two debut novelists. The longlist has been selected by the 2025 judging panel, chaired… Read More

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Miles Franklin Award Winner 2025

Siang Lu has won the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel, Ghost Cities – a bold and satirical reimagining of Australian storytelling. On winning the award, Lu said: “I am… Read More

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Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner 2025

The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world. The 30th winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction is Yael van der Wouden’s unsettling,… Read More

“All that you touch you change.
All that you change changes you.
The only lasting truth is change…"

― Octavia E Butler, The Parable of the Sower

WHO WE ARE

Established in 1977, Mostly Books is Adelaide’s oldest bookstore. We are proudly independent. We stock a wide range of books, and pride ourselves on our excellent customer service and product knowledge.

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119 Belair Rd
Torrens Park SA 5062

Inside Mitcham Square
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9.00AM - 5.30PM

Tuesday
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11.00AM - 4.00PM

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Mostly Books acknowledges that we are on Kaurna country, its sovereignty never ceded. We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide Plains and we honour their spiritual relationship with this land. We pay respect to the Kaurna Elders; past, present and emerging.

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