The Bookbug

Stuffed full of tacky and useless books.

The Bookbug is a second hand bookshop sitauted in that marvellous Hitchin institution — The Arcade. It’s been there as longa as I can remember and it’s great to see it still thriving.
It’s not a large shop and it’s absolutely stuffed with books. But it’s a great place to browse and while away a bit of time. while the mix of books is quite eclectic they do seem to speciliase in Sci-​fi and Fantasy novels — which is handy as that’s the genre I often read.
They will of course buy books from you for sale onwards in the shop. I’ve quite often taken a cardboard box of books down there when I’m having a clear out to see if they are interested in any of them. Beware that they are quite choosy, anything too worn, too big (!) or too obscure will be rejected and anything they are interested in won’t net you much in the way of cash. I usually exit again with many of the books unsold and then go straight to the nearest charity shop and dump the rest there.
The staff are friendly and helpful and this is a great shop to have in Hitchin town.