collection: gentle books
a mobile secondhand bookshop with a selection of english fiction and nonfiction.
gentle books hopes to build a circular book economy and nurture a community of readers here in Hong Kong. a social enterprise, gentle books commits 20% of its book sales to charity—this year, empoweru.
we accept donations! learn more here.
current favourites
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a mystery book gift
regular price from HK$0.00regular price -
The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
Less Than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
regular price HK$50.00regular price
recently added
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The Funeral Cryer, Wenyan Lu
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
regular price HK$80.00regular price -
A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
Dracula, Bram Stoker
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
First Man in Rome, Colleen McCullough
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip, Peter Hessler
regular price HK$20.00regular price -
The Awakening, Kate Chopin
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov
regular price HK$50.00regular price -
The Overstory, Richard Powers
regular price HK$50.00regular price
antiquarian & vintage
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Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
regular price HK$280.00regular price -
Nietzsche, M. A. Mugge
regular price HK$200.00regular price -
A Flowers Book for the Pocket
regular price HK$260.00regular price -
John Keats, Henry Newbolt
regular price HK$280.00regular price
Just a note
We are currently out of town, so orders may be delayed. Any orders placed during this time will be shipped out after our return on the 15th June 2026. Thanks for understanding 🙂.