Cheap Books Shops UK

Amazon
Looking for books that are cheap, the latest bestseller or a technical handbook? Then visit Amazon. You can choose from a huge range of cheap books and deals, there is also loads of info and lots of customer reviews. If your taste in reading matter runs to the more obscure, don't worry, if it's in print, Amazon will probably be able to find it for you. Easy shopping, good search facility and discounts to give you books up to 50% cheaper than the high street.

Play
Play.com have oodles of cheap books, great book deals and discounts. They also offer free delivery.

Pick a Book
With over 5 million book titles to choose from and regular discounts on all books and audio books, this is an excellent book store to obtain your reading or studying matter at very cheap prices.

Penguin
Vast range of books from the giant paperback publisher with lots of info on books and authors, extracts to read, interviews and more. A quick tip: next time there's a classic adaptation on the telly and you fancy reading the book, the specially republished edition with Colin Firth or whoever on the front has the same words as the old version that only costs £1-50.

Abe Books
Abe books is a leading European marketplace for used, rare, antiquarian and out-of-print books. With over 5 million book titles to choose from and 130,000 registered users, this is a great resource for the serious bibliophile. You can sign up to sell your books, or simply search and browse to your heart's content to find that special book title that has eluded you for years. If only this site had been around in JR Hartley's day.

The Book Place
At the book place you will find over 1.2 million book titles to choose from. The Book Place shop is full of literary content - book reviews, author interviews, letters and book extracts. Prices are keen and delivery is free.

Musicroom.com
You can buy popular and classical sheet music, songbooks, tutor books and musical reference books, theory of music examination papers and music technolology books. Browsing is pleasant, there are things to read as well as buy and the searching is efficient. Free delivery on orders over £25.

The Good Book Guide
Perplexed and dazed by the phenomenal choice of books out there? Then this book shop could well be for you, as it's more of a guide to good reads rather than a simple online book shop. They rely on a network of contributors who review books, giving, they claim, an unbiased opinion. There are over 1.2 million titles to choose from, and the search facility is excellent.

Dorling Kindersley
DK's comprehensive and colourful book site features over 1000 high quality, illustrated information books, TV programmes and online resources for children and adults.

Sports Books Direct
Read yourself to total fitness from this well designed book shop. Armchair pundits will find it simple to locate their favourite sports tomes here, and get some excellent savings into the bargain. Delivery is free.

Talking Books
There are over six thousand talking books to choose from, here, so you can improve your mind or drift off into escapism as you do the ironing. Good book shop for both searching and browsing.

Motor Books
Nice online book shop with thousands upon thousands of motoring books available, plus as many on railways, and even more on military, aviation and maritime themes. Looks good and works very well.

Oxford University Press
Formerly Blackstone Press, this site is one for the lawyers and law students. Site looks nice, searching is good, browsing less so.