I love second hand book stores, but it can be hard when they dont have all their stuff on the shelves and you have to go ask, especially when youre me and you go with lists of books youre looking for, or the books you want are super weird lol. Like its not always the most fun asking for 10 books all the do with forensic pathology, death, and murder, and not look like youre planning something.

A lot of books in new zealand are now definitely in the $30-40 range. And some that are popular adult fiction are often in the 40-50 range (new zealand dollar of course). I remember not all that long ago young adult fiction or the fiction that wasnt necessarily YA but also not fully considered adult level writing styles could be around $25 which is pretty good for a book. This is another reason why my first place to look is the library. Loan over buy