Roy Arnold
77 High Street
NEEDHAM MARKET  Ipswich  Suffolk  IP6 8AN
tel: 01449 720110  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30
Secondhand and some new books on early trades, tools, mills, applied arts and antiques.
    Claims to be the only place that stocks all the current Shire Albums in print ...but not the other Shire series. Says he has done so since they first came out! Other than that his shop is only of interest to those wanting his specialists area of woodworking, tools etc. - Kim Andrews.

Bardsley's Books
22 Upper Olland Street
BUNGAY  Suffolk  NR35 1BH
tel: 01986 892077  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30, closed Wednesday pm.
A large stock including the arts, architecture, fine printing and Folio Society.
    Closed when visited during alleged opening hours. - Chris Harte 24.02.10

V.S Bell
19 Market Hill
FRAMLINGHAM  Woodbridge  Suffolk  IP13 9BB
tel: 01728 723046  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, closed Wednesday pm and for lunch.
General secondhand books as well as crime and detective fiction.
    A lovely little shop, full of good stuff, with a knowledgeable and friendly owner. A little disorganised, but extremely rewarding to explore. - Jonathan 06.08.09.

Besleys Books
4 Blyburgate Town
BECCLES  Suffolk  NR34 9TA
tel: 01502 715762  fax: 01502 675649  e-mail   website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
Traditional secondhand and antiquarian bookshop on two floors and in 4 rooms. Annual catalogues on gardening and natural history.
    An excellent shop with a wide range of nice stock, including antiquarian. Easy to find in the centre of town. - Richard.
    Closed when visited during alleged opening hours. - Chris Harte 24.02.10.

Chapel Books
The Street  Westleton
SAXMUNDHAM  Suffolk  IP17 3AA
tel: 01728 648616  map
Open: 7 days 12.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock.
    A wonderfully eccentric medium-sized bookshop with an excellent stock and a unique atmosphere. - Jonathan 06.08.09.
    The building is a defunct chapel. Go inside and see piles of junk in all directions, festooned with books. The general appearance is of cheap junk. I've been here several times and never bought anything. Not WAD. - Roger Pearse 02.03.10.

Churchgate Books
47 Churchgate Street
BURY ST EDMUNDS  Suffolk  IP33 1RG
tel: 01284 704604  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
Selling and buying quality out-of-print, secondhand and antiquarian books. Also offering booksearch and bookbinding service.
    Small but good general stock in very good condition. Bookbinders at rear. Very customer (and child) friendl, actually has time to talk. Runs own Book fairs in Long Melford (www.longmelfordbookfairs.co.uk) which contrary to Driff's assertions actually look more than the exclusionary places they can sometimes seem for those, like me, not in the trade. - Jon Morgan 16.02.08.

Claude Cox Books
3 Silent Street
IPSWICH  Suffolk  IP1 1TF
tel: 01473 254776  map
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
General books and Private presses, antiquarian, natural history and local topography.
    Feels rather intimidating to the casual visitor, I remember from my first visit. Maybe it's the headmaster-style desk...! Actually staff are friendly enough. Stock reasonable quality and quantity, books are clean, prices not excessive. In the centre of town and walkable from any town centre car park (e.g. Charles St). Doesn't stock rubbish. - Roger Pearse 27.06.08.
     A lovely old shop now run with care by the original owner's son. The selection is varied and of a good quality. Prices are remakably reasonable. While I was browsing a woman came in with some old leather bindings which were waxed for her free of charge. In my opinion that showed a touch of class. - Chris Harte 16.09.09

Eye Bookshop
Broad Street
EYE  Suffolk  IP23 7AF
tel: 01379 870190  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday 10.00 - 1.00, Wednesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Small stock of good quality books in good condition, including paperback novels, art, architecture, gardening, history and collectables. Situated in historic little town of Eye, where parking is free.
     Very little stock at the moment and it mostly comprises paperbacks and modern topographical titles. - Avid Book Collector 01.04.09.

James Hayward
20 Thoroughfare
HALESWORTH  Suffolk  IP19 8AH
tel: 01986 874447  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, closed Thursday and for lunch.
Something for everybody, from paperbacks to antiquarian books.

The Idler
37 High Street
HADLEIGH  Ipswich  Suffolk  IP7 5AF
tel: 01473 827752  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
General stock and the fine, applied and performing arts, natural history local books and poetry.

Judith Neal Books
Clare Antiques & Interiors  The Mill  Malting Lane
CLARE  Suffolk  CO10 8NW
tel: 01787 278449  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 5.00.
A good range of interesting, unusual and inexpensive books at The Antiques Centre (2nd floor). Also exhibiting at Long Melford Book Fair (formerly trading as "Clare Books")

Oxfam Books & Music
77 St Johns Sreet
BURY ST EDMUNDS  Suffolk  IP33 1SQ
tel: 01284 706613

Parade Book Shop
10 North Street Parade
SUDBURY  Suffolk  CO10 1GL
tel: 01787 881626  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30.
A medium size general stock of books mainly published in the last 40 years, catering for the reader rather than the collector.

Poor Richard's Books
17 Orwell Road
FELIXSTOWE  Suffolk  IP11 7EP
tel: 01394 283138  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00, Sundays by appointment.
50000 + books covering most subjects.
    Some good stuff at the front of the shop. Downstairs smells a bit of damp and seems mainly full of what seems to me like junk books; e.g. large selection of ex-school text books for Latin from a local school! Books grimy in some cases. Easily walkable from town centre car park, but in a side-street. - Roger Pearse 27.06.08
    Great shop on two floors. Upstairs there is a huge range of 1st editions and paperbacks. Downstairs mainly older & cheaper books. - Bee Clarke 29.07.09.
    Every time I visit this shop I become more impressed at the strength and depth of their very impressive holdings. Owner was extremely helpful and guided me through the sections which were of interest. Well laid out and easy on the eye. Visit recommended. - Chris Harte 24.02.10.

Reed Books
115 High Street
ALDEBURGH  Suffolk  IP15 5AR
tel: 01728 453450  map
Open: 7 days 10.00 - 5.00, except Wednesday closes at 2.00, & Sunday closes at 4.00.
General secondhand stock, but particularly music, poetry and sailing.
    A small shop with general stock, right in the heart of Aldeburgh. - Richard.

Reed Books
30 Crabbe Street
ALDEBURGH  Suffolk  IP15 5BN
tel: 01728 454688  map
Open: 7 days 10.30 - 4.30.
A wide range of general secondhand stock.
    Second shop now open, close to original (but bigger.) Minus point; difficult to find open, opening times not displayed in either shop despite requests. Certainly not open seven days! - Glen Simpson 12.09.09.

David Shacklock Books
27 High Street  
DEBENHAM  Suffolk  IP14 6QN
tel: 01728 861286  e-mail  website   map
Open: Tuesday 10.00 - 1.00 & 2.00 - 5.00, Friday 2.00 - 8.00, Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
10 -12,000 general stock, antiquarian, hardback, paperback, ephemera; specialising in GA Henty and Sabine Baring-Gould. We exhibit at bookfairs in Cambridge and Clare.
    I walked into this delightful shop and was absolutely dumbfounded by what I saw on the shelves. It was so overwhelming with its breadth and quality that I stepped outside to compose myself. After viewing the stock, I purchased the most number of books I have ever done in one visit anywhere. Prices were easy on the cheque book. A charming owner of the old school. This shop must be on the visiting list of any serious collector. - Chris Harte 16.09.09

Southwold Books
9 Pinkneys Lane
SOUTHWOLD  Suffolk  IP18 6EW
tel: 01502 722224  map
Open: Monday - Sunday 11.00 - 5.00 (often longer in summer), closed Thursday.
General stock of around 6,000 secondhand fiction & non-fiction titles, with poetry and literary criticism predominating. Popular children's books often in stock, including Ladybirds & Puffins. Also signed copies, many biographies, and some antiquarian titles. Hidden between the market place and the sea. Welcoming features include comfortable seating and resident cat.
    Four rooms: a good variety of stock with a little of everything. - Richard.
    Sorry to say the shop no longer has the cat ... Wish people would drive slower ... - Marion Vandome 28.01.09.

Treasure Chest Books
61 Cobbold Road,
FELIXSTOWE  Suffolk  IP11 7BH
tel: 01394 270717  map
Open Monday - Saturaday 9.30 - 5.30
A very large stock of some 45,000 books on most subjects, and particularly the arts, cinema, cookery, local history, photography and topography.
    Huge stock all on one level, well organised and labelled, clean and fairly (but not cheaply) priced. Wide range of subjects. WAD. Located slap bang in the centre of town facing the triangular town square, and just across the road from a car park. - Roger Pearse 27.06.08
    This is one of the best secondhand bookshops I have been to. Well organised & labelled & the shop seems to stretch back for miles! A lot of books, especially the collectable ones, have dustwrapper protection & new stock appears constantly. Have to disagree with Roger Pearse regarding prices - I think they are very reasonable. - Bee Clarke 29.07.09.
    Quantity does not necessarily equal quality. Although this shop has a huge number of books on shelves which go deep into the back of the premises, the quality stock is to be found on the front shelves. Local titles are good but the majority of the rest is really just for the reader. - Chris Harte 24.02.10.