Randwick City Library has books, magazines, CDs and DVDs as well as eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and spoken word books.

Special Collections

Red Hot Reads - a changing collection of the latest, recently reviewed books. Three-week loan, no renewals, no reserves.

Bestsellers - a selection of current popular books, updated regularly to reflect retail book sales. Three-week loan, no renewals, no reserves.  If you have a popular book on reserve and you're super keen to read it, see if it's also a bestseller!

Hidden Gems - specially selected by library staff; including great reads and old favourites. Available at all three branches.

Winner's circle - a collection of literary prize winners. Only available at Lionel Bowen Library.

All three branches feature new books – just ask our staff to show you where they are.

2026 Stella Prize

The Stella Prize celebrates the best book by an Australian woman, whether fiction or nonfiction, in the previous calendar year.

The shortlist for 2026 has been announced!

• The Rot by Evelyn Araluen (Poetry)
• Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (Non-Fiction/Memoir)
• Fireweather by Miranda Darling (Fiction)
• Cannon by Lee Lai (Graphic Novel)
• 58 Facets: On violence and the law by Marika Sosnowski (Non-Fiction)
• I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton (Fiction)

The winner will be announced on 13 May.

See the details for the 2026 Stella longslist here.