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.

2025 Stella Prize

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

The winner for 2025 is:

• Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser (fiction)

Click here for Michelle's acceptance speech.

The other nominations for the 2025 shortlist are:

• Translations by Jumaana Abdu (fiction)
• The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (fiction)
• Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe (non-fiction)
• Black Witness by Amy McQuire (non-fiction)
• Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi (non-fiction)

See the details for the 2025 longlist here.