The Evernew Book Store shopfront at Bras Basah Complex, with its red signboard and shelves of second-hand books

Est. 1988 — Bras Basah Complex, Singapore

That bookstore
by the corner.

Second-hand books, bought and sold at the ground-floor corner of Singapore's Book City — where every book gets an additional chance in life.

01 — The Story 故事

Thirty-eight years at the corner of the Book City.

Our humble beginnings date back to 1988, at the ground-floor corner of Bras Basah Complex — known to locals as the Book City. We started out selling and renting both English and Chinese books; the journey since has made us something rarer: a second-hand specialist.

The idea of good books being discarded and scrapped spurred us to take that extra step toward a more sustainable future. It isn't easy work — but the look on a patron's face when they find exactly what they were hunting for makes it worth it.

We were part of many a Singaporean's childhood. Now we're part of their children's too.

1988Founded, Bras Basah Complex
#01-07The ground-floor corner unit
EN + 中文Bilingual shelves from day one
IslandwidePop-up book fairs, year-round
2 outletsBras Basah + Beauty World

"Ever new" — because a book, however old, is forever new to the reader who hasn't met it yet.

与地球共生息 — Living in step with the Earth

Our philosophy: every book is forever new

02 — On the Shelves 書架

Floor to ceiling, every genre earns its shelf.

Towering stacks of second-hand books inside Evernew
Fiction & Literature小說文學
A wall of comics including Archie, Garfield and The Simpsons
Comics漫畫
Modern classics on display, from Catch-22 to Murakami
Modern Classics經典
Shelves of stacked hardcovers and paperbacks
Art, History & More藝術歷史
English & Chinese fiction Comics & Pokémon manga Art & design books Non-mainstream titles Textbooks & assessment books Cultural Revolution memorabilia
03 — Popular Selections 精選

Found on the counter, photographed in store.

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, photographed in the store

Go Set a Watchman

Harper Lee

How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Alain de Botton

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Love: A Misadventure, photographed among the store's curios

Love: A Misadventure

Lang Leav

Stock rotates weekly — the best finds never sit long.

04 — Sell or Donate 收購

Give your books an additional chance in life.

Every second-hand book bought is one less book scrapped. Buy-in rates are modest — we recommend selling when you're already in the area — but donation and recycling are always welcome.

Step 01

Filter at home

Check your books against the list below — it saves you a wasted trip.

Step 02

Snap one group photo

Lay the books out and photograph them together, spines and covers visible.

Step 03

Send it over

WhatsApp or email the photo. We'll reply as soon as the counter is quiet.

We're glad to see

  • Clean, readable English & Chinese fiction
  • Comics — and Pokémon manga
  • Art, design & non-mainstream titles
  • Current-syllabus textbooks & guides
  • Assessment books printed within 3 years
  • Children's books & picture books, gently used

We can't take

  • Tattered, defaced, wet, moldy or library-tagged copies
  • Titles too faded to read on cover or spine
  • "Free for distribution" copies
  • Out-of-syllabus textbooks & outdated software guides
  • Translated manga (Pokémon excepted), sing-along books
  • Subscription magazines, encyclopedias, used colouring books
WhatsApp a photo staff.evernew@gmail.com Replies between 11:30am – 7pm — bear with us at peak hours
05 — Book Fairs 書展

If you can't come to the Book City, we come to you.

Happening now

Beauty World Centre

4 Aug – 22 Sep 2026 · 144 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, S(588177)

Directions
Jul 27 – Aug 2Lot One Shoppers' Mall21 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4
Jul 20 – 26Dunearn Village896 Dunearn Rd
Jul 6 – 12Parkway Parade80 Marine Parade Rd
Jun 22 – Jul 5The Poiz Centre51 Upper Serangoon Rd
Jun 15 – 20CIMB Plaza30 Raffles Place
Feb 9 – 15Velocity @ Novena Square238 Thomson Rd

Next stop announced on our schedule — or ask us on WhatsApp.

06 — Find Us 地址

Two corners of the island, same shelves of luck.

The main Evernew outlet at Bras Basah Complex
Main Outlet

Bras Basah Complex

Blk 231 Bain Street, #01-07
Singapore 180231
Mon – Sat11:00am – 7:30pm
Sun & PH11:00am – 6:30pm
Shelves of second-hand books at Evernew
Second Outlet

Beauty World Centre

144 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 588177
Mon – Fri11:00am – 7:30pm
Sat, Sun & PH10:30am – 8:00pm
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