A customer at the science fiction section.

The Bookshop
Hannah Sun has been running a second hand English bookshop on Queen Victoria Street, Central, for about 16 months. She studied in Britain and has always been an avid reader.

"I read all types of fiction and non-fiction books," explains Hannah. "I get to read lots of books for free with this job so it really suits me!"

"We have a large mix of local and foreign customers. A lot of children and their parents also come here. It's great to see young people enjoy reading. Non-fiction is quite popular. One customer told me that Hong Kong people are too busy to read novels. You can read bits of non-fiction and still learn something. At the moment, business, travel and self-help books are out most popular. The Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series is Number One though.

Our books are from about $25 to $55. That's much cheaper than normal bookshops. We buy books from the UK and some customers give us books they don't need."

Well-liked sci fi writers.

Several Anthony Horowitz titles.

Science Fiction
"We have quite a large selection of science fiction books. The most popular writer is Terry Pratchett. He has written lots of books and they're all quite short. Maybe that's why he sells well.

Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series is well known teenage fiction. It's about children who can go to an alternative world by slicing a hole in air. Anthony Horowitz has been our most popular writer for young readers." His Alex Rider series could be called sci fi because he uses amazing inventions to save the world.

"Sci fi book readers are usually men but we do have a few women buying them." says Hannah.

So next time you want to buy a book, check out a second hand shop. You can sell your old books there as well.

A large selection of non-fiction books.