Multiple Award-Winning Used-Book Shop Celebrating 34 great years open in Wildwood in 2024!

Located in this beautiful New Jersey beach town, we are a summer time store only, open from May through September.
Books you can't find anywhere else!

Categorized & Alphabetized

Recent Reviews:

Article August 2024:

"WILDWOOD — A light rain fell on Pacific Avenue, a fine time to be a bookseller at the Jersey Shore, and as soon as Kieran Linnane unlocked the door on this midsummer morning, customers filed in by the dozens.

They came to Hooked on Books looking for Elvis biographies, for naval history and Shakespeare and, with ribbons of blue sky visible to the west, young women came looking for the queens of beach reads, authors like Colleen Hoover and Elin Hilderbrand. ..." to continue, see Philadelphia Inquirer "This Jersey Shore bookstore is a refuge for readers" by Jason Nark.

Article August 2024: CAPEMAYCOUNTYHERALD.COM "The warmth of an in-person exchange, and the hunt for a new book, keep Hooked on Books place alive even in the age of online shopping and fading reading habits. Hooked on Books ... " to continue, see "Staying Hooked on Books in the Internet Age" by Collin Hall

Customers reviews: "We've been making a point of coming to this gem at least once every year when we come to the shore. So many books of every description, great prices, well organized and such knowledgeable people all define this wonderful store..." Wildwood Insider Reviewer, 2 August 2018

"My family and I have been going to this store for years and we love it! There is so much for everyone. They have current as well as older books and the selection is fantastic. There is always new stuff in stock so we visit often throughout the summer. Definitely worth the short walk off the boardwalk" Tripadvisor Reviewer 2 February 2018
Thank You for your support, including:

--- Voting us best of Best Bookstore on the Jersey Shore for 2012, 2009 & 2008 on TV station WTXF Fox 29 Philadelphia's "Best of the Shore" Hotlist!

--- Voting us best bookstore in Cape May county for thirteen years by the Freetime readers!

--- Making us the 2017 Readers Choice Award - as voted on by the readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com.

See Philadelphia Inquirer Article June 21, 2017 In Wildwood, residents and beachgoers are hooked on this bookstore ...

We carry all kinds of books:

--- Popular fiction categories include mystery, horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical, techno-thrillers, westerns, adventure, and the classics.

--- Non-fiction categories include biographies, true-crime, travel, business, art, sport, music, religion, new-age, self-help, cook-books, gardening, parenting, teaching, language, trivia, black and latino culture, history and politics.

--- We also have a great selection of kids books. Each of these sections are clearly sign-posted, categorized and alphabetized.
Although our primary focus is on second-hand books, we do also carry a selection of the latest "just-released" titles brand new at a discounted price.

--- Specials: Click here for a discount coupon

More than just the latest bestsellers, we specialize in carrying an authors entire backlog of titles! - Come on in and browse.

Located at 3405 Pacific Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260, we are at the corner of Oak andPacific Avenues, two blocks from the boardwalk.

Entering Wildwood from Rio Grande, go five blocks from the bridge to Pacific Avenue and then turn left 14 blocks to Oak Avenue.

Entering Wildwood from North Wildwood bridge, follow New Jersey Avenue all the way down into Wildwood as far as Oak Avenue (34 blocks) and then go left one block to Pacific Avenue.

Phone: (609) 729-1132 hookedonbooks@hotmail.com

Last updated August 31st, 2024
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