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📚 Where to donate books
Books can go to thrift stores and to Friends of the Library groups, which sell them to raise money for the local library.
Before you go
- Old encyclopedias and outdated textbooks are rarely wanted.
- Call the library first; many only take donations on certain days.
809 local places we've checked take books.
Local places, by state
- Alabama14 places
- Arizona6 places
- Arkansas9 places
- California56 places
- Colorado12 places
- Florida26 places
- Georgia53 places
- Hawaii7 places
- Illinois16 places
- Indiana25 places
- Kansas7 places
- Kentucky6 places
- Louisiana12 places
- Maryland17 places
- Massachusetts17 places
- Michigan27 places
- Minnesota22 places
- Mississippi33 places
- Missouri39 places
- New Jersey12 places
- New York44 places
- North Carolina22 places
- Ohio63 places
- Oklahoma9 places
- Oregon29 places
- Pennsylvania33 places
- Rhode Island5 places
- South Carolina9 places
- South Dakota17 places
- Tennessee12 places
- Texas34 places
- Utah9 places
- Virginia27 places
- Washington22 places
- West Virginia7 places
- Wisconsin13 places
- Wyoming6 places
Don't see your state? Open your region from the map and search for "books".
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