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📚 Where to donate books in Alabama

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

14 places in Alabama take books.

Huntsville & Madison County 10

Huntsville

Goodwill - Memorial Parkway (store + drive-thru)

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Huntsville

Goodwill - University (store + drive-thru)

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Huntsville

Goodwill - Piedmont Point Donation Center

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
HuntsvilleCall to confirm

Goodwill - Moores Mill Donation Center

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Madison

Goodwill - Madison Commons Drive-Thru

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Madison

Goodwill - County Line Road Drive-Thru

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Madison

Goodwill - Pine Grove Donation Center

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
HarvestCall to confirm

Goodwill - Harvest Donation Center

  • clothing, shoes, jewelry
  • linens
  • small appliances
  • dishes, glassware, utensils
  • furniture and lamps
  • books, CDs, records
  • toys
Not accepted: mattresses and box springs; large appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers); TVs made before 2010; car seats, high chairs, cribs; tires, batteries, paint, oil, chemicals; building materials
Madison

Madison Friends of the Library (Madison Public Library)

  • hardback and paperback books
  • comics and graphic novels
  • magazines from the last 6 months
  • CDs, vintage records, DVDs, Blu-rays
  • audiobooks
  • puzzles and games
  • textbooks from the last 10 years
Not accepted: VHS tapes; encyclopedias

Athens & Limestone County 2

AthensCall to confirm

Goodwill Athens (Alabama Goodwill Industries)

  • Clothing, shoes and accessories
  • Jewelry and linens
  • Small appliances and kitchenware
  • Furniture and lamps
  • Books, CDs and records
  • Toys
  • Bicycles and sporting equipment
Not accepted: Items needing repair, stained or water-damaged; Mattresses and box springs; Car seats, cribs and high chairs; Large appliances (refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves); TVs made before 2010; Building materials

The Shoals 1

Gadsden & Etowah County 1