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Our Book Acquisition Process - Update March 1, 2026

Do you have books to donate or sell?

We receive many calls from people interested in selling or donating books, and we are incredibly grateful for the generosity of our community. Thanks to your support, we currently have an overabundance of books. At the same time, we are in the process of refreshing our shelves by removing older inventory, a necessary but time-consuming project.

For the time being, we need to limit book trades to no more than one box or one bag per visit. We also must pause acceptance of most hardcover fiction, except for recent bestsellers, well-known and popular classics, or titles we know are in demand or frequently requested.

At present, we’re unable to purchase books for cash, but we may be able to do so again at a later time. In most cases, sellers receive store credit equal to 25% of our in-store price for the book. Our in-store price is often about half of the original cover price, though it may vary slightly based on current market value. Mass-market paperbacks are purchased at a flat rate of 25¢ per book, and trade paperbacks are valued in the same manner as hardcovers.

Book donations are always appreciated. Please note that we do not accept textbooks or books in poor condition, including those that are musty, mildewed, or falling apart.

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Books We Need/Want

This list will be updated periodically.

Classics 

East of Eden & Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)

The Little Prince (Saint-Exupéry)

Rebecca (du Maurier)

Jane Eyre (Bronte)

Wuthering Heights (Bronte)

Tales of a Wayside Inn (Longfellow)

Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)

Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit (Tolkien)

Nonfiction

Puritan Village (Powell)

The History of Sudbury (Hudson)

Pictorial History of Sudbury (Scott)

On Tyranny (Snieder)

Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War (Brooks)

Outlive (Attia)

Nobody's Girl (Guiffre)

I’m Glad My Mom Died (McCurdy)

Revenge of the Tipping Point (Gladwell)

Modern Fiction

The Correspondent (Evans)

Project Hail Mary (Weir)

Alchemised (Yu)

The Secret History (Tartt)

James (Everett)

The Wedding People (Espach)

Books by the following authors:

Kristin Hannah

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Emily Henry

Ali Hazelwood

Abby Jimenez

Stephen King

Rebecca Yarros

Sarah J. Maas

V. E. Schwab

Freida McFadden

 

Any recent Booker Prize winners & Long/Short list

Any recent Pulitzer Prize winners

 

Children/Teen/Young Adult

A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle)

Dog Man

Babysitters Club

Boxcar Kids

Goosebumps

Magic Tree House

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Dr. Seuss

The Summer I Turned Pretty other books by Jenny Han

The Hunger Games Series and other Suzanne Collins books

Any popular Children's/Teen/YA books

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