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Thrift stores by state

456 thrift stores and used bookstores across the US, mapped city by city for book hunters. Pick a city and plan a route between the shops worth the walk.

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California

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Oakland

31 shops · 5 used bookstores

Walk the Lincoln Avenue run first, then cross to Telegraph Avenue for East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse and Vanishing Point Thrift Shop.

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Los Angeles

26 shops · 2 used bookstores

San Fernando Road has three stores and Hollywood Boulevard two, and the rest of the city needs a car.

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San Francisco

15 shops · 5 used bookstores

Valencia Street is the place to start, with Haight Street a short move away and Goodwill branches filling the gaps.

Colorado

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Denver

26 shops · 3 used bookstores

Fahrenheit's Books, The Printed Page Bookshop and arc Thrift Store sit five minutes apart on South Broadway, which is where to begin.

Illinois

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Chicago

28 shops · 1 used bookstore

North Clybourn Avenue puts Cynthia's Consignment and The Salvation Army four minutes apart, and West Grand Avenue is the next stop.

Massachusetts

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Boston

19 shops

Head for Massachusetts Avenue first, then Centre Street, where Diversity Consignment and 40 South St. Vintage are eight minutes apart.

Minnesota

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Minneapolis

23 shops · 3 used bookstores

Three of the city's stores sit on Nicollet Avenue, the only stretch here worth walking before the driving starts.

New York

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Brooklyn

62 shops · 10 used bookstores

Out of the Closet anchors a run of 5 thrift stores within 11 minutes.

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Manhattan

51 shops · 7 used bookstores

3rd Avenue holds 5 thrift stores, the highest count of any single street.

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Staten Island

8 shops

Thrift stores dominate here, outnumbering used bookstores 7 to 0.

North Carolina

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Greensboro

16 shops · 2 used bookstores

Three stores sit on West Gate City Boulevard, and Mill Street and Spring Garden Street have two each.

Oregon

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Portland

41 shops · 9 used bookstores

Begin on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, which ends at Powell's Books on Hawthorne, then head over to Southeast Stark Street.

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Eugene

21 shops · 1 used bookstore

Habitat for Humanity ReStore starts an 11 minute walk that ends at Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store by way of Goodwill.

Texas

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Austin

23 shops · 1 used bookstore

Guadalupe Street and Burnet Road hold three stores each, which makes either one a reasonable place to start.

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Dallas

17 shops · 1 used bookstore

West Jefferson Boulevard has the only pair of stores here, and the rest are far enough apart to need a car.

Utah

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Salt Lake City

17 shops · 4 used bookstores

East 500 South and South 900 East each hold a pair of stores, and no chain branch repeats anywhere in the city.

Virginia

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Richmond

15 shops

Forest Hill Avenue is the only street here with two stores, and nothing in the city is a used bookstore.

Washington

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Seattle

17 shops · 5 used bookstores

Stop and Shop, Discovery Shop and Pegasus Book Exchange sit three minutes apart on California Avenue Southwest.

Why thrift stores are the best book hunting there is

Every thrift store shelf is stocked by donation, priced to move, and re-shelved constantly, which makes it the least predictable and most rewarding bookstore format there is. The same shelf can hold airport thrillers, a Pulitzer winner, and an out-of-print favorite someone finally let go of. The catch is volume: reading a few hundred spines shop after shop is where good intentions go to die. That's the bit Spines takes off your hands: photograph the shelf and it identifies every book, pulls ratings, and flags the ones that match your taste. If you're new to the hunt, start with our guide to finding good books in thrift and charity shops.

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