Thrift stores in Oakland
- 31 shops
- 7 thrift
- 24 used books & secondhand
- 2 walking routes
- within 6 mi of downtown
Oakland has 29 stores on the list, five of them used bookstores. University Avenue carries three, while College Avenue, Park Street and Solano Avenue each hold a pair. The Lincoln Avenue run covers three stores in five minutes, and the Telegraph Avenue run takes seven, finishing at Vanishing Point Thrift Shop. Goodwill accounts for four branches here and Salvation Army three.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (4) · Salvation Army (3)
Book-hunting routes
2 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Park Street run5 shops
Redux Studios & Gallery Salvation Army → Goodwill → Mommy's Trading Post → Rocket Reuse → 1 more
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Telegraph Avenue run3 shops
East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse → Free Store → Vanishing Point Thrift Shop
· ~7 min
Showing 31 shops
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Gin Rummage Thrift Shop Secondhand store0.4 mi
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The Salvation Army Secondhand store0.4 mi
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1.0 mi
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Savers Secondhand store
Marina Village Parkway
1.4 mi -
1.5 mi
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Mercy Vintage Secondhand store
Piedmont Avenue
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East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse Thrift store
Telegraph Avenue · 95476
Thu–Sun 12:00–18:00 · Telegraph Avenue run · stop 1
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Thrifty Kitty Secondhand store2.1 mi
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Free Store Secondhand store
Wed–Sat 15:00–18:00 · Telegraph Avenue run · stop 2
2.2 mi -
2.3 mi
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2.9 mi
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2.9 mi
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Goodwill Thrift store
1301
2.9 mi -
Salvation Army Family Store Secondhand store
Park Street · 94501
3.0 mi -
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3.0 mi
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Mommy's Trading Post Secondhand store
Park Street · 94501
Sun–Wed 10:00–17:00 · Park Street run · stop 3
3.2 mi -
3.2 mi
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3.2 mi
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Urban Ore Secondhand store
Mon–Sat,Public holidays 08:30–17:00
3.4 mi -
Good Better Best Secondhand store
Encinal Avenue · 94501
3.6 mi -
The Plant Exchange Thrift store3.8 mi
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Goodwill Thrift store4.0 mi
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Pegasus Books Used bookstore
Shattuck Avenue
4.3 mi -
Dorothy's Closet Secondhand store
Channing Way · 94704
4.4 mi -
Friends' Store Used bookstore
Mon 12:00–16:00
4.4 mi -
4.6 mi
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4.7 mi
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Plug Stop Vintage & Thrift Secondhand store
University Avenue
4.7 mi -
6.0 mi
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Berkeley Humane Thrift Shop Secondhand store
Solano Avenue · 94706
6.1 mi
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Book hunting in Oakland
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Thrift stores re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking staff when the book cart comes out.
12 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 8 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 19 of the 31 are general second-hand shops.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
Donating books in Oakland
7 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
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