Thrift stores in Denver
- 26 shops
- 14 thrift
- 12 used books & secondhand
- 1 walking route
- within 5 mi of downtown
South Broadway carries seven of Denver's 26 stores, among them a five minute stretch linking Fahrenheit's Books, The Printed Page Bookshop and arc Thrift Store. West Colfax Avenue adds two more. Goodwill has seven branches spread across the city, and 14 of the 26 stores are charity run. Three used bookstores are listed.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (7)
Book-hunting routes
1 routeShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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South Broadway run3 shops
Fahrenheit's Books → The Printed Page Bookshop → arc Thrift Store
· ~5 min
Showing 26 shops
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Garage Sale Vintage Secondhand store
Larimer Street · 80202
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Atomic Salvage Secondhand store
Marion Street · 80218
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Fever Dream Vintage & Modern Secondhand store
Fillmore Street · 80206
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Fahrenheit's Books Used bookstore
South Broadway · 80210
Wed–Mon 11:00–18:00 · South Broadway run · stop 1
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The Printed Page Bookshop Used bookstore
South Broadway · 80210
Mon–Sat 10:30–17:30 · South Broadway run · stop 2
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arc Thrift Store Thrift store
South Broadway · 80210
Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00 · South Broadway run · stop 3
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Goodwill Thrift store
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Disabled American Veterans Thrift Shop Thrift store
West Alameda Avenue · 80226
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Book hunting in Denver
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.
22 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 21 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 9 of the 26 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 Denver
14 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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