Thrift stores in Austin
- 23 shops
- 7 thrift
- 16 used books & secondhand
- within 5 mi of downtown
Austin has 23 stores listed, and they gather on Burnet Road and Guadalupe Street, three on each. Nothing here forms a run short enough to walk between comfortably. Goodwill accounts for seven of the total, and a single used bookstore is on the list. Fifteen of the 23 are secondhand thrift stores.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (7)
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Pavement Secondhand store
South Lamar Boulevard
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Goodwill Thrift store
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ReStore Habitat for Humanity Secondhand store
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The Salvation Army Thrift store
South Congress Avenue · 78745
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Austin Pets Alive! Thrift Secondhand store
Clarkson Avenue · 78751
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Goodwill Thrift store
Mon–Sun 10:00–20:00
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Assistance League of Austin Thrift Store Secondhand store
Burnet Road
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Blue Velvet Vintage Clothing Secondhand store
West North Loop Boulevard · 78751
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Goodwill Thrift store
North Lamar Boulevard suite #B100 · 78751
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Goodwill Central Texas - Outlet South Thrift store
Burleson Road · 78744
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Thrift Town Secondhand store
Manchaca Road · 78745
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Book hunting in Austin
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.
13 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 11 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 15 of the 23 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 Austin
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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