Illustration of a thrift store window in Salt Lake City

Thrift stores in Salt Lake City

  • 17 shops
  • 1 thrift
  • 16 used books & secondhand
  • within 5 mi of downtown

No chain repeats across the 17 stores in Salt Lake City, so each stop stands on its own. East 500 South and South 900 East have two each, and nothing else groups closely enough to walk. Four of the stores are used bookstores, and one is charity run.

Showing 17 shops

  1. Ken Sanders Rare Books Used bookstore

    East 500 South

    Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00

    0.3 mi
  2. iconoCLAD Secondhand store

    East 300 South · 84111

    Mon, Wed–Sat 11:00–20:00

    0.6 mi
  3. iconoCLAD Secondhand store

    South State Street · 84111

    Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00

    0.7 mi
  4. Weller Book Works Used bookstore

    East 500 South · 84102

    Mon–Thu 11:00–20:00

    1.0 mi
  5. Deseret Industries Secondhand store

    West 700 South

    Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00

    1.2 mi
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  7. South 900 East · 84102

    1.4 mi
  8. Tue–Sat 10:00–17:30

    1.5 mi
  9. Crossroads Thrift Store Secondhand store

    West Indiana Avenue · 84104

    Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00

    2.2 mi
  10. Deseret Industries Secondhand store

    East 2100 South · 84106

    Tue–Sat 10:00–19:00

    2.7 mi
  11. Central Book Exchange Used bookstore

    South 1100 East · 84106

    Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00

    2.9 mi
  12. Found N Kept Secondhand store

    South 2100 East · 84108

    Tue–Sat 11:00–18:00

    3.4 mi
  13. Chielo Vintage Secondhand store
    3.5 mi
  14. Marissa's Book Store Used bookstore

    South 900 East · 84106

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    4.4 mi
  15. South 1300 East · 84106

    4.7 mi
  16. Name Droppers Secondhand store
    4.8 mi
  17. Salt Lake Indoor Swapmeet Secondhand store
    4.9 mi
  18. Uplift Thrift Secondhand store

    East 3300 South

    Tue, Wed, Fri 12:00–16:00

    5.3 mi

Book hunting in Salt Lake City

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 6 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 12 of the 17 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 Salt Lake City

1 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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