Thrift stores in Seattle
- 17 shops
- 3 thrift
- 14 used books & secondhand
- 1 walking route
- within 5 mi of downtown
California Avenue Southwest is where to start in Seattle, with three stores inside three minutes, Stop and Shop and Discovery Shop before Pegasus Book Exchange. Nothing else among the 17 groups up that way. Five used bookstores are on the list and Goodwill has three branches.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (3)
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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California Avenue Southwest run3 shops
Stop and Shop → Discovery Shop → Pegasus Book Exchange
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Either/Or Secondhand store0.9 mi
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Goodwill Outlet Thrift store1.4 mi
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Stop and Shop Secondhand store
California Avenue Southwest · 98116
Mon–Tue,Thu–Sun 11:00–16:00 · California Avenue Southwest run · stop 1
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Discovery Shop Secondhand store
California Avenue Southwest · 98116
California Avenue Southwest run · stop 2
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Pegasus Book Exchange Used bookstore
California Avenue Southwest · 98116
Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · California Avenue Southwest run · stop 3
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UW Surplus Secondhand store
Tue 10:00–16:00
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The Man Who Sold The World Secondhand store
University Way Northeast · 98105
Wed,Thu,Sun 12:00–18:00
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Book hunting in Seattle
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.
14 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 13 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 9 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 Seattle
3 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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Nearby: Thrift stores in Portland· Thrift stores in Eugene· Thrift stores in Oakland· Thrift stores in San Francisco· Thrift stores in Salt Lake City· Thrift stores in Los Angeles
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