If you’re anything like us, you absolutely love to read! What you may not love though is the price of books nowadays as they can tend to get pretty expensive. Walk into any store that sells books and you’re likely to see some pretty steep prices. How could anyone possibly afford to read on a regular basis with such high prices? Well, they can’t but if you know where to find cheap books, you can read as much as you possibly want. Now, are you ready to find out our favorite sources of cheap books? If so, scroll down and we’ll get started!

Used Book Stores

This is our favorite source of cheap books not because it is necessarily the cheapest source but because it is the best. You’re more likely to find something specific in a store like this versus one of our other sources. So, if you have a particular title in mind and want to save a little cash, find out if you have a used book store in your area. It’s a very good source!

Thrift Stores

The next source of cheap books on our list is thrift stores. Here, you will find books that others have donated and they are now available to you (and everyone else) at very good prices. In fact, you’ll probably save 90% in comparison to buying them new in a store. The only downside to buying books at thrift stores is that you’re going to have to do a lot of digging to find what you are looking for and even then, you may not find the book at all.

Yard Sales

Yard Sales are absolutely fantastic when it comes to getting good deals on books because 9 times out of 10, the books are new releases. Very few people ever let books pile up only to sell them later on. You’ll find that most books you see at yard sales are books that have came out within the last year or so which makes yard sales a great source of finding newer books at older prices. Don’t know where to find yard sales? Try your local news paper!

Online

Finally, the last place we recommend looking for cheap books is online. Sites like eBay sell books in what are called “lots” which basically means you’ll be getting a bunch of random books for a cheap price. You can search lots by category though if you just hop on eBay and type in something like “romance book lot” and see what you find. It’s truly amazing how many people sell books on eBay so you should have no trouble finding what you want.

And those are our favorite sources of cheap books. To us, a book is a book so there’s no reason to buy it brand new over buying it used unless the used copy is so damaged that you cannot read it or you’re a book collector. Either way, if you want to stock your book shelves for some summer reading, these are the best places that you can do this at!