Always Buying Books buys more books in a day than any other bookstore in the area sells in a month. There is no amount too small or too large for us to buy.
We buy textbooks, fiction, nonfiction, hardback, paperback, personal libraries and bookstores. We also buy audiobooks on CD.
We don’t necessarily buy everything, but we want to see everything you have!
Needed NOW…
We buy just about anything, but here is a list of books we really need right now! If you have any of these you want us to buy, bring them in!
Leather & Hardback Classics
Folio
Easton Press
What Our Customers Say…
I have traveled to many book stores in many states and of all varieties of types and no matter what none of them can compare to Always Buying Books. The selection they have exceeds even the larger stores options. Between the new and used options the prices…
Madelyn Hoffman
Great store for an avid reader. Great prices and selection
Irene Smith
I was in town over the holiday and my dad took me to this gem of a bookstore. I scored a first edition of a Hunter S Thompson collection for next to nothing. Later that day I returned with an old friend and we both found a handful of collectible editions…
Roger Hughlett
huge selection and greatly priced blue a great section of children’s book, I can’t wait to take my kids so they can get the classics
Jessika Busby
New books are rotated into the stock regularly. Recent reorganization of the store looks great. If you like piles of books, searching for treasures, and people named Bob – this is the shop for you. Every time I am in Joplin I pick up a stack of…
Adam Pugh
Well worth a visit anytime. Bob is a really awesome guy who always has time to share with a friend.
Daniel Darling
Something for everybody! Great selection and even better prices!