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Always Buying Books is the ONLY bookstore I go to. Best selection, best prices and best service.

Phyllis Malone

This is my favorite place in Joplin! Bob and Elise are just the greatest people ever. They go out of their way to make sure you have a good day there. Also they have such an impressive collection of books (and globes🌏 🙂 Love that place♡

Emily Yates

Great customer service.

Melody Dickey

Great selection on books! This is my go to store for books.

Brandi Clark

Great selection, well organized, friendly and clean. Always something to find when we stop in.

Cathy Bays
Joplin, MO

EXEMPLARY, INCULPABLE. Mucho Gusto, Mr. Bob Wolfe. ( By the way, sentence is exactly 50 characters, HAHA )

Steven Maddox
Carl Junction, Missouri

Wonderful! Got a rare Easton Press copy of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Great service and great prices!

Kristen Francis

Great service, wide variety of books and great condition of books as well. everytime I go its like Christmas because I find such awesome gems! Thank you for a wonderful establishment! ❤

Shawna Ackerson

This is my favorite bookstore in southwest Missouri! The pricing and atmosphere are both great and I visit routinely to see what’s new 🖤 the owners are helpful and friendly too!

Jamie Hammond
Joplin, MO

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 by Tom Robbins, Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry Miller. The only possible weak(ish) link was the lack of a philosophy section. I’ve visited bookstores from coast to coast and in Europe. This place holds its own with the best of them. I’ll be back.

Roger Hughlett