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Tons of amazing books displayed by genre. Helpful, kind staff and great prices.

Heather Mccord-Brown

The owners were super nice! They also had a wonderful book selection can’t wait to go back!

New customer review, posted within the last 2 monthsAshley Sharp

Love this place and the people! !! Best book store ever, with the best old book smell!

Stacy Moss
Joplin, Missouri

Hands down my favorite book store. Great history selection!

Jessica Nugent
Carthage, Missouri

FAVORITE BOOKSTORE IN TOWN!!!! They have an excellent collection and their books are in great shape!!! They even go out of their way to help you find things. Also, they have the lowest and the fairest prices in town. No one else can compare!

Hillory Grant

It is so good that bookstores like these still exist. Lots of chairs and places to sit. Great service and very helpful folks . I was looking in 4 boxes of books that had just come in. They didn’t scold me because they weren’t priced yet, as has happened in other stores but had me stack them and a gave me a great price for the lot.

Jackie Lewis-Harris
Ferguson, MO

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 are always competitive. They give you an amazing offer on any books they are able to accept and are always absolutely amazing to work with. I absolutely love the #booktok room and Ameila is extremely knowledgeable on everything in there. The option to be apart of the discord group and get first look and dibs on new books in the store or to request a book to be ordered just for you is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen a store offer. When looking at my book case I can honestly say 90% of it is from ABB. And thats saying something when I have over 600 books. Bob has probably the best crew and all are irreplaceable. But make sure to talk to Alyse shes the real boss 🤣

Madelyn Hoffman

Quaint little book store. Owner was fun to talk to.

Ryan Hunter

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

Phyllis Malone

Great selection of books to browse through. Prices low enough you can’t leave without buying a couple. Great customer service, very knowledgeable about the area & book recommendations. Stop in & grab a couple books, even if just passing through. You won’t regret it.

Josh Pruitt