Testimonials

Such an awesome store. You won’t be sorry you stopped in.

This place is larger than it looks with a large selection to choose from and the best part is the owners seem like great people very helpful I will definitely recommend this shop to anyone and i will shop this store in the again future and make this my go too Book Store.

Such a great place to buy books!!

Hands down my favorite book store. Great history selection!

Always Buying Books is a treasure trove of reading happiness. I love this store!

So many old books you can’t find anywhere else. !!

This is the best used book store! A wide variety. You can find just what you are looking for here.. The Christian section is huge! Bob has always been so helpful and pleasant! The prices are great, and there is always a sale of some kind going on. It is a fun place. I LOVE Always Buying Books!!

I love Bob’s. He’s amazing. I could spend hours in there. Unfortunately today the princess was too tired!! But she got done pretty great books as well!! He always has bargains. You can’t go wrong!! Thank you for being so awesome!!!

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.

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♡