Chicago’s most popular used-book sale is back! Browse through thousands of books in dozens of genres, including fiction, philosophy, history, art, cooking, children’s literature, and much, much more. With many items priced at $3 or less, you can stock up on new reads and expand your own personal library on the cheap.
Everything for sale at the volunteer-led Book Fair is generously donated, and all proceeds help further the Newberry’s mission to foster a deeper understanding of our world through research and learning.
Know in Advance:
Book Fair will be cashless: only debit and credit cards accepted.
Please bring your own shopping bags.
We recommend taking public transportation to the Book Fair, as street parking is limited.
10am - 6pm
Preview Day (Thu, July 28)
Free & open to the public
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL
41.900114364249, -87.63060135
Newberry Library Book Fair
![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=0V_4_Lt2)
