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Rose City Reads

Your year-round destination for incredible deals on books and media! Browse a wide selection of over 15,000 items, including fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, graphic novels, manga, sci-fi, children’s books, and more. You'll also find DVDs and LPs — all at unbeatable prices.

Become a member before you shop and save 10% on all in-store purchases!

🕒 Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm
📍 Location: 221 NE 122nd Ave, Suite A

 

Friends Library Store at Central

Located in the heart of downtown inside the historic Central Library, this charming store is perfect for tourists and book lovers! Discover Portland-themed gifts, literary merch, souvenirs, and unique bookish finds.

Members get 10% off in-store. Sign up before you shop!

🕒 Hours: Friday – Saturday, Noon – 5 pm
📍 Location: 801 SW 10th Ave

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Online & Specialty Sales

Prefer to shop from home? We’ve got you covered! Our online division offers a rotating collection of:

  • New and recent fiction & nonfiction

  • Textbooks

  • Vintage & signed books

  • Rare titles & ephemera

Find us on AbeBooks and Amazon.

Don’t miss our weekly Collector’s Corner feature on Instagram for in-store gems!

COLLECTOR’S CORNER FEATURE OF THE WEEK: McSweeney’s Collection! These artful, hilariously packaged journals are full of excellent poems, fables, and essays written by some of the world’s top writers. Most $7.95 each, rare volumes pr
Rose City Reads’ next Flash Sale is exactly one month from today: June 13th & 14th. We will have fiction books for $2! Sale will run open to close (11AM-5PM) Friday & Saturday. What are you hoping to find? #usedbookstore #usedbooks #p
In celebration of this recent honor, there will be a 10% discount (members will receive a double discount) to those who reference this post TODAY Congratulations to the other Readers Choice Award Winners @grandgesturebooks , @wallacebooks , @paralle
COLLECTOR’S CORNER FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Attention art lovers: stunning oversized out-of-print gallery book with gorgeous yellow boards and 24x rare graphics! West-European Graphic Art (19th-20th Century): Selected works from the Art Gallery o
We received an amazing donation of brand new Illumicrate-exclusive copies with sprayed edges at Rose City Reads (221 NE 122nd AVE) ! Come check out the Booktok display to snag your copy! We’re open Tues-Sat 11AM-5PM #booktok #bookstagram #illu
So many ways to be a mom and so many ways to love them! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. We're celebrating the countless ways that moms have nurtured and transformed our lives. Visit us at the Friends Library Store and find a treasure fo
Rose City Reads thanks everyone who nominated us to become a Finalist. We'd like to take this honor further and become the Winner! You can vote once a day online until 11:59 PM on May 6th. https://www.oregonlive.com/retail/2025/04/vote-for-your-fav
Check out the small but mighty kids book cart at the Friends Store at Central Library. Great titles, low prices. Today is also Educator Discount Day (the last Saturday of every month) where educators get 30% off everything. Educators inspire and tran
Nominate 🌹Rose City Reads🌹 as Your Best Bookstore. Help our gently used and affordable bookstore get the recognition and exposure it deserves. OregonLive submissions must be received by 11 PM on Monday, April 28th. If we are selected as a finali
Last Chance to Apply for the Friends of the Library Board of Directors! Applications Due this Sunday (4/27). We Are In Need of a Few Good Leaders to Positively Affect the Local Library. https://jobs.macslist.org/job/bqpc3f/board-of-directors/portl
Your Choice Flash Sale! 30% off the Item of Your Choice Friends Library Store, 801 10th Street Ave. April 18th -19th, Noon-5PM

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