The Friends Annual Book Sale is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we're hoping it will be better than ever in 2025. Mark your calendar for the week of May 12th - hours below - for great books at can't-be-beat prices that support your favorite library.
This event is only possible with the support of many, many volunteers. We need you! Please sign up to volunteer here.
For questions about volunteering, email volunteermanager@chappaqualibraryfriends.org.
For general book sale inquiries, please email hello@chappaqualibraryfriends.org.
Donations will be accepted:
Monday, May 12th: 10AM - 8PM
Tuesday, May 13th: 10AM - 6PM
MEMBER PREVIEW SALE:
Wednesday, May 14th from 5-8PM
The Sale is open to ALL:
Thursday 5/15: 10AM - 8PM
Friday 5/16: 10AM - 6PM
Saturday 5/17: ½ price! 10AM - 5PM
Sunday 5/18: FREE! 11AM until gone
We really appreciate your donations in support of the library. *Please note* we cannot accept donations ahead of the sale, as we do not have storage space to hold onto books! Here is our updated list of accepted items as you gather items to donate:
Banned Books
Children's Books
Coffee table & oversize books
Fiction including Poetry, Manga, Classic, Humor & Science Fiction
Non-fiction including Biography, Cookbooks, Politics, History, Business, Philosophy, Sports, Atlas, Dictionary, Gardening, Pets & Hobbies
Hard cover, soft cover & trade paperback books
World Languages
Bookends
DVDs & Blu-Ray Discs
Music CDs & Vinyl Records
Puzzles
Sheet Music
Stationery
Video Game Discs
Anything smelly, yellowed, or moldy
Airport/mass market paperbacks
Audio casette tapes, audiobook CDs & VHS tapes
Board Games
Encyclopedia sets
Magazines
Parenting & What to Expect, Self Help
Study Guides & reference books more than 2 years old
Textbooks more than 5 years old
Travel Books more than 5 years old
At the Chappaqua Library! The sale takes place in the theater, gallery, and program room.
Yes, upon request.
Donations can be brought to the theater entrance of the library during the designated donation drop-off hours. We will have volunteers stationed at the theater entrance to help unload cars and bring the donations inside.
Nope! We sincerely regret not being able to accept donations ahead of time due to extremely limited storage space. Items left at the library entrance prior to our donation dates will be recycled. Click here to view a list of other local options for making book donations.
We happily accept cash, check, credit card and PayPal.
We are delighted to partner with local, national, and international nonprofits who can take as much as they'd like on our final "free" day of the sale. In 2022, an impromptu partnership was formed with the nonprofit organization Literacy and Water Movement, known then as Faith Kenya Mission America. Representatives from the organization arrived with a truck and carried out all remaining books. These books made their way via cargo ship over many months to Kenya and then were distributed to children at schools and agencies across the country! Please view the extraordinary pictures below.