Half Price Books

Currently buying from the public with limited hours and quantity restrictions of 3 bags or 2 medium boxes.

8 / 10
200
ratings
Address

5555 N Lamar Blvd (at Koenig Lane) Austin , TX 78751 United States

Credit Cards Yes

Comments / 24


Keywords:

books vinyl friendly staff movies
Monica Rae Ybarra-Torres

This place is great, they always have what I'm looking for, and staff is friendly , that's always a plus!

CJ Cook

Big selection, great bookstore atmosphere, and right next to the Goodwill! I never go to one without the other.

Jared Tristan

Very friendly staff that know their books ! Very helpful and great at recommending new books .

Anna Morgan

Not just books ! Half Price also sells board games , video games and consoles! I am always glad that they have shopping carts.

Lindsay Muncy

Take a chance and buy one of the books the staff has recommended. You may find a new favorite author!

Social News Network

Check out this place for classic and very recent DVDs on a lazy friday evening and have a great movie night to follow!

Miriam Goldman

Huge and varied selection here! Sometimes it seems like you can get anything at HPB.

Zack Dunda

Impressive collection of used vinyl records , both decent quality for around $6 and bargain for 98 cents.

El David Thomas

If you are complaining about the offers on books , remember the name of the place.

Patrick Jamar

Great selection, and cheap prices! 👍🏻

Dave Burns

It’s big and has a good selection of things.

Maggie C Perkins

Fantastic selection of vinyl .

Evan Gainder

Great place to finish your collection.

Skibby Tidoodah

You can also sell them recent issues of magazines; frequently, you'll get more for those than for your old books .

Joycott

Get some books on Earth Day and 5% of your purchase goes to eco-friendly causes!

Maddie

Board game selection really small.

Valeka Cruz

This store has a great selection of books !

Pete Sternburg

They make you wait 30+ minutes in the store to give you a few pennies for the hundreds of dollars of books you drop off.

David

You can find some real treasures in the rare book area.

Nadine

Do not sell here on the weekend. Over an hour wait.

Sonia Joshani

Heaven on earth!

Lulu McAllister

99cent CD section - worth squatting to dig around.

Samuel Yu

Don't get offended when you get a low offer on the books you are attempting to sell to them.

Gabriel James

Toys 'R Us for thinkers

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