15 Best Places to Find Cheap Books Online

Websites with read-iculously cheap books

There’s nothing like opening a highly anticipated book and getting lost in another world for a bit. Reading is a great habit to have, but book lovers may feel those enticing pages pinch their wallets—especially nowadays, when inflation is making things more expensive and causing bookworms to dip into their book budgets for everyday needs. There are ways to expand your library without going broke, though—like reading some Kindle Unlimited books (if you have a subscription) and scouring the web for cheap books.

You can get some of the best fiction books, nonfiction books and self-help books for a fraction of the price by shopping for used books online. You often find the best books for less simply because someone previously turned their pages.

Not a bad deal, right? If you’re sold, here are some of the best places to find second-hand books online—so you can organize your bookshelf with new reads without depleting your savings.

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Price range: $3.59 and up

Book genres: Biographies, memoirs, children’s books, nonfiction, young adult and more

One of the best places to find cheap books online is ThriftBooks. The site has more than 13 million titles to browse, including the classics and newer titles. And did we mention the books are super affordable? We found a copy of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon in “very good” condition for only $4.69. We also found a copy of The Hill We Climb, the presidential inaugural poem by Amanda Gorman, in very good condition for $4.69. Get ready to stock your library—and save a couple of bucks in the process.