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  • About Us
    • 60+ Years of Friends
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Our Supporters
    • Financials
    • Blog >
      • History Series
    • Contact Us >
      • Employment
    • Sign-Up for Newsletter
  • Support Us
    • Donate
    • Leadership Circle
    • Innovation Circle
    • Leave a Legacy Gift
    • The Pacifics
    • Gift of appreciated stock
    • Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)
    • Other ways to give
    • Library Preservation Fund
  • What We Fund
  • Buy & Donate Books
    • Bookstore
    • Donate Books
    • This Is Ear Hustle
  • Laureates 2023
  • Events
    • Book Sales
  • Residencies
    • Brown Handler Writer's Residency ​
    • James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Fellowship
  • Volunteer

Friends Bookstores

Serving Our san francisco library community since 1961
Friends Bookstore ​at
​the Main Library
After 16 months, and with the Main Library back open for public browsing, our beloved bookstore opened on July 28, 2021. Friends Bookstore is one of the only bookstores in the Tenderloin neighborhood and is a crucial resource to all residents who visit the Main Library.

Hours
Monday, Closed
Tuesday - Thursday, 10am - 3pm​
Friday, 12pm - 5pm
Saturday, 10am - 3pm
Sunday, 12pm - 4:30pm
Location
Main Library
30 Grove Street entrance
Friends Bookstore Online
​Used books and vinyl

​Enjoy shopping on Friends’ online stores.
AMAZON STORE
EBAY STORE
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Step Sale at the Main
Library
 
 

​every Wednesday
​Join us every Wednesday from 11 am - 3 pm at the Larkin St. steps of the Main Library for a Friends Step Sale! Did we mention BIG BOOK SALE PRICING?

​Members also receive 10% off all book purchases! Not a member or need to renew? Donate today!
​​Pricing:
  • Hardcover $5
  • Trade Paperback $4
  • Kids & Young Adult (YA) $3
  • Mass-market Paperback $2​
  • CDs & Vinyl $2
​​Step Sales will be canceled without notice due to inclement weather.

Fresh Prints of the SFPL
New books by authors featured at the Library 
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Library Collection 
To shop for the books featured in this collection, click here. 

#LibrariesDeliverDemocracy Collection
To shop for the books featured in this collection, click here. ​

To shop for the books featured in ¡VIVA!: Latino Hispanic Heritage Month programs​ at the SFPL, click here.

One City Once Book Collection ​
Shop for this year's One City One Book selection, Know My Name by Chanel Miller here.

Book  Program  Updates

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  • Friends Bookstore at the Main Library is open July 28!
  • Weekly Step Sales are every Wednesday at the Main Library.​
  • Book donations at the Donation Center in Potrero Hill are by appointment only. For more information, click here. ​
  • Check out our Big Book Sale: Monthly Edition on our events page.

​Donate and become a member today for 10% off all book purchases!
DONATE

​ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES &
Donation center Location
1630 17TH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107

​Administrative Phone: (415) 626-7500
BOOK DONATION CENTER: (415) 522-8606 

Get INvolved 

DONATE/JOIN/RENEW

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 94-6085452 
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