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2 great neighborhoods, 2 great locations:

5858 Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill and 5430 Walnut Street in Shadyside.

We are the home of the FREE book and record! You will always get a free used book or record of your choice with every three that you buy! (The lowest priced item is free, up to $10 in value. If all four items you choose are more than $10 each, you'll get $10 off the entire purchase.)

We also give you a free beer every Thursday at each store from 6-10 pm and also EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT from an hour after sunset until midnight! (No purchase necessary, but i.d. is required for a beer.) We often have non-alcoholic spritzers as well.

We raffle off a free $20 gift card each Thursday and Saturday to benefit the Squirrel Hill food pantry in Squirrel Hill and the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank in Shadyside. For a donation of any amount, you'll be entered to win.

Hours:

Squirrel Hill: 5858 Forbes Avenue (412-421-7000)

Sunday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - SUNSET*
Saturday: 1 hour after sunset- 12:00 midnight during daylight savings time/11 during standard time*

We close for 25 hours every Friday night through Saturday night at this location to honor the Sabbath. We appreciate your business, so please come another day, or check out our other location. (See below.)*

Shadyside: 5430 Walnut Street(412-471-1899)
Sunday: 10:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday: 10:00 AM - 10-10:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM

1.) We also have over 15,000 used books listed on line, which you can browse here: https://www.abebooks.com/amazing-books-pittsburgh-pittsburgh-pa-u.s.a/63348767/sf

2.) Gift cards make great gifts! You not only give the gift of books, but the gift of browsing for books! We have physical gift cards for sale at our stores for 10% off the gift amount, or you can buy digital gift cards also discounted by 10% here: https://squareup.com/gift/93PP7JJS4859F/order
Please note that both kinds of gift cards can only be used in-store. They cannot be used to order on-line from us. We apologize for the inconvenience.

3.) Order virtually any new in-print book from our bookshop.org link, and save 7% off the cover price! https://bookshop.org/shop/amazingbookspgh (Purchases support independent bookstores in general, and we will receive 30% of the sale.)

4.) We buy records and books in-store Sun-Fri between 12 and 6 p.m. (no appointment necessary for six or fewer boxes, which should be not larger than 12 5/8 x 12 5/8 x 16 3/8), and for large collections we can often come to you. Write or call us today about your collection if you've got more than five boxes worth. [email protected], or 412-421-7000. See our page here for details about what we buy: http://www.amazingbooksandrecords.com/we-buy-books--we-buy-records.htmlwww.amazingbooksandrecords.com/we-buy-books--we-buy-records.html

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We've been repeatedly voted Best in Pittsburgh in City Paper, and in Pittsburgh Magazine's 2018 "Best of Pittsburgh" issue.

In August 2019, we were featured in The New York Times!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/books/amazing-books-pittsburgh-bookstore.html

Another great story about us was in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/brian-oneill/2017/06/08/pittsburgh-bookstores-amazing-books-squirrel-hill-south-side-eric-ackland/stories/201706080016

Contact Info: amazingbooksPGH at gmail.com or 412-421-7000

5858 Forbes Ave 412-421-7000
5430 Walnut Street 412-471-1899