2 great locations:
5858 Forbes Avenue in the heart of Squirrel Hill's shopping district, and at our original location
929 Liberty Avenue in Downtown's Cultural District.
We buy records and books all the time in-store (no appointment necessary for six or fewer boxes), and for large collections we can come to you! Top dollar paid. Write or call us today: amazingbookspgh@gmail.com, or 412-421-7000
We are the home of the FREE book and record! At both of our stores you will always get a free 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're open in Squirrel Hill from 10 a.m. -10 p.m. Mon-Thurs, from 10 to 7:30 on Friday, and from around an hour after sunset on Saturday nights until midnight (In December, this is around 5:45, and by June this is around 9:45.). On Sundays we're open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
We're open Downtown Mon-Fri 12-7:30, and 12-4 on Sunday.
We have a Happy Hour every Thursday at Squirrel Hill from 6-10 pm when we offer you a free beer while you browse, and also EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT from an hour after sunset until midnight! (i.d. is required.)
1.) We also have almost 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
Please allow up to 2 weeks for the books to arrive.
3.)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, or you can buy digital gift cards 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.
4.) Order virtually any new in-print book from our bookshop.org link, and save 7% off the cover price! https://bookshop.org/shop/amazingbookspgh (we will receive 30% of the sale)
5.) Book & (free) Beer Nights! Every Thursday from 6-10 pm at 5858 Forbes Ave, and every Saturday from around an hour after sunset until midnight. 21+ for a beer -i.d. is required, but all ages welcome -we have non-alcoholic options as well.
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Two Great Stores. Two Great Pittsburgh Neighborhoods.
Since opening our first location at 929 Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh in 2013, and our second store in Squirrel Hill in 2014, now at 5858 Forbes Avenue we've offered the densest concentration of well selected used books and records at great prices in all of Pittsburgh.
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
We buy used books and vinyl records in our stores every day we're open, and so our selection is constantly changing and growing. Additionally, for large collections, we'll gladly come to you. Please see our page here on our site for details about selling us your books and vinyl records, including what we're looking for in particular.
Contact Info: amazingbooksPGH at gmail.com (we prefer email to phone calls)
5858 Forbes Ave 412-421-7000
929 Liberty Ave 412-471-1899
Please note that both AB&R locations are always closed on Saturdays during the day to honor the Sabbath, as well as on all major Jewish holidays. We appreciate your business, so please come another day.
Poster by Joe Mruk of redbuffalo.org