Grassroots Books

BOOKLOVER PARADISE! Many new and used books, so many in Spanish too! The kids section would make every grade school teacher cry with joy. Because of the outstanding options for the classroom. If you are someone that supports schools definitely add some for your classroom. The Sunday bag sales are OUTRAGEOUS $5 a bag for fun books! Lots of gift options. Be generous because it’s hard to not sack a stack. You will thank me but thank them first! TRAVELING and short on space? The post office is right up the street AND you can mail them home or to loved ones book rate. ( low low low cost)

Always love checking this place out. The pricing is fair. While I think some items are priced higher than I want, others are much lower, so it makes up for it. The staff is always friendly, helpful, and patient. I typically leave with multiple bags of books during their outdoor sales. Anytime I can spare a few minutes traveling thru the reno area, I enjoy stopping to book shop here!

LOVE this store. I have been coming here sporadically for about 2 years and have always had a positive experience. The staff is always very friendly and knowledgeable. The store is very clean and well organized. They keep a very current and relevant selection. They offer free tea all day and for first time shoppers you get a free book coupon. The prices are extremely reasonable and it’s a great place to offload old books. They buy what they can and otherwise you can donate the rest for their monthly warehouse sales or take them back home. You likely won’t make a lot off what you sell to them unless you have extremely valuable or current books, but people should understand that, books often don’t retain a lot of value. This is a place for people who love to read and the culture of it, so if you’re interested in the money aspect you can try your luck on eBay or another platform, but this is a very convenient option to give new love to your old books. Highly recommend a visit here!

This place is amazing! A true God send for homeschoolers! I highly suggest, weather pending, the $5 book bag desk outside on Sundays. Anything you can fit in the bag provided, good sized bag mind you, for 5 bucks. Just go!!!!

For $103, we just replaced the entire library for each of our kids with really good quality books in excellent condition! Definitely the best bookstore I've been to for families on a budget, and I'll be sure to visit every time I'm in Nevada! I'm so glad y'all exist! Thank you for being so kind to my kids, too. We're about to dig into some of these books for the trip back home.

Not the coolest book store in the town. They sell both used and new books; moreover, they buy your books. Prices are very reasonable and staff is kind. Lots of parking spot available in front of the store.

This is a fun place to go for fun book projects and lots of great reading from new books to classics! They have it all! Thank you!

I recently discovered Grassroots, and it's my new go-to store for finding affordable used and new books. Today, I purchased 9 books for a little less than $30. The top row (pictured) was from the $1 outside sale, which is located to the right of the building, and the bottom four were from inside the store, where unmarked paperbacks were listed at $2.99. Despite being the third person in line for checkout, it was super fast, and the employees were friendly!

Great prices! Despite the blistering heat, I scored a few old books in the Sunday sale. Friendly staff. Lots to choose from inside the store! I wish there were more bookstores like this left.

Wonder if wonderful people in a great store I would definitely recommend this place or anybody especially people on a budget

I frequent this book store on the regular. I went today for my first $5 fill a bag that they host on Sundays. It's held on the right side of the building behind the sliding gates. Lots of books to peruse, something for everyone. And to fill an entire paper bag for $5 is a steal! A handful of times I have brought in boxes of my own books to remove clutter and they purchased them from me. I mainly turn around and use it to get more books lol! I believe those hours are Mon-Thurs from 9-11. They have great deals on crafts and there's always sales carts located in the front of the building. I am always able to find books for a great price here.

My daughter and I love this bookstore and visit often. They have a great selection of both new and used books at very competitive prices. They will pay cash for your used books, vinyl records and blu-rays and the selling process is super easy and efficient. The store is well organized and easy to find the title/author you seek by category. The staff has always been very welcoming and helpful. It is locally owned and we love to support our community business owners. They have an outside sale where everything is only $1 and on Sundays, you can fill a grocery-sized bag up for a mere $5! Come check this place out and pick up some good reads!

Was visiting Reno and came across this bookstore! So many different kinds of reads. Cheap prices on hardback and paperback books! They even have current best sellers! If in the area please check them out! When I visit Reno again that is one place I will always go! Wish they could come to Texas!

Nothing fancy, but full of treasures. What looks like an old service station at one time, has been this fabulous bookstore for years. I pass it a lot coming and going to Costco. And every once in awhile stop to check out new finds. GR is very well organized. Inside all the areas are well labeled. On nice days there are sale racks out front in the parking lot. During the summer go to the west side of the building and through the gate. There are 30 or more tables with boxes and boxes of books on clearance. Still very well organized- each table is labeled with the type of books in the boxes. GR carries brand new and used books. They have their own private parking lot and some street parking that is also free. They accept credit cards and cash.

My first weekend living in Nevada and happened upon the $5 bag sale on. Sunday. What a great experience. Had a variety of books, cds and vinyl. I will definitely go back. They had a good variety of books inside, too. They were all pleasant.

I absolutely love Grassroots. I buy all my books here. In addition to supporting a local, independant business, Grassroots also offers the best deal in town. I can often buy used books (in great shape) at a very low price and when I don't find it used in the store, I have the option to be placed on a waitlist or have it ordered new at a discounted price. I have done both and usually have the book within days. The staff here are also really really friendly and helpful. If you are a book lover and you haven't found this place yet, you are really missing out.

Back in the day my family needed some quick cash so we could pick up groceries and this place grassroots helped out with just that! Very understanding and trust worthy by time we sold of what we did to this place we had the money we needed pleasure doing business with you all and thanks for help out people when they need it the most! Great staff clean store and organized and is your shopping you are left in peace and not followed everywhere you go that nice for a change.

My absolute favorite book store in Reno. Amazing prices and great selection organized very well. Super nice staff, highly recommend.

Ever since I discovered this gem I have been a frequent visitor:) Very good price for new and used books and most used books are in good conditions. There is a spacious outdoor sales section so plenty of options to check out.

When my time comes to leave this earthly plane, I hope heaven is nothing but one big Grassroots Books, free for my perusal for all eternity. I miss the days where their warehouse sale was in the actual warehouse and not outside, but that's not going to cost them any ratings because everything about this place is all kinds of awesome. 'Nuff said.

Visited the bookstore while waiting for our car service to be complete. They have a great kids section and my son got a book on coding, a new fiction book, and a little crochet art project. I got a book on calligraphy as I'm practicing hand lettering. The book was so helpful! The staff was nice, the selection was great, and the prices were very affordable! I will definitely visit again!

Time for an update since my review is 5 years old. Still coming to Grassroots after all these years and lately, it's been a weekly thing with my son so he can look for used dvds. Grassroots was there for me when I had to unload boxes and boxes of my late husband's books. I must have went there almost everyday to donate them. The folks there will help you if you need it and there was a time there where I thought I'd never physically be able to lift another box of books along with emotionally dealing with the letting go. But once that was over, it's time to bring in the new and Grassroots has a great selection of different books, and dvds. My son scored today and got a couple. Just right off of Kietzke on Grove, they have handicapped parking and it is easy in and easy out. The folks that work there always great those coming in. They are very friendly and very helpful

Available parking on site, with an outside lot and inside store. Love having this option for cheap books in our community.

Always amazing used books and DVD selections for very low prices. They do also have current New Releases for publisher recommended price, BUT, the real gem is to be found in the in warehouse sale. Housed outside in part of their parking lot, you can sift through many literary treasures (and vinyls) most seem curated from private donations. I have found such amazing gems there -- a 1920s edition of Pride & Prejudice is my biggest find. When you are at Costco or REI, be sure to stop by Grassroots Books and peruse through their shelves and boxes.

Every time I come into this store, it is an unpleasant experience. The staff act like it's a bother that you're there and they would rather be anywhere else. I have both purchased books from here, and sold books here. Selling books to them is a joke, don't bother wasting your time. They give you a few dollars for multiple books that are worth $20 per book at least. Not to mention, their "buying" hours are always changing, and it's never mentioned anywhere. Why are these hours and days of selling constantly changing?! I would caution people to be customers of this store. I would rather donate my books then to be given a measly $5 for multiple books that have a much higher value. Definitely won't be back.

This book store is one of my favorites by far with great value. Today I went in to find aviation books and by fate, a retired airline pilot had walked in with a box of aviation books. By surprise, I forgot to ask for the gentleman's name and I wish I had since he was kind enough to give me one of his books. Hopefully, you'll find this review to find my gratitude. Thank you sir and thank you to Grassroots for the opportunity and great customer service.

There's something to be said about eclectic bookstores. With a huge bookstore in town already, and many people switching to electronic books, I love disappearing in the crowded shelf mazes, of tiny little locally owned bookstores. Grassroots has so much inside, you would have to spend awhile to see it all. I've spent some time wandering and reading...yet I'm always drawn towards the children's book area. That's where I can often times, find books from when I was little. The hungry caterpillar, Clifford the red dog etc. Books I remember reading. My favorite thing to do however is to go to the children's cookbooks section and pick out the cookbooks for my son. I have him look through the pages and pick something out to make for dinner, then we go shopping together, and then we make the dinner together! I loved that they had a whole section of children's cookbooks to choose from, and many more books for people of all ages in many different genres! If you're looking for an amazing locally owned bookstore to get lost in, grassroots is the place! Go check it out!

Grassroots has been feeding my children's voracious reading appetites since they were babes. I've literally purchased thousands of books from them, and donated hundreds back. Solid supporter of the local community, really doing the most when it comes to ensuring children of any means have access to books. They provide such a welcoming bookstore browsing experience. I only wish they could expand to offer more of what they do so well.

Grassroots is my go to place for used books. I always have a list queued up in my phone of books I want to read. Every time I visit I find a few on my list for $1.99-$5.99.... You really can't beat that! Also their new books are 20% off of sticker price. The outdoor sales are fun when you have time to browse through all of the boxes. I am lazy though and rely on the organized book selection inside. I'll pay a few extra bucks to easily find what I want. If I could change one thing, I wish they had book buy backs in the evening. They offer buy backs on Thursdays 9-2, I think, so that's hard to make when you work a 9-5 office job. But I manage to get there every once and a while on lunch. I also love their book recommendations. I've found several great books in the "Staff Picks" section.

Quite literally the one and only book store I frequent in town. Not only do they provide a knowledgeable staff but, I also get that small town bookstore vibe every time I walk in. I've found some of my favorite titles by randomly browsing during their one of their bag sales and often come in to wonder and always leave with another adventure in hand. Ranging from new to used books Grassroots offers some of the best priced titles I've seen around and they're willing to find what you're looking for or put you on a list and give you a call when what you're wishing for finally finds its way into their hands. By far one of my happy places, check them out!

Seriously our new favorite used book store in Reno! Can't believe it had been a few years since we had been here. Never thinking about it while in Reno. Prices are amazing and staff was super friendly. We even came on their Sunday parking lot sale, fill a bag for $5. After finding at least a dozen books and some workbooks for my granddaugher, we purchased them and decided to walk around outside to there parking lot sale. Dang, we ended up with a $5 bag of more books we couldn't refuse for that price, lol. I think it was a successful book shopping day.

If you love books, you will love Grassroots. A big selection of new and (mostly) used books at really great prices. When I went they were having a parking lot sale, so almost everything out in the parking lot was a buck. I've been a few times and I just can't beat a good old book deal to add a few new paperbacks to the shelves. It beats a digital version any day!

If you're looking for a bookstore that still has that small town book store feel, this is the place to go! The prices are reasonable, they have frequent sales, and every Sunday, they have the five dollar bag sale. This means, in the area where they have the books specifically for that sale, if you can fit it in a paper bag, The whole bag is five dollars. We love these because kids books can get expensive over time, so hunting for a really good kids book is a lot of fun, especially when you find books for yourself! We found lots of cookbooks and a few kids books today. All in all, great fines, from a bookstore that we love!

A great place to find reading treasures. Staff is helpful and professional. Prices moderate

This bookstore is amazing! The selection of books is great. They had books in the parking lot for great prices. The cashier was very helpful. They didn't have the book I was looking for and he offered to order it for me. I highly recommend this bookstore.

If you love great deals on books and supporting small businesses, this is the book store for you! It's a little tucked away on a side street - you wouldn't know it was there unless you were going to one of the local businesses nearby. Regularly, their used books start at $1.99 and up. New books are priced a little under the standard retail pricing. If you can't find something or want a book they don't have, they'll take the book information and your information and notify you when they receive it. The staff is so friendly and helpful! They also do a sidewalk sale outdoors, where books are as low as 25¢. It's a great place to buy books to donate to classrooms or stock up on books for kids.

Thank you for your response, Zoe. Yes, the original clerk offered me a full refund and was polite- being upset wasn't about the money, I even told Danielle this outside when I had asked to speak to someone else about this matter on that very day. Although this has been your policy since 2020- I have never experienced this and was STILL confused after the first clerk has said this- again, because I have never experienced this at your store after utilizing your outdoor sale for years. Secondly, I have not been underpaying for children's books outside but for you to assume that is harsh. If you would like to review all of your video data, you will find that I have always brought all of my outdoor purchases inside, placed them on the counter, and have been very honest from which section I had found the books. Happy to clear that up for you. Also, for you to try and discredit me on who on your team knows me is unnecessary. I would be happy to point out who recognizes me and who has been kind to me over the years. Danielle is someone I have talked to regularly. I once had an extra coffee given to me, gifted it to a cashier, and have even talked to many of your team on thinking it would be a dream to work at this bookstore. Happy to clear that up for you as well. Like I stated, it wasn't about the 15$- It was about the way in which I was treated and if you think that Rowan handled that in an exemplary manner, then I wish you the best and hope that you someday become aware that some of your team could use some customer service training. If you had responded with facts and understanding, you may not have lost a loyal customer; but what's one drop in a bucket?

I love this bookstore! They had an outdoor sale while I was there and great prices on books inside. They even have new books for discounted price. They can order any book as well if needed. I will be back the next time I am in Reno.

This is a great local bookstore. I recently donated a literal truckload of books here. I was doing some rearranging and house cleaning and decided to cut down my library of 30+ years The only problem is that I hate to throw away a good book so I donated them here so someone else could enjoy them Staff was friendly and helpful and the selection almost made me come home with more books! Seriously, they have better stock than Barnes & Noble

You wouldn't know it from how terrible I am at writing [reviews], but I grew up a huge reader. I always had my face buried in a book. I won class competitions on books read over summer, or Newberry Award Winners, etc. As an adult, I pretty much stopped reading. I have my phone glued to my hand (ugh, bad habits), but have been utilizing the library's digital reading app. I did buy some physical books a few years ago, and recently decided I could donate them. We have donated to Grassroots in the past, and I've done light shopping before, but today when I donated on one of the first warm days of the year, I was reminded of the awesome power of being surrounded by shelves and shelves of books and words. It feels like they have become more organized, I found it easy to find categories and read titles. They have set up eye catching displays, full of interesting covers, and colorful children's books. I enjoyed how it felt packed and full, without feeling overwhelming. I did notice they sell brand new books now, which I didn't think they did before. I was planning on just donating, but the book appraiser gave me $2 for 4 books, so cool! Not to be cliche, if this place had an awesome patio with flowers, trees etc, and/or a little sitting area and coffee/snack bar, I'd be here all day. The windows are huge and let in a ton of light, and the idea of being surrounded by book, they just make you feel like you're a character in a movie or something. Love supporting small business and the staff were extra friendly and efficient. Will be back to get some witchy spell books and some cookbooks they had amazing deals on! If you can, when buying a book, shop here first before supporting Jeff Bezos! I would imagine the author's get way more money from a book sold here rather than corporate giant Amazon.

Oh my goodness, I cannot fully express how much I love this store; this place is a bookworm's paradise; plus the weekend bag sale-forget about it. Insert: "Shut up, here, just take my money!" meme here.

Still great! If you're looking for something, call them because if they don't have it they probably can get it. That's what just happened to me. I called but they didn't have what I wanted on hand. They looked it up and ordered it with overnight shipping to their store! If you don't think that you need anything, go there and browse their books, videos, records, kids games, keepsakes and much more! You'll probably buy something and you'll have fun in the process! There is literally something for every budget! Check it out. You won't regret it!

Love this book store! They have a ton of selections and wonderful employees. Everyone is so kind and it's so nice to have a variety of books. I get a lot of children's books here for my one year old. Although, I will say that I feel like some of the used books are a little on the pricier side. Still such an awesome place to check out. Especially with the holidays coming up, some books would be a great gift! Support local this holiday season.

I've had the good fortune of living in a number of cities across the US over the past few years. In each city, I'm always on the lookout for a great book store. Unfortunately, I'm always let down because none of them come close to Grassroots Books. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say: Grassroots Books is the best bookstore I've ever been in. It truly has set the bar for me. Such a great selection of old and new as well as books on all topics imaginable. Plus the books are very reasonably priced. Already planning my next trip to Reno and I'll definitely be bringing a spare suitcase for my visit to Grassroots Books.

I heard about this bookstore from a friend, and wanted to visit. I was expecting an unorganized huge stacks of books, as it's a used bookstore. That really wasn't the case. The outside books (cheap!!) are just roughly categorized, but the inside, it is very well organized, and the nice staff can help you find things. What I gathered in my basket was clean, looked new, with no price tags, so I thought they may be full-price. I was fine with that. BUT! They were all $1.99. I was shocked! Moreover, they give away 50 free books to kids (signup required). How nice is that? I wish I lived nearby when I was a kid. My whole household is going to be repeated customers. Let me mention one more time: the staff is super super nice.

Great bookstore-plenty of random pulp novels and resource books outside and then an entire sectionalized bookstore inside. Weekend sales on bulk books and frree book coupons on their website. The employess are great-very knowledgeable and friendly. Everytime I go to either the Toyota dealer for service or Costco (both 2 blocks north) I visit Grassroots. Wonderful place-so glad that Amazon hasn't killed off this bookstore!!! Dave in Reno

My husband is in the hospital and I ran out of books to read so I stopped by this bookstore. Fantastic selection of books at super prices. I picked up a hard cover James Paterson book for a dollar. I purchased four books and walked out only paying six dollars. We live out of town but frequent Reno often. I will be including this bookstore in future stops. Thanks for the books.

This is the best place to go to for all kinds of books,videos,movies and much more,when we went here they have the huge backyard filled with tables of books,vinyl records at a very reasonable prices we are so happy to be in this store finding all the books we needed.The staff are always ready to help finding the books we liked.

They have a great selection of books . They also have a great sale outside of new and used books.

This has quickly become my favorite bookstore in town && it's local! Lots of great sales (especially their outdoor ones). They buy back books as well just not currently during Covid. Their staff offers real feedback on some of their favorite selections and they have a great selection of everything from the classics to NY bestsellers etc.

We love this place! First off, one free book each year for the whole family. That's right, a free book. I have 5 kids and my wife, so we got 7 free books. The rules are simple, any book without a sticker can be free. The hard back books are normally $3.99 and the paper-backs are $1.99. The kids are foodies and love to cook. They should have their own YouTube channel. We got 4 GIANT cook books by Gourmet Magazine, A Taste of Home Magazine, Martha Stewart and Jacque Pepin... all like new condition for free. One of my kids got a Dune book by Frank Herbert. A classic! They look like they were right off the press. I looked up the prices and all would have cost me over $100. There was a book sale out front with Books for 99¢ and we got a couple of those too. All-in-all, that pile of books cost me $7.00!!! Next is the warehouse sale that's going on. They have a huge warehouse with 99¢ adult books and 25¢ kids books. Thousands of books to choose from. The DVDs are 59¢ and they found some xbox 360 games. Also some comic books and a DVD Evan Almighty. Finally this Sunday and about once a month they have a bag of books sale where you can fill a Grocery bag full of the warehouse books for $5.00. I am sure I can fit more than 5 books in a Raley's grocery bag lol. My 11 year old daughter decided she wants to read the first Dune trilogy and she called up Grassroots and had them put her on a wait list. Once the books came in, the store texted us. The staff was very helpful and cheerful. It's as if everyone loved their Job. I am happy to have 5 kids that love to read and don't mind used, frayed books. Way to go Grassroots!!!!!!!

I haven't been here in a coon's age, and I'm so glad we stopped by on a day full of errands. Now they have an ongoing parking lot sale, and I scored an armful of books to read when I go to sleep at night, all for a buck a piece!! It was really fun digging through the random boxes of books to find hidden treasures, and major kudos to whoever figured out that the boxes and tables were ADA accessible. I could make it between the tables, and access all the boxes in my wheelchair, which is pretty amazing. I can't begin to tell you how unaware how many people and businesses are about the details of accessibility, and it was so refreshing to be able to browse without thinking about it... The books are not arranged in any sort of categories, so give yourself time to look, because there are plenty of boxes! Inside, I was a little disappointed in the choices, I remember having more books to choose from in my favorite categories, in fact I still have some of my very favorite pattern books that I got there several years ago. I didn't find anything inside, but I will be going back regularly to scope out the ongoing parking lot sale!! ACCESSIBILITY: I already noted their thoughtfulness in how they arranged the outdoor sale books, they are quite accessible for those who have any ADA issues. Inside the store is a bit more challenging. My husband pushes my wheelchair in tight places, and we managed ok in most of the store, but turning around by yourself in some of the aisles would be a challenge, at best.

Grassroots is my favorite bookstore in Reno! They are small, but have books for all ages. They have always had any book I'm looking for (and more!). Their staff is so nice and knowledgeable about all things books! 10/10 recommend this place for all your reading needs! Shop local!!!

This store is bigger than I expected. LOTS of books at low prices, plus the bargain books outside. The staff members were friendly and helpful. I will be a regular at this store. I recommend shopping here when you have plenty of time to browse.

Just when I thought I would never be able to enjoy the things I took for granted pre COVID-19, I stumbled across this outdoor used book store and I got to browse books just like old times. There is something that I love about browsing bookstores, I'm not sure whether it's the open ended-ness of the experience because you never know what you're going to find, or if it's the shelves themselves, but being able to wander tables and look at books made my heart so happy and gave me such a sense of hope, like we're going to get through this. Grassroots is a local Reno used bookstore that also has children's books, DVDs, CDs and other music. They have a HUGE selection (I found a super cool anatomy and physiology text published in 1891!), and right now everything is outside for your safe browsing pleasure. Please be advised that masks are still required. They have port-o-potties and outside hand washing stations as well which is a HUGE plus! I was out running errands yesterday and now that you can just run into McDonald's to pee my options are really limited. You can either pay over the phone or on the website but it is contactless, and they also have contactless pickup where you can call the store, tell them what you want and they'll get it and set it aside for you to pick up. What a cool and innovative way to get us all reading again! I am so happy I stumbled upon this place and plan to continue visiting through the pandemic

Alright, I am way too annoyed that I'm writing this literally... literally... a second after I got home. I called yesterday to see if they have Midnight Sun in stock. I pre-ordered seven from Amazon many moons ago and realized I was two books short (giving as gifts). I was told they had a few in stock and it was $20.something... cool. I came in today to pickup a copy and I was greeted, THEN got called out for my mask because it has a one way valve and according to the clerk "it protects you but it doesn't protect others". Mind you, clerk is wearing a very thin mask and there's a protective barrier between us. My mother was in medical field, and I have two friends that are nurses which one directly worked with COVID patients. My point is, are WE really qualified to be telling ANYONE if one mask is more protective than the other? Sure, sure, businesses can refuse service for this issue nowadays, but look, I saw FOUR people in the entire store. I'm picking up an item really quick and not roaming around the store. Also, the price I paid is higher than what I was told over the phone yesterday. Honestly, I don't really care for any of that but just the fact that I supported this store even though I know I'm paying more by going to this local business. I have sold PLENTY of items here, a LOT of them and received only $20 for literally tens of Bluray/DVD sets and couple of boxes of books. It was almost a donation to the store when I could have just dropped them off at the library for zero dollars and other would enjoy my stuff for FREE. I have ordered books here fully knowing that it will take couple of weeks to arrive even though I CAN just order them from Amazon for a lot cheaper and receive them in two days. I'm way too annoyed... this epidemic has most of us on edge, people are going cray, some folks feel entitled to do whatever the heck they want. But there are peeps like myself that follow the guidelines but hey, my mask just is not good enough for this store. Maybe I'll return to this store someday, but for now buh-bye!

What an amazing asset this book store is for Reno. Books that are used/new at discounted prices. If you're looking to build a library for an expected baby or for your kids, this is the place to go. Teachers- if you don't know about Grassroots you better find out. They also have workbooks & journals. We get used DVDs for the kids here when we go on road trips !