Burnaby here stands for everything on the Fraser River's north side east of Vancouver, so the list also takes in New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. Vancouver, Richmond and the North Shore are covered by the Vancouver guide, and Surrey, Delta, White Rock and the Langleys by the Surrey one. Dollar figures throughout mean Canadian dollars. Inside Burnaby you get Companion Books up in the Heights, the hospice thrift store on Kingsway and SFU's United Way book sale on Burnaby Mountain, held on the two November days its fall 2026 poster gives; after that the route runs east, from two shops on New Westminster's 12th Street and EVENT magazine's spring sale at Douglas College through Port Moody and Port Coquitlam to a café-bookshop, a used bookstore and a library sale shelf clustered in central Maple Ridge.
Bring books to sell and you will meet very different deals. Companion pays in cash as well as credit, Western Sky and Bean Around Books deal in credit alone, and Tomes & Tales in Pitt Meadows adds a consignment option for collections. Coquitlam, for all its size, has no stop of its own: the Crossroads Hospice shop's donation page points book donors to Big Brother bins instead, and Thrift & Fund at Burquitlam's donation list names clothing, shoes and toys, not books.
Used, rare and new bookshopCompanion Books
4094 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 2H9
In Burnaby Heights on Hastings Street, roughly 5 km northwest of Burnaby City Hall, this independent puts its stock at more than 60,000 books: used copies alongside new titles it can order in, plus rare and collectible books it lists through AbeBooks. Trade-ins earn store credit reaching 50 percent of Companion's own sticker, or cash reaching 20 percent, though common authors seldom earn cash; walk-in trades stop at five books, and larger lots need an appointment and a limit of five boxes. Reader's Digest condensed books, encyclopedias, magazines and damaged copies are refused, and credit can pay for only 20 percent of any new title. Its Facebook page showed vintage Dune editions on the shelves on September 5, 2026 and announced a visit from the Gruffalo for Friday, October 30, 2026.
Hours: Mon–Thu 10am–6pm, Fri 10am–9pm, Sat 10am–6pm, Sun noon–5pmWebsite Campus charity book saleSFU United Way Burnaby Campus Book Sale
AQ North Concourse, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
On Burnaby Mountain, in the north concourse of Simon Fraser University's Academic Quadrangle about 5.5 km northeast of City Hall, the university's United Way campaign runs a book sale that its fall 2026 poster sets for November 18 and 19, a Wednesday and a Thursday. The organizers promise gently used fiction and non-fiction in every genre, from science and science fiction to romance and literary classics, and the poster calls the sale annual. Proceeds go to United Way British Columbia for programs serving seniors, youth and people facing food insecurity, and donated books are accepted year-round at the W.A.C. Bennett Library.
Hours: 2026 edition: Wed Nov 18, 9am–6pm; Thu Nov 19, 2026, 9am–4pmWebsite New and used bookshopWestern Sky Books
2132-2850 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6K5
In Port Coquitlam, inside Shaughnessy Station Mall, a 14.5 km haul east from the Burnaby starting point, an independent that calls itself award-winning and the one used bookshop across the Tri-Cities, selling new and secondhand books, audiobooks through Libro.fm and work by local artists in a gallery space. It takes books for credit from Wednesday to Saturday with no appointment, 15 to 20 at a time, and pays between 25 cents and $5 a copy depending on resale price, condition and the copies already in stock. That credit settles half the bill on used books, or $1 toward a new one, and cannot be exchanged for cash. The policy was last revised on January 13, 2026, and a sign goes in the window when the shop has taken in all it can for the day.
Hours: Sun–Tue 11am–5pm, Wed–Sat 10am–6pmWebsite New and used bookshopTomes & Tales
103-19141 Ford Rd, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2P8
In Pitt Meadows, in a Ford Road plaza roughly 21 km out from Burnaby's city hall, a bookshop for new and used books that also sells loose-leaf tea and local gifts, run by new owners who say they are carrying on the store's long legacy. Gently used books brought in without an appointment earn store credit, and collections or specialty items can go into its consignment program. Its events calendar, read on October 26, 2026, had an in-store author signing on Saturday, November 7 and a parent-and-kid book club on Tuesday, November 10, while the owner's profile recalls a visit by thriller writer Robyn Harding in early 2026.
Hours: Tue–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 11am–4pm; closed MonWebsite Non-profit café and used bookstoreBean Around Books & Tea
22626 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2V3
In Maple Ridge, on Lougheed Highway at the far end of this route, 27.5 km away, a café and bookstore owned by the Pathfinder Youth Centre Society, where young people train as baristas; its site counts over 15,000 books, rare, out-of-print and used, with a section for local BC authors. Books it can resell earn credit worth 25 percent, and later purchases are then charged at half the listed price, with the difference worked off that credit. The Maple Ridge News reported on December 30, 2025 that the café had opened a GoFundMe with a $10,000 goal to keep its doors open, and its Facebook page announced fresh Harry Potter and Seven Sisters sets on October 21, 2026. Opening times shift, so check the Facebook page, where the café posts the coming week's hours; its October 3, 2026 update said it was opening on Mondays again.
Where can I find cheap used books in Burnaby?
Begin at the Maple Ridge library, whose first-floor sale shelf the branch described as ongoing in February 2026, then follow the Burnaby Hospice thrift store's Facebook page, which announced a half-price media day for Sunday, October 18, 2026. Over in New Westminster, a video from Royal Columbian's New to You shop showed books and art on its shelves on July 15, 2026. For volume, circle SFU's campus sale, dated November 18 and 19 on its fall 2026 poster. In the bookshops, trade credit is what brings prices down: at Bean Around Books and Western Sky, credit covers half of each used book, and Companion announced a buy-three-get-one-free offer for April 25, 2026, Canadian Independent Bookstore Day.
Where do I sell used books in Burnaby?
Companion in Burnaby Heights pays either way, cash worth up to a fifth of its price or credit worth up to half, and wants you to book a slot for more than five books. Western Sky in Port Coquitlam gives credit only, from 25 cents to $5 a book, on its Wednesday-to-Saturday receiving days; Tomes & Tales in Pitt Meadows offers credit with no appointment plus consignment for collections, Bean Around Books credits 25 percent, The Bookcase swaps books for credit, and Hourglass in Port Moody buys comic collections, older ones above all. Ahead of that trip, aim BiblioScan at the bookcase for one photo: each recognized spine gets its likely resale figure, and those few titles strong enough to sell yourself (Amazon.ca, eBay.ca, Kijiji, AbeBooks and Facebook Marketplace all reach Canadian buyers) come off the trade-in pile.
Which day is best for book hunting in Burnaby?
Saturday, for the shops: Companion, the hospice store, Wildfires, Orange Crush Velvet, Hourglass, Western Sky, Tomes & Tales and the Maple Ridge library all list Saturday hours, and it is the last of Western Sky's four days for taking in books. Bean Around Books posts its hours week by week on Facebook, while The Bookcase and New to You publish no dated hours, so check those three before driving out. Monday closes Orange Crush Velvet, Hourglass and Tomes & Tales, Tuesday closes Wildfires and Orange Crush, and Companion stays open until 9pm on Fridays. The SFU sale is the exception, a Wednesday and Thursday in November.
When is the big book sale in Burnaby?
Mark down SFU's United Way book sale in the Academic Quadrangle's north concourse, which the organizers' fall 2026 poster sets for Wednesday, November 18 from 9am to 6pm and Thursday, November 19 from 9am to 4pm, with everything raised going to United Way British Columbia. In New Westminster, EVENT magazine fills the Douglas College concourse for a week in March; its 2026 sale was announced for March 16 to 20, so keep an eye on eventmagazine.ca as winter sets in.