Prince George, British Columbia, gives you six stops on this page, every one of them inside city limits, with prices given in Canadian dollars throughout. The core is compact: the Bob Harkins Branch of the public library on Canada Games Way and the Elder Citizens Recreation Association hall on 10th Avenue stand about 480 m apart, and the hospital gift shop on Edmonton Street sits a little farther west. The rest need a car or a bus: the hospital auxiliary's thrift store on Nicholson Street, then the two Hospice resale stores, one in the Tabor Boulevard plaza west of downtown and one on Domano Boulevard in College Heights, 7.9 km from each other as the crow flies.
None of the six is a used-only bookstore. A Likely Story, the secondhand shop that still turns up in directory searches, shut its storefront in late November 2020, and its owner wrote in November 2024 that the inventory had to go because reopening was out of reach. What's left is charity shelving and two October sales sharing one Saturday, October 17, 2026: the public day of a twice-yearly sale staged by the volunteer Friends group at the library and the seniors' association's craft fair with its book table, a short walk apart.
Hospice thrift shopHospice Resale Store (Tabor Boulevard)
219-100 Tabor Blvd, Prince George, BC V2M 5T4
Unit 219 in the Tabor Boulevard plaza, some 4 km out from downtown toward the west-northwest by straight-line measure, is the longer-standing of the two shops run by the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society: when the Prince George Citizen covered the College Heights opening in June 2023, it noted that this Worth Repeating Resale Shop would stay open. On August 17, 2026 the shops' Facebook page welcomed their 'book guy' back after three weeks away and priced the book sections at 10 for $1.00. Anyone 55 or older gets 25% off the whole purchase every Wednesday, a standing deal the shops restated on September 9, 2026. It's also the address the society gives for arranging a donation pickup.
Hospital auxiliary thrift shopHospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop
1655 Nicholson St, Prince George, BC V2N 1V7
On Nicholson Street, 2.8 km west of downtown by straight-line distance, the volunteer-staffed shop of the Auxiliary to the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia moved to this address and reopened in October 2024, and its own page lists toys, books and seasonal decorations alongside the clothing volunteers clean, press and price. When the shop marked its first year on Nicholson Street, the Auxiliary's website pointed shoppers to its games, books and videos. The weekly-sale flyer the Auxiliary posted on Facebook for September 14 to 19, 2026 confirmed the Monday-to-Saturday schedule and set a Senior's Day on Wednesday, September 16 at 20% off everything except jewellery and gold tags.
Hours: Mon–Sat 10am–4pmWebsite Library Friends book saleFall Book Sale, Friends of the Prince George Public Library
Bob Harkins Branch, 888 Canada Games Way, Prince George, BC V2L 5T6
The volunteer Friends group holds what the library describes as a semi-annual book sale, and the library's September–October 2026 program guide books the fall round into the downtown Bob Harkins Branch for Friday, October 16 through Saturday, October 17, 2026. Members get Friday afternoon to themselves, with a $5 cash membership sold at the door, and on Saturday the room is open to everyone. Nothing carries a sticker: books go for a cash donation, and when Prince George Daily News announced the spring edition on April 15, 2026 it told shoppers to show up with bags of their own.
Hours: Fri October 16, 2026 members 2pm–5:30pm; Sat October 17, 2026 10:30am–2:30pmWebsite Seniors' centre craft fair and book saleECRA Craft Fair with Bake & Book Sale
Elder Citizens Recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave, Prince George, BC V2L 3S4
The Elder Citizens Recreation Association opens its hall on 10th Avenue, a 480 m straight-line hop from the Bob Harkins Branch, for a craft fair on Saturday, October 17, 2026 that its poster says includes a bake sale, a book sale and lots of yarn. The association's volunteer page says the craft, bake and book sale is always in October on a Saturday. Think of a book table inside a craft fair rather than a warehouse of stock; the same poster promises a concession stand and rents vendor tables at $25 each.
Hours: Sat October 17, 2026 9am–2pmWebsite Where can I find cheap used books in Prince George?
The two Hospice resale stores set the floor: their August 17, 2026 post sold books ten to the dollar, and both stores joined a half-price-on-everything Thursday on September 24, 2026. Over on Nicholson, the UHNBC Auxiliary's volunteers price the donated stock themselves, and that shop is open every day but Sunday. For volume, wait for the library Friends' mid-October 2026 sale at the Bob Harkins Branch, where you pay by cash donation instead of a marked price.
Where do I sell used books in Prince George?
Not one of these six buys books over the counter; they all run on donations. The nearest thing to a buyer is Books & Company downtown, whose FAQ says the owner may be interested in out-of-print BC and local-history titles, by email or on a weekday-morning visit. Everything else goes to listings you post yourself, whether that means Kijiji, Amazon.ca, AbeBooks or a Facebook Marketplace post. Before you box anything, let BiblioScan look at one photo of the whole shelf; each spine it picks out gets its own resale figure, so the listing pile and the donation pile sort themselves.
When is the big library book sale in Prince George?
The Friends of the Prince George Public Library sell twice a year, and the fall 2026 round runs October 16 and 17 at the downtown Bob Harkins Branch on Canada Games Way. The Friday session, from two in the afternoon, is members-only, and joining at the door costs $5 in cash; Saturday opens to the public at 10:30 in the morning. The same Saturday, the seniors' association on 10th Avenue holds its craft fair with a book sale from nine until two, so one morning covers both.
Which day is best for book hunting in Prince George?
Saturday. The auxiliary's Nicholson Street thrift store runs Monday to Saturday, and Saturday, October 17, 2026 stacks the public session of the library Friends' sale on top of the seniors' association's book table. Weekdays suit the hospital gift shop, which closes on weekends. Sundays depend on the Hospice shops, which advertised Sunday hours for the Labour Day weekend of 2026, and if you're 55 or over, their Wednesday discount of 25% off everything is worth a detour.