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Detroit Specials Used Books
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We're Detroit's best used bookstore (that you've never heard of)

Gently used & new books in all genres, for all ages. Curated, inclusive, & leftist. Masks are required to shop in-store; we're happy to provide them if needed.

https://detroitusedbooks.com
WHEEL OF TIME, BAYBEE

We have 10 out of the first 12 books. Conditions range from G to VG, and prices range from $3.50-$4.50.

We're here at the store until 9 PM tonight. Hope to see you!
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Last reskeet: NOT an affiliate link -- their stuff just looks cool and I like their business model 👍🏼
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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✨ S S P S ✨
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Good morning, all 👋🏼

It's Sick Stuff Saturday, and YES we have some SICK new arrivals on the shelves today. First up: this is the first time we've ever received any of the Andrew Lang fairy books! We also got this amazing little book on African folklore + MANY more fairy & folktale titles.
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Little Ruby Roo at the vet on Tuesday.

It's hard to see in this pic, but I wanted to know why she has SUCH a round-y belly.

$500 to find out it's poop 🤣😭
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When you ran out of those little Post-It placeholder tab thingies two books ago
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Good morning, all 🌞

It's What's New Wednesday! Here's our first photoset, showing off some new arrivals...everything from young adult series & performer memoirs to fantasy shorts & Stephen King.

We have hundreds of new-to-us titles going on the shelf this week...more pics coming later today!
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
(from my personal account)

LET'S DO IT
MOOD

(from the amazing webcomic, The Property of Hate)
(by Sarah Jolley)
(link downthread)
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good morning, all

It's BUSY SEASON. Today, I'm up early assembling junk journal/collage packs for the return of Broken Books 🙂

I've collected materials for these for YEARS. It's nice to finally sit down & put together a bunch. The pictured packets + dozens more will be on our shelves this weekend
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Bump!
Hello, all! Here's what's happening at the bookstore this weekend:

Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: SHORT HOURS (2-6)
Saturday: EXTENDED HOURS (1-9), a cat food drive, and some great deals. Get up to $15 off with donations of cat food & plastic bags!

I am HUSTLING to get ready 🐱 Hope to see you!
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I like Winnie-the-Pooh and all, but YIKES

this looks like Milne's about to shift into Pennywise
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hello, all! Here's what's happening at the bookstore this weekend:

Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: SHORT HOURS (2-6)
Saturday: EXTENDED HOURS (1-9), a cat food drive, and some great deals. Get up to $15 off with donations of cat food & plastic bags!

I am HUSTLING to get ready 🐱 Hope to see you!
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Happy birthday to Charles M. Schulz! I still love so many of the classic Peanuts strips ❤️
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our new arrivals are in!

...who ordered the cat?
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hello, all. I hope each of you is having as lovely a morning as this perfect little man
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
ok first of all how dare you
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
!!! UPDATE!!! This has been a DAY and we have to push this back to 2 PM. I'm so sorry for the delay. We'll see you soon!
Reminder: this is TOMORROW. We'll be open from 1-9 PM, and the Swap will be held from 1-6 PM. Hope to see you 🎉
Okay!

Here's the new date for our Ornament Swap!

Again, we WON'T be holding it today.

I also have rough news, and better news... 1/?
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reminder: this is TOMORROW. We'll be open from 1-9 PM, and the Swap will be held from 1-6 PM. Hope to see you 🎉
Okay!

Here's the new date for our Ornament Swap!

Again, we WON'T be holding it today.

I also have rough news, and better news... 1/?
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
UPDATE to our hours this week!

To finish prepping the store for our ornament swap, we will be CLOSED tomorrow & Friday. BUT we'll be open an extra hour on Saturday! And we'll be back to our regular hours next week 🙂

Hope to see you!
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Bookshop.org is down & not available for shopping right now. CF rolled out the first part of the fix from their London servers about half an hour ago but it'll take hours for everything to come back up.

CF is having a frantic day, but the rest of us* can sit back & wait for the fixes
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Heads up, crafters!

Coming to our website and to the shop floor this weekend: NEW collage and ephemera packs from Broken Books!

We rescue & package eye-catching illustrations, signature sheets, + other pages from books that're falling apart into one-of-a-kind themed packets for creatives... 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Teen books alert 🎉

We received several dozen new-to-us teen & YA books in VG or better (!) condition this week. We were also able to restock a few titles that always sell out quickly for us.

I'll be adding some of these to the website over the next few days: detroitusedbooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Don't mind us, just getting some of our Random Stuff shelves ready for the holidays 👍🏼
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM