Mark Your Calendar: The Westport Library’s Big Spring Book Sale Returns in May
Get ready to discover your next great read at the Westport Library’s Big Spring Book Sale, happening Friday, May 16 through Monday, May 19, 2025.
Join fellow book lovers on the Library’s main level at 20 Jesup Road for four full days of incredible finds—thousands of gently used books, from bestsellers and classics to cookbooks, children’s favorites, and hidden gems across every genre.
Whether you’re stocking up for summer reading, adding to your personal library, or looking for the perfect gift, this beloved community event has something for everyone.
Once again the Westport Book Sale offers something for everyone, from toddlers through adults, with thousands of gently used books in over 50 categories of non-fiction and fiction, including Noteworthy, antiquarian books and vintage children’s books. Plus a huge assortment of DVDs, CDs, vintage vinyl, ephemera, and a large selection of framed artworks, from small desktop pieces to large wall pictures.
The book sale hours, with free admission, are as follows:
Friday, May 16th: Noon — 6pm (please note Noon start time)
Saturday, May 17th: 9am — 5pm
Sunday, May 18th: 11 am — 4pm (almost everything half-price)
Monday, May 19th: 9am — 4pm (shoppers can fill our logo bag for $10 per bag, or their own equivalent-sized bag for $8, or buy individual books at half-price)
On Friday morning, May 16, from 8:45am to Noon, the Book Sale will be open only to patrons who purchase an Early Access ticket in advance. Early Access tickets are available online, through eventbrite.com, at https://Spring2025BookSale.eventbrite.com For more information, visit the book sale’s website at www.westportbooksaleventures.org/our-events
Of special interest for this sale:
- An Anglophile’s paradise: a large collection of books about Princess Diana, her children, and other members of the British monarchy. Also on offer: a porcelain Princess Diana Bride Doll by the Danbury Mint!
- Surplus copies of the Staples High School Yearbook from various years between 2000 and 2024
- Novels by New York Times best-selling author Jane Green, translated into 17 languages, in new condition
- A large assortment of framed art — from small desktop pieces, to large wall pieces, and including framed photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and Staples High School grad Spencer Platt
- Another huge assortment of jigsaw puzzles, at bargain prices
- Fiction for $1 — A conference room filled with hardcover fiction, mystery, science fiction and fantasy books, and young adult fiction, plus paperback novels, all offered at just $1 each.
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