2025 Big Spring Book Sale at The Westport Library: May 16-19

Mark your calendar for The Westport Library Big Spring Book Sale, to be held Friday, May 16, through Monday, May 19, on the Library’s main level.

Once again, the Westport Book Sale offers something for everyone, from toddlers to adults, with thousands of gently used books in more than 50 categories of nonfiction 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.

Related: Biannual Westport Library Book Sale Creates Opportunity, Celebrates Community

The book sale hours, with free admission, are as follows:

• Friday, May 16: 12-6 pm*
• Saturday, May 17: 9 am – 5 pm
• Sunday, May 18: 11 am – 4 pm (almost everything half-price)
• Monday, May 19: 9 am – 4 pm (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 8:45 am to 12 pm, 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 website.

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. [Note: books in this room will remain priced at $1 each on Sunday’s half-price day.]

A link to our Featured Specials list is available on the Book Sale’s website, at www.westportbooksaleventures.org/our-events; this list will be updated periodically during the weeks leading up to the sale. Featured Specials are first being offered only at the Spring Book Sale and have not previously been listed in the book sale's eBay store.

To volunteer at this sale, please send an email to Judi Lake at volunteers@westportbooksales.org.

Can’t make the sale? Visit the nonprofit Westport Book Shop open year-round at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Library, or shop any time 24/7 on the Book Sale’s eBay store at ebay.com/str/westportbooksalesct.

***

Event Information

Westport Library Big Spring Book Sale

Friday, May 16 – Monday, May 19

The Westport Library