Yes, we take book donations through the Friends of Grand County Library! All donated books are sold through the Friends and support the Summer Library Program, the Access Grand culture & recreation passes, and other library services.

Space is limited for donations at each library. Please call ahead to your local branch to make sure they have room to accept your books. 

Acceptable Material

• Hardcover and Trade paperbacks
• Mass Market paperback books
• Gently used Children’s Books
• Dictionaries and Thesauri
• Travel Books
• Monographs
• DVDs and Books on CD (must be operable and include original artwork and case)
• LP Records, VHS tapes, Cassettes and CDs
• Book Club Editions
• Textbooks (copyright within last 5 years)
• Great Courses

Unacceptable Material

• Academic Journals on Literary Criticism
• Activity Books (e.g. coloring, crossword)
• Books published by magazines
• Case Law and Procedural Law Books
• Custom Course Packets
• Directories or Telephone Books
• Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book or incomplete sets
• Open software sets
• Periodicals or Magazines (e.g. National Geographic, TV Guides)
• Tax and Government Documents
• Reader’s Digest Condensed
• Marquis Who’s Who

Please do NOT donate material that is

• Dirty
• Moldy
• Water-damaged
• Warped
• Missing or ripped covers
• Smelly (mold, smoke, pets, other)