Caveat Emptor Used Books

06/05/2026

Today is World Environment Day! Come browse our Ecology section to celebrate.

06/04/2026

Join the Co-Design Commons for this 5 part Brain Health Series. So many amazing speakers and interactive workshops!

06/03/2026

When describing June Jordan, the Poetry Foundation writes:
"Her agile, fearless poems—full of eros and anger, humor and humility—are grounded in the experience of being a q***r black woman in America. But she also saw herself as extending the tradition of Walt Whitman and Pablo Neruda, as forging a New World poetics open to any reader. As her friend Alice Walker once wrote, “She is among the bravest of us, the most outraged. She feels for all. She is the universal poet.”

Check out her work in one of our two copies of "Things I Do in the Dark"
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Things-Dark-Jordan-June-Beacon-Pr/32417245713/bd

06/02/2026

Summer always has us dreaming of baseball and road-trips! Why not combine the two with this fun and ambitious guide?

05/31/2026

2026 Audiobook Listening Challenge!

📚Challenge #11 - Listen to an audiobook by a Black Author.

We recommend "Black out Loud" by Geoff Bennett or "Black AF History" by Michael Harriot, or find your own perfect fit on our shop. Lots of books on sale and your purchase supports our shop!

https://libro.fm/collections/black

05/30/2026

Hitting the on the 6th? Stop by Caveat Emptor and buy some Poetry on Demand!

05/28/2026

It's a good day to get lost in this beautiful and hefty tome of Tennyson's works.

https://www.abebooks.com/Poetical-Works-Alfred-Tennyson-National-Library/31955614860/bd

05/27/2026

There is no doubt that you can find treasures that you never even knew existed on the shelves of Caveat. But what happens when we can't find that specific book we want in our own inventory? Shhhh, don't tell, but we still visit our buddies at .books. We are so blessed to have such cool indie bookshop contemporaries. And don't forget to visit and @steves_book_o_rama , too!

05/27/2026

Thanks The Indie Bob Spot for highlighting our little store. I loved getting to hear about your journey!!

http://facebook.com/theindiebobspot

Traveling America in support of independent bookstores and their owners - one bookstore at a time, one book at a time.

05/26/2026

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond argues that environmental and geographic factors are more important in the "success" of certain peoples than racial or cultural influences. This Pulitzer Prize winner argues that the three titular factors were a part of developing nations success or failure in ways that still impact us. Recently the book has been drawing critics, though, due to some historical inaccuracies. One wonders if that is enough to prove his thesis wrong. Grad this gem from our shelves and decide for yourself!