2nd Act Books

2nd Act Books Second-hand books in all categories with particular focus on children’s books, books by authors of color, and books about local culture.

Join us for the 32 Annual Martha’s Market on Saturday, October 25th, from 10 am - 4 pm at the Dairy Market and participa...
10/24/2025

Join us for the 32 Annual Martha’s Market on Saturday, October 25th, from 10 am - 4 pm at the Dairy Market and participating downtown businesses marked with pink balloons!

15% of all sales will be donated to benefit women’s health and breast cancer prevention programs in our community. Join us as we shop with a purpose!

Martha’s Market is organized by The Women’s Committee of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation.

Next Thursday! Come join us to hear from and sharing poetry and prose. Our Thursday evening events at 2nd Act recently...
05/30/2025

Next Thursday! Come join us to hear from and sharing poetry and prose. Our Thursday evening events at 2nd Act recently have been moments of meaning and community in a largely chaotic world, and we hope you’ll join us. Moderated by the ever-insightful !!

Need a Wheel of Time fix after the end of season 3 of the show? We’ve got you covered! 😃📚
05/02/2025

Need a Wheel of Time fix after the end of season 3 of the show? We’ve got you covered! 😃📚

Reading through Rebecca Yarros’ backlog of books after finishing Onyx Storm? Let us help you out! 😃 we’ve got quite a fe...
04/09/2025

Reading through Rebecca Yarros’ backlog of books after finishing Onyx Storm? Let us help you out! 😃 we’ve got quite a few on our romance cart at the moment.

Hey guys! Just letting you know that we are pausing store credit for books brought in from April 3 through April 15. Ple...
04/02/2025

Hey guys! Just letting you know that we are pausing store credit for books brought in from April 3 through April 15. Please bring your books on by after the short break! 📚 Thanks for understanding!

Anela has not been pulling her weight at the bookstore (too much time on the couch). If you have time to lean, you have ...
04/01/2025

Anela has not been pulling her weight at the bookstore (too much time on the couch). If you have time to lean, you have time to clean!! Sorry babes.

Our wonderful bookseller Jacqui was in Portugal, and sent us snaps of some pretty fascinating bookstores!
03/23/2025

Our wonderful bookseller Jacqui was in Portugal, and sent us snaps of some pretty fascinating bookstores!

Hi! We are OPEN today, until probably 5-6? Charlie has projects to get done and Anela wanted to see who would come in. S...
02/19/2025

Hi! We are OPEN today, until probably 5-6? Charlie has projects to get done and Anela wanted to see who would come in. Stay safe, but if you’re out walking in the snow come say hi!! 🐶🐶

No plans tomorrow? We’ve got just the Blind Date for you! 📚😃 come in and snag one before they’re gone!
02/13/2025

No plans tomorrow? We’ve got just the Blind Date for you! 📚😃 come in and snag one before they’re gone!

📚🧩Can you guess the (slightly obtuse) theme of this book display? First person to DM correct answer gets mailed a sticke...
01/20/2025

📚🧩Can you guess the (slightly obtuse) theme of this book display? First person to DM correct answer gets mailed a sticker! Hint below the “read more”
Hint: Focus on the authors 🔎

New tote bags are in! 😃 only $8, and ready to be filled with your favorite used books! 📚
01/15/2025

New tote bags are in! 😃 only $8, and ready to be filled with your favorite used books! 📚

Closed today! Because snow! Go make a snowman!!!
01/06/2025

Closed today! Because snow! Go make a snowman!!!

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214 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, VA
22902

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Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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