I'm about to go off. I can not tell you how much I love this app! The company itself is amazing. They are super helpful, you get free shipping at a low price, and it makes getting thrift books so much easier and more accessible. Shipping is fast and they save so many books from just being trashed or wasting away which is super important! Thank you thrift books! The site is easy to navigate and they have a lot of promotional codes and coupons! It's great!
Jessica Noziglia
I've ordered over 25 books from Thriftbooks now, and have had zero issues with the book themselves or receiving the wrong books. If you read what the condition of the book is, you will see what you're getting. The "worst" book I've gotten had highlights and sentences underlined. And truthfully - I don't care. It doesn't ruin the experience for me. Unless you're buying the books new, they are not cheaper elsewhere. This website has the best pricing I've seen for books.
A Google user
If only my books wouldn't disappear....several times I have browsed, added, and had to come back to what I was doing the next day, only to find that ALL of the books I had recently added were no longer in my cart. It's especially frustrating when I go down "rabbit holes" and don't have a physical list of the books I wanted. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING. If you can fix that, 5 stars for sure. But my gawd that's annoying.
BecBec00
A wonderful app to buy used books from. Only downside is you can't always trust the information or the cover shown for the book is what you are going to get. I've had plenty of occasions where I got a completely different cover than i expected and a few times I bought books that were said to be printed in english yet I received a book in an entirely different language. These things should be checked more often. Otherwise, great place to get good books for cheap.
PassMeThatBook
Thriftbooks is a fair app, though the prices have increased when I first joined, and I don't like how you see a book on the main page reads $4.99 and you go to click and get to the book and it's magically $5.99 instead. The misleading pricing is frustrating, but their stock is still really impressive. They have a lot of rare books that I have on my wishlist, and the books are often in fair condition. Overall, I've been satisfied with Thriftbooks. 4.5 stars rounded up.
A Google user
Books are always in excellent condition even though they'll only be marked as in "good" condition. They always ship right away. I used to occasionally buy used books at Amazon until one showed up with mildew on every page. I've compared prices between Amazon & Thrift on some of the books I buy but always Amazon costs more. Thrift books is the only place I buy books anymore.
Mrs Superman
I'd recommend to anyone needing any type of books at an affordable price. They have at times been bad quality or missing a book in a set, but they refund you without hesitation. It' just annoying that you get a refund instead of having the book that was missing instead. To get free shipping you have to buy more. I thinking shipping for free is 14 dollars worth of books. So now that I have a refund I have to buy more.Thats the only issues & some books aren't available and some are overpriced.
Cesar M.
It's essentially a used book store. The books are obviously used but there are options to choose from, some have the options of like new, very good, good, acceptable and new. Some have the options of getting them in hardcover, paperback, mass market paperback and even leather bound (haven't seen a lot, but mostly for collectables). Over all if you don't mind buying used books then you'll love this, but be advised some books may be in better conditions than others they are used after all.
A Google user
I have been using ThriftBooks for years and I cannot recommend it more. It's great for buying cheap used books that are still in good condition. They have text books too! My text books were gonna cost me $85 and with Thrift books they cost $26, including shipping. Also, the app is very easy to use, you can search for books by genre, isbn, and title/author.
Karen Page
I love thrift books! The app tells you the condition and binding of the books. Not just hardback or paperback. This makes it easy to shop. In my experience, the condition errs on the side of caution. Acceptable in the app is always going to be better than acceptable on eBay. In addition, you can see what edition the books are. Although I'm not a collector of first editions, they are listed as well. It's also been easy to keep track of and use my rewards.
