They come for vintage classics and children's hardbacks and historical romance.

They slide titles off metal shelves and fill paper sacks.

They browse for hours, scanning spines for the perfect read.

And they purchase their finds all at a bargain price.

Three weekends each year, book-lovers galore descend into the basement of the Amarillo Public Library's downtown branch for the Friends of the Amarillo Public Library's book sale.

"It's super-fun chaos," said Stacy Clopton, coordinator of public relations and programming for the library. "We see book-lovers of all sorts, everyone looking for something different, everyone excited to shop."

The final book sale of 2025 runs this weekend, Dec. 5-7.

Proceeds from the sale benefit the Friends of the Amarillo Public Library, a private nonpro

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