Stock and Support Your Library

Bookshop.org is an online bookstore that makes it easy to buy books while financially supporting local, independent bookstores. When you shop through Little Free Library’s Bookshop.org storefront, your purchase triggers a 10% commission to both local bookstores and the LFL nonprofit organization. Purchases from our Bookshop storefront support our programs, including the Impact Library Program, which serves high-need communities, and Read in Color, our diverse books initiative.

Have you checked out the book bundles we offer? Purchase books by age group or subscribe to have books delivered to your door every three months! Thanks to our partnership with The Book Bundler, you can keep your library stocked with high-quality books and support the Little Free Library nonprofit at the same time.

Little Free Library has partnered with Interstate Books4School to make low-cost books available to Little Free Library stewards and friends. Book prices start at $1! Choose from the Valu-Book collection for lowest costs. English, Spanish, and bilingual books are available; options include books for infants through grade 12. A portion of every book purchase from Books4School is donated to the Little Free Library organization! At checkout step #3, select “Little Free Library FedEx/USPS” as the delivery method. Your cost is not affected!

ThriftBooks is the largest independent seller of used books in the US. ThiftBooks hand-grades every book in inventory allowing them to offer a wide assortment of quality used, accurately graded books at everyday low prices. When you shop their collection of over 13 million used and new books, from favorite classics to rare and collectible treasures via our dedicated ThriftBooks link, up to 6% of your purchase will go directly to support Little Free Library programs.

Log in to your steward account to access the Thriftbooks4Stewards Program and start receiving points to get free books! 

• Request help from Team LFL to keep your Little Free Library stocked with books! To qualify for support, your library must be registered. Staff will review your request before sharing it on the Team LFL website. We recommend that stewards requesting volunteer support map their library so that volunteers can easily find the location. While we will do our best to recruit volunteers, we cannot guarantee that a volunteer will respond. You know your community best. We encourage you to promote your Team LFL volunteer request locally.

• Host a Book drive. Review the How to Host a Book Drive document to host a book drive for your library!
• Visit “Friends of the Library” groups in your community. They often have book sales offering steeply discounted books or free books to Little Free Library stewards. You can easily find local groups through online searches.
• Remember, it’s okay to rely on your community for book support. If you aren’t able to keep your library fully stocked, you can leave it empty and ask others to donate books. It’s a community effort!

• Brand-new books: Book Outlet, FirstBook Marketplace, or Kids Books.
• Used books: Abe Books, Better World Books, or ThriftBooks.
• Book bundles: The Book Bundler or The Last Bookstore.
• Bulk books: Book Depot, American Book Company, or Bulk Bookstore.
• Bilingual books: Language Lizard or Books by the Bushel.