Date change | Donate used books & media for 2023 AAUW Naperville Area Book Sale

We are excited to announce our 2023 Used Book & Media Sale on June 15 – 17, 2023, at Washington Junior High School Gym (South Door #4), 201 N. Washington St., in Naperville!

Women sorting and packing donated used books into boxes

Book collection drive

Are you spring cleaning? Downsizing? Decluttering?

Give your good-quality used books, video games, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records a new life! Donate them to the book sale by dropping them off at one of our community collection drives.

2023 Used Book Collection Drives

  • Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m. – Noon @ Knox Presbyterian Church, 1105 Catalpa Lane, Naperville
  • Saturday, June 10, 9 a.m. – Noon @ Knox Presbyterian Church, 1105 Catalpa Lane, Naperville
  • Monday, June 12, 9 a.m. – Noon @ Washington Junior High Gym, 201 N. Washington St., Naperville

What items are accepted?

  • Good-condition new and old used books
  • Fiction, non-fiction, hardcovers, paperbacks
  • Children’s books (good condition)
  • Newer text books
  • Vintage & collectible books in good condition for their age
  • Video games
  • CDs, DVDs
  • Vinyl in excellent condition (no holiday or generic compilations)

Clean medium-sized cardboard boxes for storage (not too big or we can’t lift them) are welcome too.

We regret that we cannot accept:

  • Poor condition — Chewed by your puppy, missing covers, warped, highlighted, smelly, dirty, unreadable spines (please recycle)
  • Travel guides, investment guides or household medical guides 2 years old & older (2020 and older)
  • Readers Digest
  • Time-Life, National Geographic and American Heritage sets
  • Encyclopedias
  • Magazines, pamphlets
  • Cassette tapes (including books on tape), VHS tapes