Half Price Books

Reviews

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  Selina Hunter

  1 day ago
  5.0
  Had some books transfered from another store. I received a text about 5 days later they was in. I was able to get 5 books for half the price they would have been at other stores. The books are all in fabulous condition. Love Half Price Books. They never disappoint.
• GV

  Genevie Vega

  3 days ago
  5.0
  I could spend hours and hours here! The options are limitless and the staff is very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly.
• HB

  Honey Badger

  Nov 17, 2025
  5.0
  Looking for super friendly & helpful staff members? You'll always find them at Half Price Books. This one is no exception. Whenever I'm in the area I will definitely be returning. Extra special thanks to Augusta (hope I'm spelling it right) that was able to get a refund processed for me at cedar park so I wouldn't have to drive all the way back down to south Austin. Saved me so much gas. Will always support Half price books for their fair prices and great variety of topics. This just adds another layer of why I love them so much!
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  Daniie Gloria

  Nov 7, 2025
  5.0
  my favorite hpb location in austin personally. they don't have the biggest selection but the finds that i have picked up have been great ones. the philosophy and psychology selections can range from good to okay. it's usually limited and there seems to be a very biased favor towards particular psychologists and philosophers. still, the music section is always worth checking out. i've found some sheet music that bore the weight of rekindling my love for playing music.
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  Dylan

  Oct 16, 2025
  1.0
  Let me start out by saying I genuinely like this spot. I go semi frequently at least like once a month or so to take a gander on an off day. Me and my girlfriend popped in recently to look around and to get a journal, however this time (and let me stress I've never had a single ounce of trouble here so I have no idea what was in the water today) one of the employees started following us around breathing down our necks as if we were shoplifting. I don't mean this like I was misinterpreting him working in our vicinity, I mean he was doing the retail thing where you follow around a customer who you think is shoplifting and make them uncomfortable enough to leave. I get it, it's probably something they have to deal with all the time at this location being where its at on S. Lamar, but we didn't do anything to warrant this behavior AT ALL. I just want to make it clear we were not shoplifting and there really wouldn't be any reason to write this if we were. The dude was being completely rude about the whole thing when we asked if he'd like to check our bags. I told him, hell, I'd turn out my pockets I just didn't want to be accused of something I wasn't doing. I will admit I got a little heated which probably was not the best course of action but I didn't freak on the guy or cuss or anything like that. We ended up leaving and I asked to speak to the manager (total Karen move I know, I'm ashamed) but the manager did not care and made me feel like an A-hole for saying something. Completely dismissive attitude and basically in so many words told me "what do you want me to do." The whole situation really rubbed me the wrong way because I have been in their shoes before at a job and this was not the way I would have handled this situation at all. Just venting a bit here, but that was my experience. I hope someone from the store reads this because you made us feel extremely unwelcome and frankly uncomfortable when we were just trying to go have fun looking around and share some time together doing something we love which is thrifting. I guess I'd just wish that y'all would maybe pick your targets a bit better instead of just profiling someone for whatever reason we got chosen for. Or be a bit less rude about it if you do think something is going down but don't have proof. Again, I cant think of a single thing we did which would have warranted this outcome. Still will come back, still like the store for what it is, and I do think there are nice people that work there. This was just a massive bummer and I needed to get it out.

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