Golden’s Book Exchange

This is by far my favorite bookstore in Waco. It’s half off the original cover price and who can beat that? It is a used bookstore so the selection changes daily. If you walk out of the store without a book then you just weren’t looking hard enough. Also every even numbered month they have a half off sale so it’s like 75% off the cover price!

Go back in time at Goldens! I love this bookstore, it reminds me of the bookstore Meg Ryan owned in you’ve got mail! They have tons of books they are bound to have one you are looking for!

great deals
staff was friendly and helpful

This place is like going back in time… for book lovers you will not be dissapointed. One of those places you could spend hours in just getting lost in the discoveries!

This place has a great selection of used books, and they’re selling them at great prices. Not price comparable to the NC chain of Edward McKays, but great prices nonetheless.

Have shopped here for close to 20 years now and love this place. The inventory changes literally every five minutes, because people are CONSTANTLY trading books in. They have a big sale on the first Thursday of every even-​numbered month where every book in the store is ANOTHER 50% off the already-​halved price. The smell of antique books hits you as soon as you walk in the door and the staff are very friendly and know most people by name. Their comic guy knows pretty much anything and everything about any comic book you can think of. All of the staff that I’ve met are well-​read and can make recommendations for new books based on what you like to read. They have a pretty good idea of their inventory. Their stuff is usually alphabetical but gets a little chaotic, probably because the store is only staffed with 2 – 3 people at a time and they are usually busy helping customers. They give generously on store credit and have books at every price point— one table has nickle paperbacks, several racks of fifty-​cent books, and a table of older hardbacks that are usually like 5 for a dollar. There is also a box of free books outside where you can help yourself! TONS of kid’s books, romance, and mysteries. Also lots of cool antique books that are leatherbound or whatever. I love browsing here and always find treasures. They do not have a computer to keep track of their inventory, so it can be a bit of a scavenger hunt to find what you want, but you will always walk out of there with SOMETHING good to read at a very low price!

Heaps o’ books!
I really dig this bookstore when I wanna just browse. It does feel a tad chaotic though… It’s generally alphabetized, but it’s not perfect… So if you’re hunting for specific things, it can be a bit frustrating.
But, otherwisely, a very nice place. I love the old smell too :) Lots of old books!
Will surely be back!

I wish I had discovered this place during my first 3 years at Baylor. Sadly I was able to only enjoy it for a year. The staff is very nice and started recognizing me after a couple visits, and even knew my last name for my store credit, which I tell you is not an easy task since my last name is long and most people have trouble pronouncing. They had a great selection of books. I mostly hung out in the paranormal romance and fiction section because it was constantly restocked with new books. They also have a very large assortment of classics which was cool for adding books to your personal library. Due to my store credit which I always had, I usually only had to pay the tax when I got books so I would leave out with a nice assortment of books for under a couple bucks.

Ahh, Golden’s. When I lived in Waco I visited frequently. The staff never seemed to recognize me, but are always polite. I always brought in tons of books to trade in, they give great trade value. You can pick up TONS of paranormal romance, romance, cookbooks, scifi, self help, history, documentaries, everything. They also buy rare books and sell comics. I have been able to pick up some real permanent additions to my library here, and cheaply got as much reading as I wanted in the meantime.
PS They are easy to find, just off Valley Mills about one block North on Franklin. Look on your right, they are in 2^nd or 3^rd strip center, right befor the Vogue Beauty School.

I was in the area Friday and stopped for a visit to this wonderful book store. It’s hard to find great places like this and it is definitely worth a look if you are a book lover. I still love books and reading even though electronic goodies have distracted me from books the past couple of years. They also have a large comic book section. There is a great selection and prices are very fair. You can easily lose yourself immersed in books for a long while. Bring some trade ins if you want to save some cash by getting some in-​store credit. The staff was very friendly and down home. If you are on a budget and need some reading material, they have a table with seriously discounted paperback books.

This is a great little shop, I always go there to find vintage cookbooks. They have TONS of used romance novels and a little bit of everything else. I could easily spend over an hour in there just browsing. They also take trade ins, so if your tired of any books and want some new ones this is a great place to do that.

This used bookstore is everything that I had hoped. Books stacked to the ceiling, a nickel bin of paperbacks, an enormous children’s section. Also, you can trade in your own used books for a store credit, and you only have to pay for tax when you use your credit. Prices are standard: you pay half the cover price of the book, and so you can pick up paperbacks for very little, and you get quite a bit more than you’d expect when you trade in your hardbacks (you get ¼ the cover price). The staff are super friendly, and the place has that ancient book smell that leads me to believe there are great finds to be had at Golden’s.