Piccolo’s Books

I went to the location in Long Beach religiously to meet with my friend from college. It was «our» bookstore. I was so depressed when I learned it was closing its location there. Fate would have it that when I went to their website, I find out they have this location 5 minutes from my house… I am so overjoyed. Getting ready to pick up the next 50 books on my list.

I’m a hard-​core bibliophile who’s in serious need of a 12 step program, and this massive used book store is heaven for me! It’s like a book lover’s scavenger hunt — they have everything from bibles to business books, classics to cookbooks, and everything’s $ 1.
Wish you would have picked up that New York Times bestseller a few months ago? Take a look, it just might be here!
One word of caution — they have books in everything from «nearly new» to «poor» condition, so make sure you look through your selections to make sure you like its condition. Many books have dog-​eared pages and markings/​highlighting. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — you just want to know what you’re getting before you buy it.
(This store has also been reviewed under the name «The One Dollar Bookstore.» You can view additional reviews for it by going to
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This used book store is still relatively new having been open for several months now. The cool thing about this store, is everything is $ 1! They have a little bit of everything here and you never know what you will find here.
There is a large selection of popular fiction titles covering several aisles of the store.
There are shelves of the classics available, also.
They have several shelves of cookbooks, which I love to peruse and many aisles of children’s books. I picked up a joke/​riddle book for my niece that she is enjoying. This store also has books on entertainment, hobbies, non-​fiction, history. There are used CDs and DVDs for sale, also. There is even a comic book section.
We were able to find many things that interested us. Here are some of my purchases.
Not only can you find some cool buys for $ 1 at this store, but Piccolo Books gives back to the community by giving a book to a child for every book you purchase. Such a great way to get kids excited about reading. I look forward to heading back to this book store on a regular basis to see what new bargains I can find.

This is a cool new dollar book store that popped up around 3 months ago in my area. I didn’t get a chance to check it out until today. I’m a big fan of cheap books! DVDs and CDs can skip if they’re scratched but a book will always contain the same information no matter how beat up it is (Unless you had missing pages or something).
I feel like I totally scored on my first trip there. They had books for all ages, some CDs and VHS tapes, and comic books. This might not be the best place to shop for comics because they’re $ 1 a piece and I know you can get 3 or 4 comics for that price at Comic Quest. I did find a Twilight Zone comic with a 3D segment that I just had to buy!!!
Other than that, I picked up a Steven Seagal movie on VHS and a book of ghost stories. They had a ton of cookbooks, children’s books (I was trying to find the My Teacher is an Alien series for my nephew), and a bunch of old video game guides too!!!
I recently picked up the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy by Alvin Schwartz with original illustrations by Stephen Gammell online. They cost around $ 10 a piece if you’re looking for the original artwork, but I’ve seen USED copies of the first book on Amazon for $ 30. I found at least two copies here for $ 1 a piece. You really can’t beat these prices, except for maybe the comics, but I would definitely recommend buying kids books here!!!