!Postponed! 2020 Spring Book Sale: April 3rd – 8th

?NOTICE?: The Spring Book Sale has been postponed and will no longer be held on April 3rd-8th. We are working on alternative plans to provide books at great prices to community. Please stand-by.

Interested in volunteering to help make this Book Sale a magnificent fundraising success? Sign-up here.


Join your friends, neighbors, family, and other community members on April 3rd – 8th, 2020 for the Friends’ Spring Book Sale during this magical time of year!

Here are the details:

Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library
208 W Columbia St West Lafayette, IN 47906

We are closer than you think!

70 minutes from Indianapolis

120 minutes from Chicago

30 minutes from Delphi

40 minutes from Crawfordsville

Preview for Friends-Only
join at the door: $15
or $5 for students
Friday, April 3rd 6:30pm-8:30pm
Full price Saturday, April 4th 10am-5pm
Half-price: Sunday, April 5th 1pm-5pm
$5 Bag Sale Monday, April 6th 10am-8pm
$3 Bag Sale Tuesday, April 7th 10am-8pm
$1 Bag Sale Wednesday, April 8th 10am-8pm

10K+ of books available, 90% donated
CDs, VHS, DVDs, art, magazines, and other items also available
Sorted, no buyer restrictions
Pricing $0.50 – $3 on most items
Credit cards accepted

Better books section includes books from Purdue community and beyond

Spread the word! Support the Library! Have fun!


We are on our way to the library.

We are looking to document our 2020 Spring Book Sale through a variety of arts. If you are interested in photographing, sketching, drawing, painting, or other similar visual arts, just use the hastag #BookSale and include a link to this page when you post on the Internet.

If you want to volunteer with the Friends, please check out our available opportunities here:  fowlpl.org/vt

2019 Fall Book Sale: October 18th – 23rd

Join your friends, neighbors, family, and other community members on October 18th – 23rd, 2019 for the Friends’ Fall Book Sale this spooky time of year!

Here are the details:

Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library
208 W Columbia St West Lafayette, IN 47906

We are closer than you think!

70 minutes from Indianapolis

120 minutes from Chicago

30 minutes from Delphi

40 minutes from Crawfordsville

Preview for Friends-Only
join at the door: $15
or $5 for students
Friday, October 18th 6:30pm-8:30pm
Full price Saturday, October 19th 10am-5pm
Half-price: Sunday,October 20th 1pm-5pm
$5 Bag Sale Monday, October 21st 10am-8pm
$3 Bag Sale Tuesday,October 22nd 10am-8pm
$1 Bag Sale Wednesday, October 23rd 10am-6pm

1,000s of books available, 90% donated
CDs, VHS, DVDs, art, magazines, and other items also available
Sorted, no buyer restrictions
Pricing $0.50 – $3 on most items
Credit cards accepted

Better books section includes books from Purdue community and beyond

Spread the word! Support the Library! Have fun!


We are looking to document our 2019 Fall Book Sale through a variety of arts. If you are interested in photographing, sketching, drawing, painting, or other similar visual arts, just use the #BookSale and include a link to this page when you post on the Internet.

If you want to be added to our volunteer system, please fill out this 2-minute form.

Thank you for your support with the 2019 Spring Book Sale Fundraiser

Thank you, West Lafayette community and beyond!

We (almost) did it.  Between memberships, donations, and sales, we raised a little over $8700.  A mere $1300 short of our $10,000 goal.

The book sale by the numbers:

~970 boxes of books for sale

~700 boxes and bags of books sold

~$1500+ in direct, keep the change, donations

55+ volunteers processing, setting up, working, and tearing down the sale

Thank you again to everyone who helped the Friends with our annual Spring Book Sale Fundraiser.  Without our volunteers the Book Sale would not be possible.  Without our patrons, we would not be able to donate money back to the West Lafayette Public Library.

If you missed the sale or would like to help bridge this financial gap,  you donate directly to the Friends via our web site.

Donations to the Friends help support a wide variety of projects; Summer and Winter Reading Programs, Trivia Nights, Children’s Programming, Material Purchases, Craft Nights, and more!

If you have an idea to help improve the Library, please consider filling out a microgrant application.

2019 Spring Book Sale: March 29th – April 3rd

Interested in volunteering to help make this Book Sale a magnificent fundraising success?  Sign-up here.


Join your friends, neighbors, family, and other community members on March 29th – April 3rd, 2019 for the Friends’ Spring Book Sale this splendid time of year!

Here are the details:

Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library
208 W Columbia St West Lafayette, IN 47906

We are closer than you think!

70 minutes from Indianapolis

120 minutes from Chicago

30 minutes from Delphi

40 minutes from Crawfordsville

Preview for Friends-Only
join at the door:  $15
or $5 for students
Friday, March 29th  6:30pm-8:30pm
Full price Saturday, March 30th  10am-5pm
Half-price: Sunday, March 31st  1pm-5pm
 $5 Bag Sale Monday, April 1st  10am-8pm
 $3 Bag Sale Tuesday, April 2nd  10am-8pm
$1 Bag Sale Wednesday, April 3rd 10am-8pm

10K+ of books available, 90% donated
CDs, VHS, DVDs, art, magazines, and other items also available
Sorted, no buyer restrictions
Pricing $0.50 – $3 on most items
Credit cards accepted

Better books section includes books from Purdue community and beyond

Spread the word!  Support the Library!  Have fun!


We are on our way to the library.

We are looking to document our 2019 Spring Book Sale through a variety of arts.  If you are interested in photographing, sketching, drawing, painting, or other similar visual arts, just use the hastag #BookSale and include a link to this page when you post on the Internet.

If you want to be added to our volunteer system, please fill out this 2-minute form.