The Mark Twain Library
at Redding Community Center
37 Lonetown Road (Route 107)
(GPS: 41.310787, -73.38534)
Redding, CT
203-938-2545
Sale: Fri, Aug 29 to Mon, Sep 1
- 64th Annual Mark Twain Library Book Fair
- When: Labor Day weekend dates are Friday August 29, 2025 to Monday, September 1, 2025
- Friday: 9-4 prices as marked
- Saturday: 10-4 prices as marked
- Sunday: 10-4 half price day
- Monday: 9-4 $10 for a box full of books
- What: Over 60,000 books for sale organized in 75 categories for ALL ages!
- Free admission* ($20 Early Admission Charge from 9-10am - Friday ONLY)
- Free parking and refreshments are available for purchase.
- Credit and Debit Cards accepted.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Where: The Redding Community Center, 37 Lonetown Road, Redding CT
- Questions? Email us at bookfair@marktwainlibrary.org
- BOOK FAIR HIGHLIGHTS:
- Special collection from the Mary Travers estate
- an extensive amount of vinyl records, including Beatles albums
- a wide range of Civil War history books from a private collection
- numerous selections of cookbooks and quilting books
- sizeable offerings in photography and art, including coffee table books
- many of The Great Courses on both CDs and DVDs
- a substantial amount of Harlequin series romances from 2020-2025
- a large assortment of games and puzzles
- Additional Highlights by Category:
- Preschool:
- exceptionally large collection of picture books and board books on a variety of subjects.
- School age:
- huge amount of series collections including Judy Blume, Roald Dahl, Magic Tree House, Eyewitness, and Harry Potter.
- Non-fiction foreign language books in Polish, French, Spanish and Chinese.
- numerous easy-to-read books in folk/fairy tales, biographies, and general science/animals
- an extensive Native American collection and wonderful array of Nature Crafts books
- graphic novels - from Garfield to the latest sci-fi character.
- Young Adult:
- large collections of fiction and series books
- a number of graphic novels and non-fiction materials on assorted subjects.
- Music:
- wide scope of vocal music and sheet music
- vocal opera scores of most of the famous operas
- instrumental “How to Play” lesson books for different instruments including ukulele, drums, piano, guitar, etc.
- Childhood Treasures:
- a very nice collection of older Maurice Sendak books.
- collectible volumes:
- Junior Model Planes by J.D. Powell (1945) - in excellent condition
- Roberta E. Lee by Burke Davis (1956) - signed copy. John F. Blair Pub.
- Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1920) - Modern Lib. of NY
- Collector’s Corner & other Highlights - A special section filled with rare and beautiful editions and is one of the most popular spots! CLICK HERE FOR LIST
