In 2024, nearly 500,000 books, media and other items were offered at the annual VNSA Used Book Sale (submitted photo).
Bibliophiles across the Valley are gearing up for the annual book extravaganza that is the VNSA Used Book Sale. Now in its 68th year, the 2025 sale will be held Saturday, Feb. 15, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 16, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Arizona State Fairgrounds, 1826 W. McDowell Road.
VNSA began as the Visiting Nurse Service Auxiliary and held its first sale in 1957 as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Visiting Nurse Service. Flash forward to the 1980s, when the organization became the Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association, with all sale proceeds benefitting local nonprofit service agencies. Today, the VNSA continues to sell hundreds of books, media and other related items at prices significantly reduced from retail prices.
With the exception of books in the “Sets” area, books are marked with a price sticker on the spine, upper right cover and/or inside the front cover. All unmarked standard-size paperbacks are $3. All items are half-price all day Sunday (except for the books in Rare & Unusual).
There is no admission fee (although the State Fairgrounds charges a parking fee), and entry to the sale is “first come, first served.” On both days of the sale the fairgrounds will open the gates at 5 a.m. There will be no overnight camping allowed in the parking lot.
Learn more at www.vnsa-book-sale.myshopify.com.
