Used Bookstores in Pensacola

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Used bookstores in Pensacola run the gamut. Fortunately, you really can find just about whatever you want no matter what kind of reader you are. Several have been in town for a long while, others are relatively new. In fact, it seems like every year or two a new used bookstore opens and another closes.

Probably the oldest used bookstore in Pensacola is Hawsey's Index. Located at 803 Navy Blvd., just a few miles away from the Naval Air Station on the west side of town, Hawsey's features a wide selection of used paperbacks. In addition, you can also find used CDs and movies. But books and lots of ‘em are their specialty.

This is where you want to go if you're looking for an old-fashioned bookstore. Here you will find aisles loaded with romance novels, mysteries, westerns, science fiction, etc. Because this is a navy town, there's always a standing collection of Tom Clancy and Clancy-like books. The horror section is rather impressive, as well.

Hawsey's also has a nice collection of magazines and pop culture books. They've got a section on movies and music that is surprisingly full for a small city bookstore.

In addition, Hawsey's is a favorite for students in the know because they have an impressive collection of the classics that are studied in schools from the middle school level up to college. They've got some nice hardback versions of the classics as well as good little paperbacks you can slip into your back pocket. The breadth of what they've got is really amazing considering how little the store seems.

Hawsey's trades books, but does not offer cash.

Hawsey's Index: 850-453-1430.