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Downtown Books Bought & Sold

4.7 ★★★★★ 825 Google reviews · Used book store

Buys records ✓ (per their site) books & movies

Eclectic store offering fiction and non-fiction books (many used) as well as comics, CDs, DVDs, records, and VHS tapes.

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624 N Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202

+1 414-224-1799

Directions Website

Hours

Monday 10 am–8 pm
Tuesday 10 am–8 pm
Wednesday 10 am–8 pm
Thursday 10 am–8 pm
Friday 10 am–8 pm
Saturday 10 am–8 pm
Sunday 10 am–6 pm

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What collectors say again and again

The things reviewers keep bringing up across 825 Google reviews — in their own words.

📚 books & movies 18 mentions

“I visited Downtown Books for the first time today and was more than content with the overwhelming amount of classic literature and poetry that I found!”

What customers say

Magical place coming out of the dreams of a bookworm. I truly and utterly loved this place. So many books on so many genres and lots and lots of hidden gems like paintings and pictures. If you are a book enthusiast and love a good old-fasioned book store with a care free cat this is the place for you.

★★★★★ — Shima, 2021-07

Beautiful book store! There were SO many books to choose from. They were organized rather well, but some sections could use some clarifications as far as author last name section. The books were divided by genres, and then most sections had an a-z description from there. Good prices, too!

★★★★☆ — Sara, 2024-08

Walking into Downtown Books felt like walking into a dream, the kind of place where stories aren’t just on the shelves, but in the air. This independent bookstore in the heart of Milwaukee completely stole my heart.

★★★★★ — Mara, 2025-05

A wonderful gem of a used bookstore. It's almost perfect. Tall stacks that require a ladder to reach the top. Isles that are just narrow enough. They might not have the exact thing you came for but everyone can leave with an amazing find.

★★★★★ — Graborsky, 2025-08

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