Used, Out-of-Print & Rare Books — serving Fort Collins, Colorado for 27 years.
Summer News
New faces, same overflowing shelves! The Eclectic Reader is under new management, and we’re currently elbow-deep in dust jackets, giving the shop a cleaning and spruce up. Bear with us while we sort, shelve, and occasionally trip over a box of biographies. We’re removing some of our dustier books to replace them with different ones! You can expect another 3000 books to arrive in the coming weeks, with a big emphasis on natural history, non-fiction, and children’s books.
What books do we carry?
Our ever-expanding collection of over 20,000 books includes an eclectic variety of subjects, modern fiction and literature, with a dash of entertainment reading. We have one of the best selections of natural histories (biology, animal kingdom, astronomy, meteorology, philosophy) and probably the best horticulture section of any bookstore in Fort Collins. Don’t believe us? Come visit. We think you’ll be surprised.
Genres where you can expect deep cuts:
Children’s books
Religion/spirituality/philosophy
Natural Sciences
Western history
World history
Arts
Metaphysics
Outdoors and mountaineering
Cookbooks
Biography and memoir
Pets and horses
Agriculture and sustainable living
Crafts/hobbies/games
Construction/architecture
Humor
Fiction
What is our Mission
Connecting people with the books they need/want in their lives to help them on their individual paths, and keeping books in living rooms, not landfills.
Sustainability
We strive to use secondhand goods and partner with local businesses only to create the unique, individualistic style of the bookstore: carpenters, craftspeople, writers and poets, lecturers, photographers, artists, musicians. We invest in the community in which we live and do business. We support local authors and if you’ve got a book, a reading group, or a writing club, reach out to reserve the shop for your event.
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