One of the best ways to support the Los Altos Library and Friends of the Library is to patronize our stores!
Amazon Sales
The Friends offer our highest quality books and media online via Amazon.com. Our Amazon collection includes a variety of popular fiction, non-fiction, textbooks and DVDs at very competitive prices. Look here first if you want a “nearly new” book or DVD. Or perhaps an older and rarer volume at a very tempting price.
Community Book Sales
Every weekend-long sale features a large selection of gently used books in a variety of genres. Our books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles are appropriate for all ages.
Our book sales are very popular with the community as well as with professional used book dealers. Our inventory attracts a wide audience; the Los Altos Friends is known for offering top quality used items in a wide variety of subject areas – all at a great savings! By buying from Friends of the Library, you’re supporting literacy and our local library, an important community resource.
Friends Cafe (closed in March 2026)
The Friends Cafe in the Main Library is now closed, as of March 2026. It was a volunteer project started in 1995; a fun project and much appreciated by library users. However, closures during covid and during the remodel to the children's library as well as changes in the economic climate which required the cafe be staffed whenever it was open made it difficult to keep it going. The lobby now has a vending machine
In-Library Ongoing Sales
The Friends offer over 1,000 of our best books on the sales shelves in the Main Library (across from the circulation desk). You can find recently published books as well as quality books in excellent condition. for all ages here. A similar but smaller collection is maintained in the Woodland branch.
