The Friends of Sherwood Library Bookstore

The Friends of Sherwood Library Bookstore The Friends of Sherwood Library run an ongoing book sale as well as special sales on Wednesdays, Sundays and the first Saturday of the month.

The Friends of Sherwood Library have been sponsoring an on-going book sale for over 25 years. We are a group of energetic and dedicated volunteers. The materials sold at the sales, which include books as well as various other media types, are generously donated by people in the community. There is a very large selection of items for sale, with something for most every interest, and it changes freq

uently as new material is added to the shelves on an almost daily basis. Currently, items are available for sale on both the first and second floor during regular library hours. We hold special sales on the second floor every Wednesday afternoon, 1:00-4:00 PM and the first Saturday of the month from 10 AM-4PM. A broader selection of materials, as well as special priced items, are available during these sales. All the proceeds from our sales go directly to support the library and its valuable programs. Donations are always welcome and greatly appreciated!

Dont miss these great finds, and 1000s more, at our Weekly Wednesday sale, 1-4 PM!
08/26/2026

Dont miss these great finds, and 1000s more, at our Weekly Wednesday sale, 1-4 PM!

08/26/2026

Don't miss our Weekly Wednesday Sale this week, 1-4 PM! Check out the new additions to our Summer Reads table including a large collection of Freida McFadden titles or pick up some classics in boxed sets from Tolkien, E.B. White or Laura Ingalls Wilder on the back table.

Prefer gaming? Look for a selection of PlayStation 3 and 4 games to add to your collection.

Wednesday’s offerings include the following:

Fiction:
What We Can Know - Ian McEwan
Every Valley - Charles King
Villa Coco - Andrew Sean Greer
The Secret of Spellshadow Manor - Bella Forrest

Book Sets:
US Army in the Korean War - Truce Tent and the Fighting Front
US Army in WWII - The Technical Services - The Corps of Engineers - The War Against Japan
US Army in WWII - Special Studio - The Employment of Negro Troups
Empires at War - Volume I,II and III - Gabriel

The Lord of the Rings - Boxed Set

E.B. White Treasury - Boxed Set:
Charlotte’s Web
Stuart Little
The Trumpet of the Swan

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Boxed Set:
Little House in the Big Woods
Farmer Boy
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake

Nonfiction:
Six Guns by Keith
The World of Guns
CIA Documents - Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Earth - Portrait of a Planet
Prehistory of the Middle Rio Pierco Valley, Sandoval Country, New Mexico
By Hands Unknown
Custer In Photographs
Guitar Cultures
No Takebacks - Patty Friedman
Our Roots Run Deep as IRONWEED
Exhaust the Limits
Culture of Death

Japanese Culture and History:
Seinan - Southeast Los Angeles
Japanese Local Histories in The Library of Congress
The Japanese in Hawaii
Hideyoshi
New Worlds New Loves
Genghis Khan’s Greatest General (in Japanese)
Japan - The Portable Stanford
An Introduction to Japanese History
The National Japanese American Memorial Submission

Miscellaneous:
The Naughty Victorian Handbook
Flashback - 25 years of Doonseberry
Jack and Jack - You Don’t Know Jacks - signed

PlayStation 3 and 4:
Arkham City
Max Payne 3
The Witches 3: Wild Hunt
Castlevania
The Last of Us
The Last of Us - Part 2
L.A. Noire
Skyrim
Borderlands
Dead Island

Our back-to-school sale continues! All children’s and young adult books are half-off the sticker price, and all 25¢ boo...
08/18/2026

Our back-to-school sale continues! All children’s and young adult books are half-off the sticker price, and all 25¢ books are 2/25¢. Stock up, or refresh your school/home libraries with these great bargains!

Summer is nearly over, but the “Beach Reads” sections continue to get re-stocked with popular authors.

On Wednesday, the second floor lobby will spotlight a miscellaneous selection of military-themed books, in addition to those inside on the Special Price table.

Be sure to browse newly reduced Special Price books on the shelves next to the SP table. On Wednesday, the many new additions to the Special Price table will include:

Special Military Interest:
A selection of military history books by Richard Gabriel:
*On Ancient Warfare. *Operation Peace for Galilee. *Lion of the Sun. *Great Generals of the Ancient World. *From Sumer to Rome. *The Great Battles of Antiquity. *Hannibal. *Soldiers’ Lives Through History. *The Military History of Ancient Israel. *Scipio Africanus (Rome’s Greatest General). *The Madness of Alexander the Great. *And many of Gabriel’s publications from the U.S. Army War College

Misc.:
A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. Collector’s ed.
Italian Frequency Dictionary. 4 vocabulary volumes, textbook size. Sold as a set.

Special DVDs:
Kagemusha. A Film by Akira Kurosawa.
Shipwrecks. Metal box set, collector’s ed.
Justified: The Complete Series.

Don't miss our Back To School Sale! ALL kids & YA books will be 1/2 price through August 23rd!
08/11/2026

Don't miss our Back To School Sale! ALL kids & YA books will be 1/2 price through August 23rd!

A big shout out to the experts at the Computer & Cellular store at Beacon Hill for help with our printer issues!
08/04/2026

A big shout out to the experts at the Computer & Cellular store at Beacon Hill for help with our printer issues!

More great finds at our Weekly Wednesday sale!
08/04/2026

More great finds at our Weekly Wednesday sale!

On Wednesday, the center table in the second floor lobby will hold an amazing collection of special books about art, art...
08/04/2026

On Wednesday, the center table in the second floor lobby will hold an amazing collection of special books about art, art history, artists, photography, collecting, etc.

The “beach reads,” current popular and bestseller novels on the center tables, have been eagerly snapped up. We continue to re-stock that area with more from authors like Colleen Hoover, Elin Hildebrand, Emily Henry, Kristin Hannah, and more.

This Wednesday, some of the “new” books on the Special Price table will include these and more:

Fiction:
The Movement, Clara Bingham
Watchmen. Alan Moore. Classic, Hugo Award Winner. Dave Gibbons, illustrator
The Portrait, Danielle Steel
The Bobby Gold Stories. Anthony Bourdain
King Charlie’s Riders. Max Brand

Misc.:
Juniata, River of Sorrows. Dennis McIlnay.
What Would Maisie Do? Jacqueline Winspear.
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming, and Other Nonsense
The Dirty Parts of the Bible
License Plates of America
Correct Mispronunciations of Some South Carolina Names
Aircraft Recognition Guide. Smithsonian
Ideas and Integrities. Buckminster Fuller

History:
Warfare in Ancient Greece
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
Reflections of Cataloochee Valley
Blind Man’s Bluff: Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Richmond’s Unhealed History
Northern Virginia Heritage
Images of America: Music Makers of the Blue Ridge Plateau
Then & Now: Lorton

DVD: Single-Handed. 3 discs
DVD: Downton Abbey, Season 5

All proceeds from sales support the Sherwood Regional Library programs and services.

Donations of books, DVDs, CDs and puzzles in good saleable condition are welcome. Please do not donate textbooks older than 10 years, encyclopedias, magazines, VHS or audio tapes. Donations accepted at the delivery door from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday, and in the blue bin by the Returns desk whenever the library is open. Thank you!

Don't miss our FIRST SATURDAY sale tomorrow, August 1st, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.! Come browse our 1000's of titles and ot...
07/31/2026

Don't miss our FIRST SATURDAY sale tomorrow, August 1st, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.! Come browse our 1000's of titles and other miscellaneous offerings in air-conditioned comfort!

For Saturday, additional books in all categories have been added to the Special Price table. These are too numerous to list; remaining specials from Wednesday continue to be available, along with many of the like-new games.

Several items do need special mention:
The Hive and the Honey Bee. Hardcover, by Roy Grout. Over 1,300 pages. The “definitive” work about bees, 1992 special edition, gold stamped cover and spine

A set of cast iron bookends from a very generous donor. These are Greek revival style, “Parthenon Gold,” from Bradley & Hubbard


Twilight series, 4-vol. boxed set by Stephenie Meyer

PLEASE NOTE: The children's Story Room play space will be closed during the current HVAC project. The library will, however, continue hosting regular story time programs in the meeting room. Visitors to our Sherwood Regional branch will notice some materials have been temporarily removed from the children’s area while the county works to repair the building's HVAC system.

All proceeds from sales support the Sherwood Regional Library programs and services.

Donations of books, DVDs, CDs and games/puzzles in good saleable condition are always welcome. Please do not donate textbooks older than 10 years, encyclopedias, magazines or cassette/VHS tapes. Donations accepted at the delivery door from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday, and in the blue bin by the Returns desk whenever the library is open.

Please don’t keep the Sherwood Friends Bookstore a secret, help us get the word out. We encourage you to share this on other social media platforms. Thank you!

Address

2501 Sherwood Hall Lane
Alexandria, VA
22306

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12pm
Tuesday 10am - 1pm
Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 1pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm
Sunday 1pm - 3pm

Telephone

(703) 718-8206

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