If rummaging through and getting lost in stacks of books until you find the one you’re looking for—and browsing through books on sale until you find a classic at a ridiculously low price—sounds like a great plan to you, then you can’t miss LibroFest this weekend. One of the best-known bookstores on Avenida Corrientes is clearing out 5,000 books starting at 1,000 pesos. And if that’s not enough, we’ll tell you where to find books at unbeatable prices.
LibroFest: Books starting at 1,000 pesos in the heart of Buenos Aires—and there are so many you’ll want them all
Book lovers and reading enthusiasts! This weekend is for you, because one of Buenos Aires’ most important bookstores is hosting a festival of book sales. Have you heard of the Dickens bookstore? It’s one of the legendary secondhand bookstores on Corrientes Avenue, and from September 25 to 28, it’s hosting LibroFest—an entire weekend to spend browsing and hunting for books at crazy-low prices.
If that’s not enough for you, the Plaza Italia fair is another hotspot for used books in Buenos Aires. It has new and used books at incredible prices and features unbeatable deals every weekend.
LibroFest in Buenos Aires: 5,000 books for 1,000 pesos just a few meters from the Obelisk
Start your bookstore tour at Librería Dickens, on the avenue that never sleeps. The store is hosting one of the most anticipated book sales of the year, with over 5,000 volumes at fixed prices.
- The 1,000-peso table: More than 5,000 copies of fiction, poetry, essays, children’s and young adult literature, guides, and manuals.
- Value-Packs: Specials on 3 books for 5,000 pesos and 3 books for 10,000 pesos in select sections.
- Catalog gems: The perfect opportunity to snag out-of-print editions, biographies, art books, and classics in print.
- Constant deals: There are more than 40 booths offering permanent clearance tables with books starting at 1,000 pesos.
- Specialties: It’s the perfect place to find first editions, college textbooks, comics, vintage magazines, school textbooks, and out-of-print literature that’s no longer available in commercial bookstores.
- The Art of Bargaining: Unlike a chain bookstore, at Plaza Italia you can always chat with the longtime booksellers to put together your own bundle of deals if you’re buying several books.
Buenos Aires is a city of readers and book lovers, which is why book festivals—where you can browse through hundreds of books alongside others who also love the smell of paper—are always, always worth writing about. Don’t miss it.
