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All Articles by Barbara Hagen
Welcome to the ThriftBooks Reading Challenge
Set your reading goal, track your reads, and earn ReadingRewards along the way
By Barbara Hagen • January 05, 2026
A new year brings a fresh chance to reconnect with reading in a way that feels motivating and fun. Whether you’re setting ambitious goals or simply hoping to read a little more than last year, there’s an inviting way to track your progress, celebrate milestones, and enjoy rewards along the way. It’s a welcoming start to a reading journey designed to grow with you all year long.
Introducing ThriftBooks BookPrint: Your Personalized Year in Review
By Barbara Hagen • December 29, 2025
As the year draws to a close, your reading journey tells a story unlike anyone else’s. From the genres you gravitated toward to the authors you couldn’t stop returning to, every choice leaves a unique mark. Take a moment to see how your year with books came together and discover the reading moments worth celebrating as you turn the page toward what comes next.
A Christmas Message for our Booklovers
By Barbara Hagen • December 24, 2025
A heartfelt reflection on Christmas traditions, the meaning of home, and the memories that travel with us wherever we are. From childhood rituals to treasured gifts passed through generations, it celebrates the warmth of presence shared stories and the quiet magic of the season. A reminder that home isn’t always a place it’s a feeling we carry made richer through family books and moments that endure.
Books: For Good
By Barbara Hagen • December 01, 2025
This Giving Tuesday, ThriftBooks is celebrating “Books: For Good,” inspired by the uplifting themes of Wicked. Through our partnership with Little Free Library, we’re helping fight book deserts by donating 10,000 books—and more to replenish select Little Free Libraries nationwide. Every purchase on December 2 contributes to a 1% net-revenue donation, making it easy for readers to support access to books. Together, we can make a lasting impact and share the power of reading with communities everywhere.
ThriftBooks Announces an AARP Special Member Offer!
By Barbara Hagen • November 04, 2025
Books are more than words on a page. They are connections across generations. With this new AARP Special Member Offer, ThriftBooks is proud to play a small part in those connections for readers, one page and one story at a time.
Holiday Shopping with a Human Touch
Eight tips to get the most out of ThriftBooks this season
By Barbara Hagen • October 21, 2025
In a world filled with algorithms, ThriftBooks brings the human touch back to holiday shopping. Discover curated gift guides, rare finds, new books, e-Gift Cards, and more—thoughtful gifts from real book lovers.
This Back-to-School Season, Let’s Put More Books in More Classrooms!
By Barbara Hagen • August 26, 2025
Back-to-school season is here—and it’s not just for students. With #ClearMyClassroomReadingList, ThriftBooks is inviting everyone to join our initiative to help teachers and clear their classroom reading lists.
Calling All Trope-Lovers! Introducing the TropeTrove™
And our new, limited-edition TropeTote™ designed by MJ King
By Barbara Hagen • February 04, 2025
All of us at ThriftBooks believe tropes deserve to have their time in the sun. So, we are kicking off a bit of a Trope Era by introducing the ThriftBooks TropeTrove™, a collection of book titles organized by various tropes. In this dedicated section of ThriftBooks.com you can search for books by popular tropes or seek out recommendations based upon certain book tropes you enjoy.
The Spirit of the Season
By Barbara Hagen • December 24, 2024
Remember to find joy in the simplest of things today, and throughout these next 12 days which complete the Christmas season. Share your joy with friends, family, and strangers too. Be an infectious spirit of the season.
A GivingTuesday for Everyone
Your purchase today contributes to our support of Little Free Library
By Barbara Hagen • December 02, 2024
Earlier in 2024, ThriftBooks began a partnership with Little Free Library through book donations and sponsorship of Impact Library Program book-sharing boxes and today we are proud to support Little Free Library on GivingTuesday. All purchases made on ThriftBooks.com today, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, will contribute towards our donation of 1% of our net revenue to Little Free Library and their programs. You do not need to opt in or add extra funds to your checkout. Simply purchase as you normally do on ThriftBooks.com (be sure to check out our holiday gift guides for great book gift ideas) and you will contribute towards our donation. It's that simple.
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