Review Highlights
“We visit Las Cruces maybe once a year to see family, and it's one of the first stops we make.” in 10 reviews
“Just fell in love with this place today while hanging out at the Farmer's Market at the Downtown Mall.” in 3 reviews
“I'd by the odd book from Hastings, Walden, or the NMSU bookstore but mostly I came here.” in 3 reviews
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About the Business
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Brandon B.
Coas Books is New Mexico's largest independent bookstore with more than 500,000 books in stock! We have an incredible selection of new and used books -- including regional and out-of-print books --, CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, VHS, audio books, and games. Coas Books is family owned and operated, with two stores located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We receive hundreds of books every day, so our inventory is constantly changing and full of hidden gems! Come by our store on Main Street -- or our branch on Solano -- and we'll be happy to help you find what you're looking for! We also offer trade credit to help you save more on your purchases, so feel free to bring in the books, music, and DVDs you no longer want or need.
Ask the Community
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Can I sell my books there's for cash or store credit?
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Is anyone interested in $1400 in COAS Credits (700 General and 700 Paperback) for $395? Similar savings available in a partial transfer of credits.
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- Gail N.Palm Desert, CA53132Apr 13, 2024
This is one of my favorite bookstores used bookstores. The selection is amazing, I will not make a trip to New Mexico without stopping here.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Bailey J.Las Cruces, NM0153Jul 24, 2023
The best used bookstore in town! The customer service is always on point and the owners are awesome people!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Nov 3, 2020
Las Cruces is home to the largest used bookstore in New Mexico and it is, in a word, amazing. If there is a genre of book they don't have it likely doesn't exist. They also have everything from records to DVDs as well as new books. You can even donate your previously owned items for store credit. The staff is always friendly and helpful and I've yet to visit without taking something home. From time they will have special events and book signings, often from NM authors. Simply said, if you love books this place is for you.
Helpful 2Thanks 0Love this 2Oh no 0 - Greg C.San Clemente, CA121257Sep 17, 2022
Wonderful book store. Clean, air conditioned, comfortable, easy to navigate, lots of help and staff, easy check out, great place for kids, comprehensive engineering section, well comprehensive everything, frankly. You Just Can't Get This On The Internet!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Savas E.San Jose, CA04766Feb 4, 2021
Staff. Super friendly. Books. Huge Bookstore. Each section is well in order. Fiction & non fiction. Large Anthropology section may be largest i have seen before ever. Art section, books are older, Needs more recent acquisitions like Half spruce Books. Cleanest bathroom ever!! These guys respects well all and they deserve 5 stars even more. I supported them today and hopefully will come soon:)
Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Lisa A.El Paso, TX8945932384Apr 5, 2020
Books, books and more books! Unfortunately this bookstore isn't open at the present time due to COVID-19. I highly recommend visiting when it's back in business. It' so big...you might even get lost! I'm being serious here! Lol. Don't leave the kiddos or whoever you go with behind somewhere!
This is probably one of the largest bookstores in the area. I could easily spend hours in there. They mostly offer used books. You'll find some new ones. I found Coas back when I was a college student at NMSU. I'd enjoy hanging out whenever I had time. I'd sometimes study in there. Coas has something for everybody, people of all ages. The last time I went, they had a coffee shop as well. I remember the coffee tasting very good. Go to Coas, you won't regret it.Helpful 6Thanks 0Love this 6Oh no 0 - Angela W.Virginia Beach, VA07634911Sep 12, 2020
Located in the heart of downtown Las Cruces. This used bookstore is a great place to go to because the city's library is closed during the pandemic. The sections of the store include children's, fiction, media (CDs, DVDs, records), puzzles and even a comic book section. They also accept donations & do trade in.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - George H.San Francisco, CA3171Sep 3, 2021
Very extensive used book store. Found copies of some out of print technical books... they also have dvds, cds, games, etc.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Grace B.Minerva, OH62191Sep 21, 2021
Super helpful staff and a HUGE selection of books. I was able to buy the entire Harry Potter series in hard back for a steal. They even helped me pick up a few of the missing books from the other location. I could stay here for hours and browse.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Derrick P.Campbell, CA824732Jun 6, 2021
Simply amazing used book store, what a selection! I read a lot of science and technology books. They don't have a science section. They have a whole bunch of sections like microelectronics, mechanical engineering, systems science, computers Thomas Edison....ect. You get the idea, they have so many books that usual sections in other used book stores are greatly subdivided here. Just amazing everything I could find here, awfully impressive. I'm from out of town, but I'd be here all the time if I lived in Las Cruces.
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