YWRC Book Sale

Join us for the inaugural sale: November 6 – 9, 2025!

We are happy to announce that that the Young Women’s Resource Center and Iowa’s Biggest Book Sale have teamed up to host the YWRC Book Sale! We are thrilled to usher this 60-year community book sale legacy into its next chapter with the YWRC.

FREE admission to the YWRC Book Sale is available on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Tickets for the limited-admission Pre-ticketed event and pay-at-the-door times on Thursday, November 6th will be available soon.

The fall YWRC Book Sale will be held at the Elwell Family Food Center of the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Note: This first sale will be on a smaller scale than recent years, but will be back to full size for the Spring 2026 sale held over Memorial Day Weekend. Nevertheless, there are 150,000+ books and media items for you to browse and purchase – all for great prices and a worthy cause.

Proceeds from the YWRC Book Sale will support local girls and young women so they may be strong, self-confident, and resilient. Because of supporters like you, they have the tools and skill sets necessary to overcome adversity, bolster their self-worth, gain key information to have healthy relationships, learn social media safety, receive critical childbirth/postpartum/parenting education, and achieve a life full of possibilities.

Ready to volunteer for the YWRC Book Sale? 

More than 120 community volunteers are already committed to celebrating literacy and providing educational support to local girls and young women – join the team! Iowa’s Biggest Book Sale is organizing volunteers for book sorting and upcoming sales. You can learn more about roles and sign-up on their website here.

Book Donation Information:

All book and media donations should be taken to:

Iowa’s Biggest Book Sale
1901 Bell Avenue, Suite 7
Des Moines, IA 50315

Saturdays 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Sundays 1 – 4 p.m.
(excluding holiday weekends).

Currently accepted items (in good condition only please):

Books; Cookbooks; Cook’s Illustrated (2020 and newer); Unused Crossword, Word Find, and Sudoku puzzle books; Comic Books and Graphic Novels; DVD/BlueRay movies and TV Series, VHS Tapes, CDs, Vinyl Records/LPs, and CD Audio Books (all must be in the original case); Board Games and Puzzles (in the original box); and Sheet Music; Video Games (disk-type games must be in original box)

More details and behind-the-scenes are coming soon! We encourage you to join our new YWRC Book Sale Instagram page for all the up-to-date information.