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Fine Used Book Store

120 E. Highway 550, Bernalillo, NM 87004 Local: 505-404-2097
Hours of Operation
Mon-Sat 10a-6p
Sun 11a-5p


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Welcome to our new location near Walgreens, across from Starbucks!

IMPORTANT CHANGES: We are now open 7 days a week! Mon-Sat, 10-6 and Sun 11-5. We have also increased our trade fee to 50 cents a book. If you have trade credit from before 2/1/12, you will continue to pay 25 cents until you use it up.

Look for our big red BOOKS sign.

Upcoming Book Signings

On Saturday, May 12th, Placitas mystery writer David Hoekenga will be selling and signing his New Mexico mysteries from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. Hoekenga is the author of Jemez Hijinks, Placitas Particular and Santa Fe Solo, all featuring detective Signe Sorenson. His historical mystery about a young King Henry VIII, The Hampton Court Murders, will also be for sale. For more information, visit www.davidhoekenga.com.

On Saturday, May 19th, Rio Rancho author Frances Fanning will be selling and signing her first novel, Rhythm of My Heart from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. The novel is a portrait of Maritza, a young New Mexican woman whose childhood memories and wry observations of life when she move East with her Pueblo Indian husband, demonstrate that we can find balance in our lives when we listen to the rhythm of our hearts. Fanning also wrote the popular Meet Your Neighbor column for the Albuquerque Journal. For more information about this book, visit www.casadesnapdragon.com.

Charlie's Featured Deals
Come down and visit us for Charlie's preferred customer deal of the month!

Visit our Clearance Center at the Idalia Road Marketplace in Rio Rancho off of Idalia just before Northern Blvd. All adult books are 75% off of the cover price (non-returnable)! You will find great food, music, and all kinds of bargains!

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Join Charlie's Book Club
Broaden your reading horizons, discover new authors and make new friends!
Charlie's Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 4pm in the afternoon. Our May book is About Schmidt by Louis Begley.
To participate, all you have to do is just read the book and come ready to discuss it.
Our book selection for June is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Under Charlie's Covers is Sandoval County's finest independent used bookstore. We have a huge selection of hardback, paperback and audio books, fiction and nonfiction, for half off the cover price. Let us help you find what you are interested in!



Bookstore Inside Photo Trade Policy
We love your gently-used books! Bring them in for trade credit towards books in our store.
We offer credit of 25% of the cover price for used paperbacks.
For hardbacks the price varies.

Under Charlie's Covers cannot offer trade credit for the following:

  • Books with broken bindings
  • Hardback books without dust covers
  • Ex-Library books
  • Most text books
  • Readers Digest Condensed Books
  • Outdated Travel Guides
  • Serial Romances (numbered or dated)
  • Audio Books on Cassette
Books that have Goodwill or other discount stickers on them will be credited for 25% of the sticker price, so please remove the stickers before bringing them in.
Trade credit is good for two years after the date traded. Effective 2/1/2012, a 50 cent service charge, per book, will be charged when using trade credit. Customers with existing trade credit prior to 2/1/12 will be charged 25 cents a book until the existing credit is used up.

Visit the Reader's Circle Book Club.

Read about how Under Charlie's Covers got its name in The Observer.

Lara Harrison ~ Owner And Operator

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