Love this place! Try to go anytime Im in J'ville. Love that they offer trades. Sales counter staff are always nice, the trade counter folks are tolerable to deal with depends on who you get. Huge inventory on books, games, collectibles, instruments, comics. prices can be a little off but sometimes I can find good deals on used items. read more

I always enjoy visiting this location. Staff is so nice! Specifically the blonde man that wears leather jackets. He was very kind and helped me find gifts that would interest my friend. It's always clean and well organized here, even on holidays which is a very impressive factor. They have a large selection of books, accessories, blind boxes, games, clothing, and even some signed albums. I was able to find pristine Buffy comics for GREAT pricing! I highly recommend dropping by whether it is to buy, sell, or just look! read more

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The service is awful! I took some items in to trade: such a waste of time. I had looked the items up online in advance and they had far more value than given credit for. Take your items to the Goodwill, at least they put people to work and use the money to do good things. All of the staff members were rude and condescending. Go elsewhere! read more

The staff here is always so friendly and I love all the options of books they have as well as cute little other items that aren't book related! The only thing I would say is it's hard to find used books among new books, and some sections are a little unorganized. read more

One of the more interesting places to visit here. Lots to browse, but generally speaking I find them over-priced.

You can spend a day here! This place has so much to offer! My Mr. and I came here mainly for vinyl. They had a promotional/sale going on where you make a purchase of $40.00 or more of records, you receive 20% off. Had to take advantage of that offer. Besides vinyl (used and new), they sell used CD's, DVD's, comic books, books, guitars, T-Shirts, Funko pops, and so much more! All are fairly priced. Before you want to trade or sell your stuff, make sure you call to get more info. The place is very organized and staff is ready to help when needed. Everything is categorized and alphabetized. My Mr and I walked out with some goodies. Mainly vinyl at a great price! Great experience and will return! read more

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This store is a complete mess. There are dead roaches on the floor, books are everywhere and nothing is organized. Completely disgusting read more

What a wonderful store. Books, games, stuffies, cool t-shirts? Yes please. A great mix of used and new books, all in excellent condition and well organized. TERRIFIC Manga section - far better than most of the national chains. Picked up a nice mix of new and old and really enjoyed perusing the aisles. A great place to get a new beach read or a game while you are in the area. read more

Overall really cool and unique store. My cousin introduced it to me when I was visiting the area. Has a little bit of everything kind of feel like a nice flea market, but newer stuff! Has huge selection of books, dvds, vinyls, action figures and Funko pop figures! So many Pop figures!!! Also had a lot of neat Halloween goodies! Also a bunch of stuff you don't need but looks cool like keychains, candy, stationery and posters! Really cool chill atmosphere and a love of nostalgic stuff from the 80s and 90s too which was awesome ;) Check them out, great place to browse and find treasures! Hehe read more

This place is pretty great, whether you're there for books, movies, music, or games. It was very reminiscent of Zia Records back west and that just filled me with all sorts of nostalgia. Even if you don't buy anything, it's a great place to walk around and just enjoy all of the content they have. I'd say it's even superior to Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble. Plus, everyone I saw was wearing a mask and keeping socially distanced. So that was nice. read more

2nd & Charles has a decent selection of books, both new and used, music, video games, and even some musical instruments. You can bring in your old stuff to sell or trade, and while you probably won't get much for them it does make that next book a bit cheaper. My biggest complaint is not specific to this location but has to do with their company policies; if you get partway through a transaction they apparently aren't allowed to cancel it and start over which means you have to complete the transaction, do a return (they also don't do one-for-one exhanges) and then do a completely new transaction which takes up a bunch of time. Some of their used books have prices for the original seller on them which can be confusing and add to the amount of time people are spending up at the register area as well. read more

Books, music, toys (a plethora of Pop! dolls), shirts, musicals instruments, and so much more all here! There's truly something for everyone at 2nd & Charles. Strange that I'd never even heard of this place until a trip bacK to Jacksonville, NC, where I grew up, but I'm definitely glad I know of it now. This place is GREAT! My lady and I stopped by because we saw they have vinyls for sale and we found far more than we'd expected. Tons of new and used vinyls all at excellent prices. Plus if you spend $40 or more on 'em, you get 20% off. How can you beat that? Needless to say, we scored some goodies! Their selection was huge and included lots of interesting surprises. The place looked immaculate too. Very clean, organized, and easy to navigate. Honestly, I had to stop myself from spending an entire paycheck here. So much cool stuff! This is one great place! Though watch yourself, because you may find too many goodies. read more

Absolutely love this bookstore! You can lose track of time very quickly with everything there is to see.Their selection of books is huge, there's also a big variety of other things such as toys, music, some clothes, hobby related stuff. I also love their vintage postcard section! All in all highly recommend this bookstore! read more

LOVE. THIS. PLACE. My daughter and I are huge book addicts and every time we come in, we always go a little nuts. These guys always have amazing sales and every Wednesday you can get some great books on clearance. I love that they offer used and new books and the used books are almost always in near excellent condition. We've found some really great books and vinyl here that we have happily added to our collections. If you're a book person, seriously, this will be your new favorite store. read more

The comic book and fantasy book kid in me cant get enough of this place. Booking buying is cheap and almost endless. If you want to keep your kid entertained for a summer come here and let their imaginations run free. My daughter loves coming here and playing with everything from lava lamps to dragons to star wars figurines. Its never a boring time. read more

2nd & Charles - Bookstores Near Me - Jacksonville, North Carolina

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Not as good as books a million in Wilmington but same type idea of a store just not as advanced and nicely set up. No coffee shop inside excerpts such as comfortable places to chill and read few book or read up on thing's.. but pretty good selection. For Jacksonville. read more

This is a corporate problem, no bags for books after purchase, no baskets to put lil ones in, no identified stickers for clearance items...because their stickers are orange!!!! Seriously who's idea was it for clearance stickers there? Like the brand name is in orange and regular price has a small orange sticker near the barcode. But they I guess add another orange sticker for a clearance. Makes no sense. Someone in charge needs to update a red label for clearance. Also bathroom for kid friendly environment with changing table. Anyways just ideas to a corporate or department head manager that can do something or maybe organize the store better for dumb people that haven't been or understand how y'all label. Old fashioned I guess and this is one reason why young generation download books now a days. ‍ read more

They do have a nice wide selection but i wouldn't recommend trying to trade anything in here as they give crappy rates. Last visit i waited at the counter for 10 minutes while no one was there and then the cashier thought it was funny that i was waiting there. No matter im a patient guy but they also didnt have the book i was searching for. This is a upgraded thrift store at best. read more

2nd & Charles - Made entirely out of books - Bookstores Near Me - Jacksonville, North Carolina

this store is so awesome. they have everything from comics to easy readers

Love this place. It's a little expensive but Staff is amazing, reminds me of my Hastings store I had back home growing up. They have records, books, puzzles, religious stuff, comic books, games, etc. read more

Great place to buy gently used books and movies. Always super affordable and staff is welcoming and helpful.

Great deals I got naruto volumes 2 and 3 for under 6$ great place for collectors nerds and syfy fans

I dont enjoyed my visit here and it was the last, I overheard employees talking about some strange guy behind his back. And it's very unproffessional. Why would u talk to your customers like that? They are your patrons and it's pathetic to downtalk the way they look. This lady said, and guy said something about this Asian dude and it was rude and disrespectful. Dont take your business here. So despicable! read more

One of my favorite stores in Jacksonville. I can spend hours going through the books, games, music, you name it they seem to have it. The staff are always friendly and the overall environment is a very nice one. read more

2nd & Charles is an excellent spot for comic book fanatics, book lovers, movie watchers, and game players! They have a little bit of everything here and it is all organized to assist shoppers in finding precisely what they are looking for. We frequent 2nd & Charles primarily for their outstanding inventory of comic books! They have new comic books come in on Wednesdays just in time for fans to purchase weekend reading material! They carry the primary and variant covers for those who aim to collect them. As a teacher, I appreciate the opportunity to sell back books I no longer need in my classroom and receive a teacher discount when it comes time to add to my classroom collection! The FREE Bins outside are also a catch from time to time depending on who recently stopped by for a visit. read more

Found a Moon travel book on New york, for only $8! Had it not been 2 inches thick, and I bought so much wine I thought I would be overweight on the plane ride back, I would have bought it! This is a HUGE 2nd hand book store with so many buried treasures! Didn't trade anything in, but can not comment with that. But next time we are in North Carolina, I am saving room in my suitcase! LOVED IT! read more

Not very impressed every thing is way over priced. The video games are much cheaper on Amazon or even at local pawn shops. They do seem to sell a lot of junk and trinkets like key chains and coffee cups read more

We always love this place. They have the best deals for new and used books. The staff is super helpful, extremely friendly and professional. I consider this stole a hidden gem in this town. read more

They might have decent prices, but they get those prices by screwing over their customers and employees. For a book they plan to sell at $16 they'll offer you $8. When you sign up for an account with them they take ALL of your information: name, address, phone number, email, driver's license number, gender, birthday, and physical description. They claim to have "book drives" for local schools but they make it a competition between employees to see who can sell the most money in books. They take away employees shifts if they don't make at least $50 a day selling "donation books". read more

What a joke..........I took 12 books on CD's by well know aurthors, James Patterson, John Grisham, Lisa Gardner - they offered me $15 in-store credit or $6 cash of all, not each. Plus the clerk needs to take some customer service classes. Never will go back there and will spread the word as well. read more

I would not recommend this place. I had a bunch of video game guides that I wanted to sell, so I called in advance to see if they take them. They confirmed TWICE on the phone that they did and said to bring in all I had. When I got to the store, I only brought in a small stack to confirm they would accept them before carrying them all from my car. Again, I was told they would take them. Upon bringing the rest of them in (2 boxes) I was told they only accept guides from the last year. Were I told that on the phone, I could have saved time and gas money, as all my guides were from 2+ years ago. Frustrated, I kindly spoke to a manager and let him know that I was given incorrect info on the phone and that the employees should be made aware of policies like that. Not a huge deal, these things happen. He laughed at me and said mockingly, "Oh, yeah, some of the staff are new. Have a great day!" I would happily take my stuff to a pawn shop, Craigslist, or eBay before dealing with that kind of rudeness and unprofessional staff. read more