Free Book Pickup in Edgewood

Edgewood is on my East Mountain extension route: pickups here are scheduled around longer runs, and I pair stops along I-40, NM-344 and Frost Road on one trip. I cover the town core by the I-40 frontage road and the acreage north along NM-344 toward Sandia Park.

Schedule a free Edgewood pickup and I’ll add you to the next East Mountain run.

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Free In-Home Book Pickup Across Edgewood

Edgewood is about 40 minutes east of my 5445 Edith NE warehouse via I-40 over Tijeras Pass and out exit 187. I cover Edgewood proper and the rural acreage north along NM-344 toward Sandia Park. Long driveways, gravel roads, and mile-marker addresses are routine — none of it adds a fee. Moriarty, Stanley, and the Estancia Valley are outside my pickup area; from there, the 24/7 drop box or donor-paid mail-in works, and a genuinely standout collection can text photos first for a case-by-case answer.

Sub-areas served across Edgewood

The Edgewood town core near the I-40 frontage road and the larger-acreage homesteads along NM-344 and Frost Road. I also pick up across the Sandia Park/San Antonito boundary and out toward Cedar Crest when residents group their pickups.

What pickups typically look like here

Edgewood pulls a mix of homesteaders, retirees, working ranch families, and homeschool households who chose the area for the space and the schools. Libraries here typically include practical reference (livestock, gardening, water rights, off-grid living), large homeschool curricula, regional history, and the broad western fiction and nonfiction canon. Pickups average twenty to sixty boxes — often higher when a homeschool family graduates the youngest child and clears a decade of curriculum, or when a multi-generational ranch property changes hands.

How a Edgewood pickup works

1. Text or call 505-250-3804, or use the online form — tell me what you have, plus your Edgewood address plus landmarks if GPS is unreliable.
2. I schedule it around the next East Mountain run with Tijeras and Cedar Crest.
3. I load everything — no sorting, no boxing.

Long dirt drives off NM-344 and Frost Road are routine — send landmarks if GPS gets lost, and I’ll pair your stop with others on the same run.

Driving to the 24/7 Drop Box from Edgewood

About 40 minutes: I-40 west over Tijeras Pass to I-25, north to the Montaño Rd exit, then over to 5445 Edith Blvd NE (near Edith & Montaño). Books in any condition, plus DVDs, CDs and other media, go in the box — here’s everything I take.

What’s on Edgewood Shelves

Edward Abbey's nonfiction and The Monkey Wrench Gang are constants on Edgewood collections — the rural land-ethic posture is part of why people moved here. John Nichols's NM Trilogy and Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee mysteries are near-universal. Sandia Labs scientists who chose the East Mountains commute often hold serious naturalist collections including Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday, and Frank Waters. Homeschool-curriculum clear-outs reliably include classic Americana: Willa Cather's Great Plains novels (O Pioneers!, My Ántonia) and Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) are curriculum-staple editions I see on most Edgewood homeschool shelves, alongside Oliver La Farge's Laughing Boy (1929 Pulitzer) in school-anthology form. Native-educator pickups also surface Simon Ortiz and Luci Tapahonso.

Stamps from Page One (Albuquerque, 1981–2019) and Treasure House Books (Old Town) appear regularly; the full Albuquerque bookstore history covers where these libraries were assembled.

Questions from Edgewood Donors

Do you pick up books in Edgewood?

Yes. Edgewood is on my East Mountain extension route, and pickups are free and scheduled around longer runs. Moriarty and the Estancia Valley are outside the pickup area.

How far is the drop box from Edgewood?

About 40 minutes west on I-40. Continue to I-25 north, exit at Montaño Rd, and head to 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Unit A — open 24/7.