For UNM students, faculty, or staff who need a book drop-off:
- NMLP 24/7 outdoor donation box — 5445 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque NM 87107. Roughly 10 minutes from UNM main campus via Edith Blvd / Lomas / Comanche. Accessible day or night, 365 days a year. No appointment, no condition gatekeeping, no paperwork, and every textbook is welcome, this semester's nursing, engineering, business, and law editions included. Pull up at the covered bin outside the gate on Edith, put the boxes in, drive away. Box full, or more than it holds? Text 505-250-3804 or come by 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., when someone is at the warehouse to help unload.
- UNM Bookstore buyback (in Bookstore building) — not a donation drop; it takes only current-edition required texts. The NMLP box takes those same current editions, along with everything else, with no line.
- Goodwill of New Mexico San Mateo location — about 8 minutes from UNM via Central. Drop-off, condition restrictions apply, tax receipt available.
- Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library — Main Branch downtown — about 10 minutes from UNM. Selective intake, limited windows, tax receipt available.
- Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW) — independent bookstore selling new books only; no used-book intake.
For UNM students with end-of-semester volume (a whole apartment of books, dorm cleanout): NMLP picks up for free at every UNM dorm and most off-campus housing in the area. See end-of-semester move-out details.
Need books gone in Albuquerque?
Free pickup, any condition, scheduling by route. Or use the 24/7 drop box, a covered box outside the gate, by the road, at 5445 Edith Blvd NE.
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Last reviewed 2026-09-29. For corrections, email hello@newmexicoliteracyproject.org.