Old Book Barn

Forsyth, United States

4.8

4 reviews

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+1 217-875-0222
Address:
126 S State Route 51, Forsyth, IL, 62535
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Local time (Forsyth) 12:06 Saturday, 31 May 2025

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Description

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The Old Book Barn is a used/​new book store. We have been in business for over 25 years. The store can provide new books and/​or special orders, just as a chain store can. The inventory is organized and there is a knowledgeable staff waiting to help in anyway they can. We take used books in trade towards the purchase of other used books. Please call the store to get more information regarding trade. We also do domestic and international mail order. Please call or e-​mail with a list of books you may be interested in reading. We also have specialty item such as tea, hot sauces, spices, cookie mixes and a few pastas. We also have antiques and collectible items, ephemera and other vintage books. Come visit us and browse in our 14,000 sq. ft store.

History

Established in 1985.

Selling Books

Meet the Business Owner

Cheryl H.

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4 reviews of Old Book Barn

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Place rating: 4
Delavan, IL
I have bought many book here over the years have lots of classics and hard to find books from time to time… Place is a little Dusty… The staff are grate!
Place rating: 5
Downers Grove, IL
If you like smell of old books, this is the place for you. For a used book store, the inventory is very well organized. They have a large inventory of both used hardbacks and paperbacks with some new books also The building is one big hall with other cubbyhole rooms on the sides that each have a different specialty or theme. The place has an old metal roof — Very cool to be there when in there when it rains.
This is the kind of place I can spend an hour in and still not peruse through everything I would want to.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
This is the funnest place to find books. It’s a great place to go if you aren’t sure what you are looking for, you just know you want something to read. I def. reccommend this place.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
A lot of times, I typically run into two types of bookstores… one type is ridiculously cluttered in which the owner just tries to stuff as many books into the store as possible, and the other is the snooty bookstore where you wouldn’t find many mainstream books.
The old book barn is neither. Also, this place is freaking huge. Humongous. Every so often a trip to Champaign warrants a visit to this place. They have a huge collection of books and they have many books that are hard to find.
The people who work there are great. They obviously enjoy what they’re doing and are more than willing to help you out with anything. So long we find ourselves within an hour of this place, we’ll probably find our way for a visit.