Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. This week’s prompt:

August 17th: Used Books

Today is National Thrift Shop Day! While it’s always an amazing feeling to get a brand-new book, there can be many hidden and older gems to be discovered at thrift stores. In honor of this holiday, what are some used books you have found either online or at thrift shops that you were grateful you purchased? Could be a book you had been looking for or maybe one you decided to take a chance on!

The majority of books I get are used books because I am active on the paperbackswap website. There are so many books I wouldn’t have known about without that site. These are five that I really enjoyed.

Fiona Finnegan faces many tragedies in her young life, but never gives up on her dream of owning her own tea shop.

Fascinating nonfiction book for any book lover.

This is book one in the Shetland Island mystery series. The mystery has a lot of layers to it and I love the Scottish setting.

A close look at the complicated family dynamics in an Irish Catholic family.

This was a very unique fantasy book. Although I read a lot of fantasy, this was different from my usual picks.