The 2026 Dayton Book Fair has new dates: October 30th-November 1st! Come see us at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds at 645 Infirmary Rd. in Dayton. Click here for further information about the sale.
The Dayton Book Fair has an elaborate mission:
- we provide a meaningful place for people to donate their beloved books
- we sell donated books to benefit three different local non-profits each year via:
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- the third-largest used book sale in the United States
- curated online sales
- our brick and mortar bookstore, Rabbit Hole Books (which has been voted Dayton’s favorite book store every year since we opened)
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- and beginning in 2027, we will be bestowing a new award for literature: the Curious Medal for Literary Endeavor and we are working towards providing writers’ residencies in 2030.
The proceeds are distributed in the form of grants to different organizations in the Miami Valley, amounting to a total of nearly two million dollars. New beneficiaries are chosen each year. In 2026, proceeds from the sale will benefit Daybreak, Preservation Dayton, Threads of Miami Valley, among other projects.
The Book Fair Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated as a registered charity in the State of Ohio.
