Pre-Loved Books

Protagonist Cafe features a custom 27-foot floor to ceiling bookcase and an additional corner nook housing over 5,000 pre-loved books. Our collection includes novels, art, history, biography, reference, fantasy, travel, gardening, philosophy, health and wellness, poetry and plays, economics, vintage, and coffee table selections. The books are organized by category, author’s last name, and their dewey decimal designation. Little readers even have a dedicated children’s corner!

All pre-loved books on our shelves are priced for purchase.

 
 
I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas. I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.
— Nnedi Okorafor in The Book of Phoenix