Book donation pickup — frequently asked questions.

Last Mile Books is a small book pickup service based in Temecula, California. We offer free pickup of donated books across Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Palm Springs, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, and surrounding Riverside County areas. Every book we pick up is sorted by hand and given its best chance at a new reader.

We serve Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Palm Springs, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Winchester, French Valley, Sun City, Canyon Lake, and surrounding Riverside County. If you are near any of these cities, we probably come to you — email us to confirm.

We do not claim nonprofit or for-profit status. What matters is that the service is free to you and every book gets the best possible next chapter.

Book donation pickup is completely free. No fees, no fuel charges, no minimums beyond a single box of books.

Fill out the pickup form at lastmilebooks.com. Give us your name, address, an estimate of how many boxes, and a date that works. We respond within one business day with a confirmed window.

Most Temecula and Murrieta pickups happen within 2 to 4 days. Menifee, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore usually within 3 to 5 days. Palm Springs is scheduled on route days, typically within 5 to 10 days.

Same-day is sometimes possible in Temecula and Murrieta if we already have a run scheduled. Email us and we'll tell you honestly whether we can fit you in.

No. If you leave the boxes on your porch, driveway, or in an unlocked garage, we can complete a contact-free pickup. We text a confirmation photo when the pickup is complete.

Hardcovers, paperbacks, fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, textbooks (last five years preferred), children's books, young adult books, religious and inspirational, art books, coffee-table books, classics, and estate libraries. Basically any book in usable condition.

We can't take moldy, water-damaged, or musty books, books with major rips or missing covers, encyclopedia sets (too heavy to move for their limited resale value), magazines, newspapers, catalogs, or non-book media like VHS and cassettes.

Yes. Recent textbooks (last five years) are ideal because they still have resale value. We'll take older textbooks too, they just have a lower chance of finding a new reader.

Absolutely. Children's books are some of the most-requested items when we pass books along to new readers. Bring them on.

Yes, cookbooks are welcome — new and vintage.

Yes. We accept religious and inspirational books of all traditions.

There is no upper limit. We regularly handle full estate libraries with hundreds or thousands of books. Just tell us roughly how many boxes when you schedule.

The minimum is one box. If you have less than a full box, that's fine — put them in a bag or any container.

Every book is sorted by hand. Books that can be resold or passed along to a new reader are prepared for that. Books that cannot be reused are recycled responsibly.

Yes. We provide a written pickup confirmation with the date, your address, and an estimated number of boxes for your records.

Some books we sell to fund the free pickup service, some we donate or pass along, and some we recycle responsibly. What matters to us is every book gets a real shot at a new reader.

Yes. We regularly handle estate cleanouts across Riverside County. There is no upper limit on the number of books. See our estate library cleanout page for details.

Yes. We work with executors and estate professionals regularly. We coordinate over phone and email, provide written pickup confirmation, and can pick up on any schedule that works for the estate.

Yes. If you're an estate sale company with unsold books after a sale, we'll come take them off your hands. Email us to set up a recurring arrangement.

Yes. We regularly work with out-of-state family. We coordinate over phone and email and can complete pickups when nobody is home if a neighbor, realtor, or property manager grants access.

Goodwill and Salvation Army are large national chains that don't specialize in books. We are a small local team that only handles books, so we can spend more time sorting each donation and finding the best next reader for each book.

If you have a small number of high-value books (first editions, signed copies, rare or academic titles), selling directly usually earns more. For most household libraries, the time and hassle of selling isn't worth it — a free pickup takes 15 minutes and the books get a new life.

Email haylee@lastmilebooks.com or fill out the pickup form at lastmilebooks.com. We respond within one business day.