List of independent bookstores in the United States
This is a list of independent bookstores in the United States, both current and defunct. All of these have (or had), in addition to any associated online sites, physical ("brick-and-mortar") locations. Stores which have gone out of business are denoted with a dagger (†).
- This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- See also
- External links
Arizona
- Bookmans in Tucson, Mesa, Phoenix and Flagstaff
- The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale
California
- Acres of Books† in Long Beach
- Amicus Books in Marysville
- Bart's Books in Ojai
- The Book Shop in Hayward
- Book Soup in West Hollywood
- Booksmith in San Francisco
- Borderlands Books in San Francisco
- City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco
- Cody's Books† in Berkeley
- Computer Literacy Bookshops† in Sunnyvale
- daliel's† in Berkeley
- A Different Light† in Silver Lake (Los Angeles) and The Castro (San Francisco)
- Dutton's Books† in Valley Village (Los Angeles) and Burbank
- Fahrenheit 451 Books in Laguna Beach
- Gourmet Guides† in San Francisco
- Green Apple Books & Music in Richmond District (San Francisco)
- John Cole's Book Shop† in La Jolla (San Diego)
- Kepler's Books in Menlo Park
- Lobal Orning† in Topanga
- Midnight Special Bookstore† in Santa Monica
- Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego and Redondo Beach
- The Other Change of Hobbit in Berkeley
- Printers Inc. Bookstore† in Palo Alto
- Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural in Sylmar (Los Angeles)
- Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena
Colorado
- Tattered Cover in Denver
District of Columbia
- Brian MacKenzie Infoshop† in Washington
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords in Washington
- Lambda Rising† in Washington
- Politics and Prose in Washington
- Teaching for Change Bookstore in Washington
- Washington Bookshop† in Washington
- World Bank Infoshop in Washington
Florida
- Haslam's Bookstore in St. Petersburg
- Open Books & Records† in Miami Beach
Illinois
- Kroch's and Brentano's† in Chicago
- New World Resource Center in Chicago
- Prairie Avenue Bookshop† in Chicago
- Seminary Co-op in Chicago
Indiana
- Better World Books in Goshen and Mishawaka
- Boxcar Books in Bloomington
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
- Daedalus Books in Columbia
- Greetings & Readings in Hunt Valley
- Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse in Baltimore
- Victor Kamkin Bookstore† in Rockville
Massachusetts
- The Bookmill in Montague
- Globe Corner Bookstore† in Cambridge
- Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge
- Harvard Book Store in Cambridge
- Lucy Parsons Center in Boston
- New Words Bookstore† in Cambridge
- The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley
- Schoenhof's Foreign Books in Cambridge
- That's Entertainment in Worcester
Michigan
- John K. King Books in Detroit
- Marwil Bookstore† in Detroit
- Schuler Books & Music in Grand Rapids
Minnesota
- Amazon Bookstore Cooperative† in Minneapolis
- Birchbark Books in Minneapolis
- Common Good Books in Saint Paul
- Mayday Books in Minneapolis
- SubText: a Bookstore in Saint Paul
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New York
- Argosy Book Store in Manhattan (New York City)
- Bluestockings in Manhattan (New York City)
- The Bookworm in East Aurora, New York
- Coliseum Books† in Manhattan (New York City)
- A Different Light† in Manhattan (New York City)
- Gotham Book Mart† in Manhattan (New York City)
- Nkiru Books† in Brooklyn (New York City)
- Oscar Wilde Bookshop† in Manhattan (New York City)
- Pomander Book Shop in Manhattan (New York City)
- Printed Matter, Inc in Manhattan (New York City)
- Rizzoli Bookstore in Manhattan (New York City)
- Strand Bookstore in Manhattan (New York City)
- Unnameable Books in Brooklyn (New York City)
- Book Revue in Huntington, New York
North Carolina
Ohio
- The Wooster Book Company in Wooster
- Yottaquest in Mount Healthy
Oregon
- The Duck Store in Eugene
- In Other Words Women's Books and Resources in Portland
- Powell's Books in Portland
Pennsylvania
- Giovanni's Room Bookstore in Philadelphia
- Leary's Book Store† in Philadelphia
- Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem
- Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia
South Carolina
Texas
- Beauty and the Book in Jefferson
- BookPeople in Austin
- Ye Old Bookworm Odessa
Washington
Wisconsin
- Renaissance Books in Milwaukee
- Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee
See also
External links
- NewPages Guide to independent bookstores in the U.S. and Canada
- IndieBound.org, independent bookstore association sponsored by the American Booksellers Association
- American Booksellers Association member directory
- Independent Booksellers resource page and listings
- AALBC.com’s Map Showing Black Owned Independent Booksellers