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This is a list of cheap independent bookstores in the United States, both current and defunct, which have had physical ("brick-and-mortar") locations. For bookstores with at least 4 locations, see list of bookstore chains.

Bart's Books in Ojai

Booksmith, San Francisco

The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles

Kramers (bookstore)

Harvard Book Store, Cambridge

Bluestockings in Manhattan

The Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan

Current

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Name	State	Location(s)	Founded
Grassrootz Bookstore	Arizona	Phoenix	2019
Larry Edmunds Bookshop	California	Los Angeles	1938
The Last Bookstore	California	Los Angeles	2005
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural	California	Los Angeles	2003
Kepler's Books	California	Menlo Park	1955
Bart's Books	California	Ojai	1964
Vroman's Bookstore	California	Pasadena	1894
Libélula Books & Co.	California	San Diego	2021
Mysterious Galaxy	California	San Diego and Redondo Beach	1993
Warwick's	California	San Diego	1896
Booksmith	California	San Francisco	1976
Borderlands Books	California	San Francisco	1997
Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore	California	San Francisco	1976
City Lights Bookstore	California	San Francisco	1953
Green Apple Books & Music	California	San Francisco	1967
Marcus Books	California	San Francisco (2 locations)	1960
Book Soup	California	West Hollywood	1975
Circus of Books	California	West Hollywood	1982
Mile High Comics	Colorado	Denver	1969
R.J. Julia Booksellers	Connecticut	Madison	1989
JF Books	District of Columbia		1997
Kramers (bookstore)	District of Columbia		1976
MahoganyBooks	District of Columbia		2007
Politics and Prose	District of Columbia		1984
For Keeps (bookstore)	Georgia	Atlanta	2018
Charis Books & More	Georgia	Decatur	1974
Quimby's Bookstore	Illinois	Chicago	1991
Seminary Co-op	Illinois	Chicago	1961
Unabridged Bookstore	Illinois	Chicago	1980
Women & Children First	Illinois	Chicago	1979
Prairie Lights	Iowa	Iowa City	1978
ACME Comics & Collectibles	Iowa	Sioux City	1995
Rainy Day Books	Kansas	Fairway	1975
Eighth Day Books	Kansas	Wichita	1988
Joseph-Beth Booksellers	Kentucky	Lexington	1986
Weiser Antiquarian Books	Maine	York	1926
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse	Maryland	Baltimore	2004
Lucy Parsons Center	Massachusetts	Boston	1969
Grolier Poetry Bookshop	Massachusetts	Cambridge	1927
Harvard Book Store	Massachusetts	Cambridge	1932
The Bookmill	Massachusetts	Montague	1987
The Odyssey Bookshop	Massachusetts	South Hadley	1963
That's Entertainment	Massachusetts	Worcester	1980
John K. King Books	Michigan	Detroit	1965
Birchbark Books	Minnesota	Minneapolis	2001
DreamHaven Books	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1977
Mayday Books	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1975
Moon Palace Books	Minnesota	Minneapolis	2012
Mager's & Quinn	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1994
Black Garnet Books	Minnesota	Saint Paul	2020
SubText: a Bookstore	Minnesota	Saint Paul
Square Books	Mississippi	Oxford	1979
Left Bank Books	Missouri	St. Louis	1969
Montana Valley Book Store	Montana	Alberton	1970s
Gambler's Book Shop	Nevada	Las Vegas	1964
The Writer's Block	Nevada	Las Vegas	2014
The Lit. Bar	New York	The Bronx	2015
Book Thug Nation	New York	Brooklyn	2009
Books Are Magic	New York	Brooklyn (2 locations)	2017
Community Bookstore	New York	Brooklyn	1971
Greenlight Bookstore	New York	Brooklyn	2009
PowerHouse Books	New York	Brooklyn	1995
Spoonbill & Sugartown Books	New York	Brooklyn	1999
Troubled Sleep	New York	Brooklyn	2022
Unnameable Books	New York	Brooklyn
Argosy Book Store	New York	Manhattan	1925
Albertine Books	New York	Manhattan	2014
Bluestockings	New York	Manhattan	1999
Books of Wonder	New York	Manhattan	1980
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe	New York	Manhattan	1994
Left Bank Books	New York	Manhattan	2005
McNally Jackson	New York	Manhattan	2004
The Mysterious Bookshop	New York	Manhattan	1979
Printed Matter, Inc	New York	Manhattan	1976
Rizzoli Bookstore	New York	Manhattan	1964
Strand Bookstore	New York	Manhattan	1927
Womanbooks	New York	Manhattan	1975
Astoria Bookshop	New York	Queens	2013
Firestorm Cafe & Books	North Carolina	Asheville	2008
Internationalist Books	North Carolina	Chapel Hill	1981
The Book Loft of German Village	Ohio	Columbus	1977
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters	Ohio	Columbus	2017
The Duck Store	Oregon	Eugene	1920
Powell's Books	Oregon	Portland	1971
Rose City Book Pub	Oregon	Portland	2018
Moravian Book Shop	Pennsylvania	Bethlehem	1745
Baldwin's Book Barn	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1946
Giovanni's Room Bookstore	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1973
Hakim's Bookstore	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1959
Wooden Shoe Books and Records	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1976
City Books	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1984
Otto Bookstore	Pennsylvania	Williamsport	1877
Hub City Bookshop	South Carolina	Spartanburg	2010
BookPeople	Texas	Austin	1970
Pariyatti	Washington	Onalaska
Chin Music Press	Washington	Seattle	2002
Elliott Bay Book Company	Washington	Seattle	1973
Fuel Coffee & Books	Washington	Seattle (3 locations)	2005
Third Place Books	Washington	Seattle (3 locations)
Left Bank Books	Washington	Seattle	1973
Queen Anne Book Company	Washington	Seattle
University Book Store	Washington	Seattle	1900
Taylor Books	West Virginia	Charleston	1995
A Room of One's Own	Wisconsin	Madison	1975
Renaissance Books	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1950s
Woodland Pattern Book Center	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1979

Historical

The following is a list of independent bookstores which no longer have physical locations.

Name	State	City	Years active
Acres of Books	California	Long Beach	1934–2008
Bodhi Tree Bookstore	California	Los Angeles (eventually West Hollywood)	1970–2011
The Book Shop	California	Hayward	?–2017
Cody's Books	California	Berkeley	1956–2008
Comics and Comix	California	Berkeley	1972–2004
Computer Literacy Bookshops	California	Sunnyvale	1983–2000
Daliel's Bookstore	California	Berkeley	1945–1952
Dawson's Book Shop	California	Los Angeles	1905–?
Dutton's Books	California	Valley Village (Los Angeles) and Burbank	1960–2006
Eso Won Books	California	Los Angeles	1988–2022
Fahrenheit 451 Books	California	Laguna Beach	1968–1994
A Different Light	California	Silver Lake (Los Angeles) and The Castro (San Francisco)	1979–2011
John Cole's Book Shop	California	La Jolla (San Diego)	1946–2005
Lobal Orning	California	Topanga	2003–2008
Midnight Special Bookstore	California	Santa Monica	1970–2004
Old Wives Tales	California	San Fransisco	1976–1995
The Other Change of Hobbit	California	Berkeley	1977–2014
Printers Inc. Bookstore	California	Palo Alto	1978–2001
A Woman's Place	California	Oakland	1970–1989
Brian MacKenzie Infoshop	District of Columbia		2003–2008
Lambda Rising	District of Columbia		1974–2010
Teaching for Change Bookstore	District of Columbia		?-2015
Washington Bookshop	District of Columbia		1938–1950
World Bank Infoshop	District of Columbia		1996–2016
Haslam's Bookstore	Florida	St. Petersburg	1933–2020
Open Books & Records	Florida	Miami Beach	1979–1994
Kroch's and Brentano's	Illinois	Chicago	1954–1995
New World Resource Center	Illinois	Chicago	?
Prairie Avenue Bookshop	Illinois	Chicago	?–2009
Better World Books	Indiana	Goshen and Mishawaka	2002–2019
Boxcar Books	Indiana	Bloomington	2001–2017
Iron Rail Book Collective	Louisiana	New Orleans	2003–2014
Daedalus Books	Maryland	Columbia	1980–2011
Greetings & Readings	Maryland	Hunt Valley	1969–2019
Victor Kamkin Bookstore	Maryland	Rockville	1953–2002
Globe Corner Bookstore	Massachusetts	Cambridge	1982–2010
New Words Bookstore	Massachusetts	Cambridge	1974–2008
Schoenhof's Foreign Books	Massachusetts	Cambridge	1856–2017
Marwil Bookstore	Michigan	Detroit	1948–2013
Amazon Bookstore Cooperative	Minnesota	Minneapolis	1970–2012
Common Good Books	Minnesota	Saint Paul	2006–2019
Coliseum Books	New York	Manhattan	1974–2007
Community Bookstore	New York	Cobble Hill, Brooklyn	1974–2016
A Different Light	New York	Manhattan	1979–2011
Gotham Book Mart	New York	Manhattan	1920–2007
J. Levine Books and Judaica	New York	Manhattan	1905–2019
Librairie de France	New York	Manhattan	1935–2009
Nkiru Books	New York	Brooklyn	1976–?
Oscar Wilde Bookshop	New York	Manhattan	1967–2009
Pomander Book Shop	New York	Manhattan	1975–1990s
St. Mark's Bookshop	New York	Manhattan	1977–2016
The Wooster Book Company	Ohio	Wooster	1992–2017
Cameron's Books and Magazines	Oregon	Portland	1938–2021
In Other Words Women's Books and Resources	Oregon	Portland	1993–2018
Leary's Book Store	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1836–1969
Beauty and the Book	Texas	Jefferson	?

See also

• American Booksellers Association
• Books in the United States
• List of bookstore chains
• List of independent bookstores

External links

• AALBC.com's map showing black-owned independent booksellers
• American Booksellers Association member directory
• Independent booksellers resource page and listings
• IndieBound.org, independent bookstore association sponsored by the American Booksellers Association
• Midwest Independent Booksellers Association
• NewPages guide to independent bookstores in the U.S. and Canada