Green Apple Books & Music

Green Apple Books & Music is an independent bookstore in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California.

History
Green Apple Books was founded by Richard Savoy in 1967 in a pre-1906 building at the corner of Clement Street and Sixth Avenue. In 1996 Green Apple Books acquired its long-time neighbor, Revolver Records. The store houses over 250,000 titles, as well as 60,000 available online.

After 30 years, Richard Savoy set up a ten-year buy-out for Green Apple Books & Music with three long-time employees.

In 2014, Green Apple partnered with Le Video store on 9th street. The store was renamed Green Apple Books on the Park. The downstairs was turned into a Green Apple bookstore while the upstairs remained a video rental store (100,000 titles). In 2019, Green Apple bought the bookstore Browser Books on Fillmore Street. This expansion enabled the company to stay afloat amid the death-by-digital struggle of book retailers. In 2021, Green Apple downsized the Clement Street store back to its original pre-1996 size. In 2023, a future Green Apple location inside SFO was announced for 2024.

Recognition
Green Apple Books was voted "Best Independent Bookstore" in the Bay Area by San Francisco Chronicle readers in 2001.

Green Apple Books was voted "Best Used Books Store" by the SF Weekly editorial staff in 2005 and the readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2006.

Green Apple Books was named Publishers Weekly's best bookstore of 2014.