List of independent bookstores in the United States

This is a list of independent bookstores in the United States, both current and defunct, which have had physical ("brick-and-mortar") locations. Stores which have gone out of business are denoted with a dagger (†).

Alaska

 * Fireside Books in Palmer, Alaska

Arizona

 * Bookmans in Tucson, Mesa, Phoenix and Flagstaff

California



 * Acres of Books† in Long Beach
 * Bart's Books in Ojai
 * Bodhi Tree Bookstore† in Los Angeles (eventually West Hollywood)
 * The Book Shop in Hayward
 * Book Soup in West Hollywood
 * Booksmith in San Francisco
 * Borderlands Books in San Francisco
 * Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore in San Francisco
 * City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco
 * Cody's Books† in Berkeley
 * Computer Literacy Bookshops† in Sunnyvale
 * Copperfield's Books in Napa
 * Daliel's Bookstore† 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
 * 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
 * The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles
 * Libélula Books & Co. in Barrio Logan, San Diego
 * Lobal Orning† in Topanga
 * Marcus Books in San Francisco and Oakland
 * 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
 * The Book Stop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado | Wheat Ridge]]

Connecticut

 * R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison

District of Columbia



 * Brian MacKenzie Infoshop†
 * Busboys and Poets
 * Kramers (bookstore)
 * Lambda Rising†
 * MahoganyBooks
 * Politics and Prose
 * Teaching for Change Bookstore†
 * Washington Bookshop†
 * World Bank Infoshop

Florida

 * Haslam's Bookstore in St. Petersburg
 * Open Books & Records† in Miami Beach

Georgia

 * Charis Books & More in Decatur
 * For Keeps (bookstore) in Atlanta

Illinois

 * Kroch's and Brentano's† in Chicago
 * New World Resource Center† in Chicago
 * Prairie Avenue Bookshop† in Chicago
 * Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago
 * Seminary Co-op in Chicago
 * Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago
 * Women & Children First in Chicago

Indiana

 * Better World Books in Goshen and Mishawaka
 * Boxcar Books in Bloomington

Iowa

 * ACME Comics & Collectibles in Sioux City
 * Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Kansas

 * Eighth Day Books in Wichita
 * Rainy Day Books in Fairway

Kentucky

 * Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington

Louisiana

 * Iron Rail Book Collective in New Orleans

Maine

 * Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops (nine locations)
 * Weiser Antiquarian Books in York

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
 * DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis
 * Mayday Books in Minneapolis
 * SubText: a Bookstore in Saint Paul
 * Mager's & Quinn in Minneapolis

Mississippi

 * Square Books in Oxford

Missouri

 * Left Bank Books in St. Louis

Nevada

 * Gambler's Book Shop in Las Vegas
 * The Writer's Block in Las Vegas

New York



 * Albertine Books in Manhattan
 * Bluestockings in Manhattan (1999–)


 * Coliseum Books† in Manhattan
 * Community Bookstore† in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
 * Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn
 * A Different Light† in Manhattan
 * Gotham Book Mart† in Manhattan
 * Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in Manhattan
 * J. Levine Books and Judaica in Manhattan
 * Librairie de France† in Manhattan
 * The Mysterious Bookshop in Manhattan
 * Nkiru Books† in Brooklyn
 * Oscar Wilde Bookshop† in Manhattan
 * Pomander Book Shop in Manhattan
 * Printed Matter, Inc in Manhattan
 * Rizzoli Bookstore† in Manhattan
 * St. Mark's Bookshop in Manhattan
 * Strand Bookstore in Manhattan (1927–)
 * Unnameable Books in Brooklyn

North Carolina

 * Firestorm Cafe & Books in Asheville
 * Internationalist Books in Chapel Hill

Ohio

 * The Book Loft of German Village in Columbus
 * Two Dollar Radio Headquarters in Columbus
 * The Wooster Book Company† in Wooster

Oregon

 * The Duck Store in Eugene
 * In Other Words Women's Books and Resources† in Portland
 * Powell's Books in Portland
 * Rose City Book Pub

Pennsylvania

 * City Books in Pittsburgh
 * Giovanni's Room Bookstore in Philadelphia
 * Leary's Book Store† in Philadelphia
 * Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem
 * Wooden Shoe Books and Records in Philadelphia
 * Otto Bookstore in Williamsport

South Carolina

 * Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg

Texas

 * Beauty and the Book† in Jefferson
 * BookPeople in Austin

Washington

 * Chin Music Press in Pike Place Market, Seattle
 * Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle
 * Third Place Books in 3 locations Lake Forest Park, Northeast Seattle, & South Seattle
 * Left Bank Books in Pike Place Market, Seattle

West Virginia

 * Taylor Books in Charleston, West Virginia

Wisconsin

 * Renaissance Books in Milwaukee
 * A Room of One's Own in Madison
 * Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee