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 (†).
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- 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
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- Tattered Cover in Denver
- The Book Stop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado | Wheat Ridge]]
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- 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
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- Better World Books in Goshen and Mishawaka
- Boxcar Books in Bloomington
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- Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops (nine locations)
- Weiser Antiquarian Books in York
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Renaissance Books in Milwaukee
- A Room of One's Own in Madison
- Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee
See also edit
External links edit
- 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