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Store Crawls and Events for Indie Bookstore Day

For a list of what individual stores have planned for Independent Bookstore Day, check out the article on our blog!

California

San Diego Book Crawl
April 27–29

  • Bay Books
  • Bluestocking Books
  • Diesel Del Mar
  • Joy Ride Bookshop
  • La Playa Books
  • Libelula Books
  • Meet Cute Bookshop
  • Mysterious Galaxy
  • The Book Catapult
  • The Library Shop
  • UC San Diego Bookstore
  • Verbatim Books
  • Warwicks

Connecticut

Connecticut Book Trail
April 27–28

  • Athena Books
  • Bank Square Books
  • Barrett Bookstore
  • Bibliolatree Books
  • Black Rock Books
  • Books on the Common
  • The BookSmiths Shoppe
  • Breakwater Books
  • Byrd’s Books
  • The Curious Cat Bookshop
  • Elm Street Books
  • The Golden Owl
  • Goods and Curiosities, The Griswold Inn Store
  • Harbor Books
  • The Hickory Stick Bookshop
  • House of Books
  • Possible Futures
  • River Bend Bookshop, Glastonbury
  • River Bend Bookshop, West Hartford
  • RJ Julia Booksellers
  • Wesleyan RJ Julia

Florida

Lakeland Book Crawl
April 22–27

  • Bookend Used Books
  • Crash Bookshop
  • Inklings Book Shoppe
  • Little Bus Books
  • Pressed Books & Coffee
  • The Unbound Bookery

Illinois

Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl
April 27

  • 57th Street Books
  • After-Words Bookstore
  • The Book Bin Northbrook
  • The Book Cellar
  • The Book Stall
  • The Book Table
  • Booked
  • Bookends & Beginnings
  • Bookies Chicago
  • The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn
  • Bucket O' Blood Books & Records
  • Centuries & Sleuths
  • City Lit Books
  • Da Book Joint
  • Exile in Bookville
  • Goblin Market
  • Harvey’s Tales
  • Lake Forest Bookstore
  • The Last Chapter Book Shop
  • Los Amigos Books
  • Love’s Sweet Arrow
  • Madison Street Books
  • New Book Joy
  • The Newberry Bookshop
  • Open Books Logan Square
  • Open Books Pilsen
  • Open Books West Loop
  • The Pile Bookstore
  • Pilsen Community Books
  • Powell’s Books Chicago
  • Prairie Path Books
  • Quimby's Bookstore
  • Roscoe Books
  • Sandmeyer's Bookstore
  • Semicolon Bookstore and Gallery
  • Seminary Co-Op
  • ​Skunk Cabbage Books
  • Three Avenues Bookshop
  • Town House Books & Cafe
  • Unabridged Bookstore
  • Uncharted Books
  • The Understudy Coffee and Books
  • Volumes Bookcafe Wicker Park
  • The Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Company
  • Women & Children First

Massachusetts

North of Boston Book Trail
April 27–28

  • Andover Bookstore
  • Book Ends
  • The Book Oasis
  • The Book Shop of Beverly Farms
  • The Bookstore of Gloucester
  • The Concord Bookshop
  • Copper Dog Books
  • Dogtown Book Shop
  • lala books
  • Maxima Book Center
  • Molly's Bookstore
  • The Purple Couch Bookshop
  • Saltwater Bookstore
  • The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
  • Whitelam Books
  • Wicked Good Books

New York

Buffalo Bookstore Passport
April 13–27

  • Alice, Ever After Books
  • Black Rock Books
  • Burning Books
  • The Cracked Spine Buffalo
  • Dog Ears Books
  • Fitz Books and Waffles
  • Gutter Pop Comics
  • Read It & Eat Bookshop
  • Rust Belt Books
  • Talking Leaves Books
  • Westside Stories
  • Zawadi Books

North Carolina

Greater Charlotte Book Crawl
April 1–30

  • Archimedes’ Loft
  • Belmont Bookshop
  • The Book Lady
  • Book Buyers
  • The Book Rack
  • Cleary’s Bookstore
  • Corks, Cooks, & Books
  • Editions
  • Fred and June’s Books
  • Goldberry Books
  • The Liberty Book Company
  • Main Street Books
  • That’s Novel Books
  • Park Road Books
  • Second Look Books
  • South Main Book Company
  • Tall Stories
  • Urban Reader
  • Walls of Books

Ohio

Columbus Bookstore Crawl
April 27

  • Beanbag Books
  • Birdie Books
  • The Book Loft
  • Bookspace
  • Cover to Cover
  • Gramercy Books
  • Prologue Bookshop
  • Serenity Bookshop
  • Two Dollar Radio HQ

Texas

Austin Texas Book Trail
April 27

  • Alienated Majesty Books
  • Austin Books & Comics 
  • Best Little Wine Bar & Books 
  • Black Pearl Books 
  • The Book Burrow 
  • BookPeople 
  • BookWoman 
  • Curio Mrvosa 
  • Dragon's Lair Comics
  • Em Dash Books
  • First Light Books 
  • Lark & Owl Booksellers 
  • Libros Bookshop
  • The Little Gay Shop 
  • Monkeywrench Books 
  • The Painted Porch Bookshop 
  • Pecantown Books & Brews 
  • Recycled Reads 
  • Resistencia Books 
  • Reverie Books 
  • South Congress Books 
  • Sunday Bookshop 
  • Time Being Books 
  • Tribe Comics & Games
  • Vintage Bookstore & Wine Bar 

Oak Cliff Book Crawl
April 27

  • Whose Books
  • Poets Bookshop
  • The Wild Detectives
  • Lucky Dogs Books
  • Pan-African Connection

Washington

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day
April 27

  • Ada’s Technical Books
  • Arundel Books
  • Ballast Book Co.
  • Book Larder
  • BookTree
  • Brick & Mortar Books
  • Charlie’s Queer Books
  • Eagle Harbor Book Co.
  • Edmonds Bookshop
  • Elliott Bay Book Company
  • Fantagraphics Bookstore
  • Island Books
  • Left Bank Books Collective
  • Liberty Bay Books
  • Madison Books/Phinney Books
  • Magnolia’s Bookstore
  • Nook & Cranny Books
  • Open Books: A Poem Emporium
  • Page 2 Books
  • Paper Boat Booksellers
  • Queen Anne Book Company
  • Ridgecrest Books
  • Saltwater Bookshop
  • Secret Garden Books
  • Third Place Books
  • Three Trees Books
  • University Book Store
  • The WIse Owl Books & Music

South Sound Book Crawl
April 27–May 5

  • A Good Book
  • Ballast Book Company
  • Bookshop Under the Stairs
  • Browsers Bookshop
  • Clover Daydreams
  • Find the Path Books
  • Hi Voltage Records & Books
  • Invitation Bookshop
  • King’s Books
  • Orca Books
  • Salmonberry Books