Top 100 Independent bookstores in USA

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Here is a list of some of the top independent bookstores in the USA, known for their community engagement, unique selections, and support of local authors:

  1. Powell’s City of Books - Portland, OR
  2. Strand Book Store - New York, NY
  3. City Lights Booksellers & Publishers - San Francisco, CA
  4. The Tattered Cover - Denver, CO
  5. BookPeople - Austin, TX
  6. Politics and Prose - Washington, DC
  7. Elliott Bay Book Company - Seattle, WA
  8. Books & Books - Coral Gables, FL
  9. Changing Hands Bookstore - Tempe, AZ
  10. McNally Jackson Books - New York, NY
  11. Parnassus Books - Nashville, TN
  12. Prairie Lights - Iowa City, IA
  13. Unabridged Bookstore - Chicago, IL
  14. Rizzoli Bookstore - New York, NY
  15. Book Soup - Los Angeles, CA
  16. The Book Loft - Columbus, OH
  17. Vroman’s Bookstore - Pasadena, CA
  18. Harvard Book Store - Cambridge, MA
  19. Blue Bicycle Books - Charleston, SC
  20. The King’s English Bookshop - Salt Lake City, UT
  21. Joseph-Beth Booksellers - Cincinnati, OH
  22. Women & Children First - Chicago, IL
  23. WORD Bookstore - Brooklyn, NY
  24. Books Are Magic - Brooklyn, NY
  25. A Room of One’s Own - Madison, WI
  26. The Last Bookstore - Los Angeles, CA
  27. Book Passage - Corte Madera, CA
  28. Greenlight Bookstore - Brooklyn, NY
  29. Books Inc. - San Francisco, CA
  30. Wellesley Books - Wellesley, MA
  31. Subterranean Books - St. Louis, MO
  32. Avid Bookshop - Athens, GA
  33. Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe - Asheville, NC
  34. Skylight Books - Los Angeles, CA
  35. Wild Rumpus Books for Young Readers - Minneapolis, MN
  36. The Regulator Bookshop - Durham, NC
  37. BookBar - Denver, CO
  38. Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, VT
  39. The Booksmith - San Francisco, CA
  40. Village Books - Bellingham, WA
  41. Brookline Booksmith - Brookline, MA
  42. Square Books - Oxford, MS
  43. Scuppernong Books - Greensboro, NC
  44. Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO
  45. Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park, WA
  46. The Book Cellar - Chicago, IL
  47. Wild Rumpus - Minneapolis, MN
  48. The Elliott Bay Book Company - Seattle, WA
  49. Little Shop of Stories - Decatur, GA
  50. Hooray for Books! - Alexandria, VA
  51. Lemuria Books - Jackson, MS
  52. Charis Books and More - Decatur, GA
  53. Diesel, A Bookstore - Brentwood, CA
  54. R.J. Julia Booksellers - Madison, CT
  55. Mystery Lovers Bookshop - Oakmont, PA
  56. Books & Books @ The Studios - Key West, FL
  57. Boulder Book Store - Boulder, CO
  58. Bookbug - Kalamazoo, MI
  59. Hub City Bookshop - Spartanburg, SC
  60. The Harvard Coop - Cambridge, MA
  61. RiverRun Bookstore - Portsmouth, NH
  62. Bookworks - Albuquerque, NM
  63. Porter Square Books - Cambridge, MA
  64. Blue Willow Bookshop - Houston, TX
  65. Octavia Books - New Orleans, LA
  66. Village Books & Paper Dreams - Bellingham, WA
  67. The Ripped Bodice - Culver City, CA
  68. East City Bookshop - Washington, DC
  69. Common Good Books - St. Paul, MN
  70. Island Books - Mercer Island, WA
  71. Watermark Books & Café - Wichita, KS
  72. Books of Wonder - New York, NY
  73. Reading Frenzy - Portland, OR
  74. McLean & Eakin Booksellers - Petoskey, MI
  75. Books On The Square - Providence, RI
  76. The Bookworm - Omaha, NE
  77. Brazos Bookstore - Houston, TX
  78. Bear Pond Books - Montpelier, VT
  79. BookPeople of Moscow - Moscow, ID
  80. The Briar Patch - Bangor, ME
  81. Sundance Books and Music - Reno, NV
  82. Bookstore1Sarasota - Sarasota, FL
  83. Antigone Books - Tucson, AZ
  84. Joseph-Beth Booksellers - Lexington, KY
  85. The Curious Iguana - Frederick, MD
  86. The Golden Notebook - Woodstock, NY
  87. The Learned Owl Book Shop - Hudson, OH
  88. Book Passage - San Francisco, CA
  89. BookCourt - Brooklyn, NY
  90. Carmichael’s Bookstore - Louisville, KY
  91. Phoenix Books - Burlington, VT
  92. Hickory Stick Bookshop - Washington Depot, CT
  93. Liberty Bay Books - Poulsbo, WA
  94. Eagle Harbor Book Co. - Bainbridge Island, WA
  95. Flyleaf Books - Chapel Hill, NC
  96. The Bookworm of Edwards - Edwards, CO
  97. Oblong Books & Music - Rhinebeck, NY
  98. Hooray for Books! - Alexandria, VA
  99. Anderson’s Bookshop - Naperville, IL
  100. Northshire Bookstore - Saratoga Springs, NY

These bookstores have strong reputations for supporting local authors and fostering a love for books within their communities.

 

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