Looking for something new to add to your bookshelf and your TBR? Check out these 103 Black-owned bookstores when looking for your next read.
Arkansas
Hearne Fine Art – Little Rock, AR
Pyramid Art Books & Custom Framing – Little Rock, AR
Arizona
Grassrootz Books and Juice Bar – Phoenix, AZ
California
Ashay by the Bay – Vallejo, CA
Malik Books – Los Angeles, CA
Marcus Books – Oakland, CA
Octavia's Bookshelf – Pasadena, CA
Old Capitol Books – Monterey, CA
Reparations Club – Los Angeles, CA
The Salt Eaters Bookshop – Inglewood, CA
Underground Books – Sacramento, CA
Colorado
Shop at MATTER – Denver, CO
Tattered Cover Book Store – Aurora, Denver, and Littleton, CO
Townie Books – Crested Butte, CO
Connecticut
Kindred Thoughts – Bridgeport, CT
District of Columbia
Loyalty Bookstores – Washington, D.C.
Mahogany Books – Washington, D.C.
Sankofa Video and Books & Café – Washington, D.C.
Solid State Books – Washington, D.C.
Delaware
MeJah Books – Claymont, DE
Florida
Black Cafe & Bookstore – Pensacola, FL
Story and Song Bookstore – Fernandina Beach, FL
Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature – St. Augustine, FL
Georgia
All Things Inspiration – Mableton and Marietta, GA
Birdsong Books – Locust Grove, GA
Blackdot Cultural Center & Bookstore – Lithonia, GA
Brave + Kind Bookshop – Decatur, GA
For Keeps Books – Atlanta, GA
Medu Bookstore – Atlanta, GA
Nubian Bookstore – Morrow, GA
Rejoice Christian Books and Gift Shop – Lawrenceville, GA
The Book Worm Bookstore – Powder Springs, GA
Illinois
Afriware Books, Co – Maywood, IL
Brown Babies Books – Evanston, IL
Da Book Joint – Chicago, IL
Kido – Chicago, IL
Semicolon Bookstore – Chicago, IL
The Underground Bookstore – Chicago, IL
Indiana
Brain Lair Books – South Bend, IN
Ink Drinkers Anonymous – Muncie, IN
Louisiana
Baldwin & Co. – New Orleans, LA
Black to the Basics – Grambling, LA
Community Book Center – New Orleans, LA
Maryland
Baltimore Read Aloud – Baltimore, MD
Everyone's Place – Baltimore, MD
Loyalty Bookstores – Silver Spring, MD
MahoganyBooks – Oxon Hill, MD
Massachusetts
Frugal Book Store – Boston, MA
Olive Tree Books-n-Voices – Springfield, MA
Susie's Stories – Rockport, MA
The Million Year Picnic – Cambridge, MA
Michigan
Blackstone Bookstore and Cultural Center – Ypsilani, MI
Detroit Book City – Oak Park, MI
Nandi's Knowledge Café – Highland Park, MI
Socialight Society – Lansing, MI
Source Booksellers – Detroit, MI
We Are LIT Grand Rapids – Grand Rapids, MI
Minnesota
Black Garnett Books – Saint Paul, MN
Planting People Growing Justice Press & Bookstore – Minneapolis, MN
Strive Bookstore – Minneapolis, MN
Missouri
EyeSeeMe African American Children's Bookstore – St. Louis, MO
Willa's Books & Vinyl – Kansas City, MO
Little Readers – St. Louis, MO
Nebraska
Aframerican Bookstore – Omaha, NE
New Jersey
Ida's Bookshop – Collingswood, NJ
Source of Knowledge – Newark, NJ
The Little Boho Bookshop – Bayonne, NJ
New York
Adanne – Brooklyn, NY
Cafe Con Libros – Brooklyn, NY
Cups and Books – Brooklyn, NY
Hueman Books – New York, NY
Sister's Uptown Bookstore – New York, NY
The Lit. Bar: Bookstore & Chill – Bronx, NY
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria – New York, NY
Zawadi Books – Buffalo, NY
North Carolina
Liberation Station Bookstore – Raleigh, NC
Ohio
Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre – Akron, OH
Oklahoma
Nappy Roots Books – Oklahoma City, OK
Oregon
Third Eye Books – Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
Hakim's Bookstore – Philadelphia, PA
Harriett's Bookshop – Philadelphia, PA
The Literary Cafe and Events – Philadelphia, PA
The Tiny Bookstore – Pittsburgh, PA
Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books – Philadelphia, PA
Tennessee
Alkebu-Lan – Nashville, TN
Bookshop at The Bottom – Knoxville, TN
Texas
BLACKLIT – Dallas, TX
Kindred Stories – Houston, TX
Pan-African Connection Bookstore – Dallas, TX
The Book Readers Venue – Humble, TX
The Dock Bookshop – Fort Worth, TX
Virginia
Books and Crannies – Martinsville, VA
Harambee Books – Alexandria, VA
Resist Booksellers – Petersburg, VA
The Book Bar RVA – Richmond, VA
Washington
LOVING ROOM – Seattle, WA
Parable – Tacoma, WA
Wisconsin
Rooted MKE – Milwaukee, WI
