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Books & Stuff
Books & Stuff Philadelphia PA At Books & Stuff we specialize in new, out of print, multicultural books for all ages! Every book costs 50% or more off of the cover price, with limited quantities, there...
Progressive Emporium & Education Center
Progressive Emporium & Education Center St. Louis MO Features hundreds of books on black/Afrikan culture, life, education, art and has many out of print books.
Silver Spring Books
Silver Spring Books Silver Spring MD New, Used, Out of Print, and Collectible Books
Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum
Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum St. Augustine FL The objective of our business is to provide exceptional rare books, high quality gift items, and reliable service to our c...
The Little Boho Bookstore
The Little Boho Bookstore Bayonne NJ The Little Boho Bookshop is not your traditional Indie store, it’s a cozy getaway spot to find your happy place. Born with a focus on kids, pre-teens, and yo...
Left on Read
Left on Read Wichita KS Left on Read is your destination for discovering books by Black authors in the United States. As a Black-owned bookstore located in Wichita, KS, we are dedicated to celebrating...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club Tampa FL Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books.We do events and operate pop-up storesIn our Tampa office we meet with clie...
Word of Life Christian Bookstores
Word of Life Christian Bookstores Los Angeles CA Word of Life Christian Bookstore was started in 1961, by Joe & Evelyn Curtiss. Today, Word of Life is a leading Christian Retailer in the Los Angeles c...
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts Portland OR Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC was founded in 2019 in Portland Oregon by Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah. Our vision is to be the number on...
People Get Ready
People Get Ready New Haven CT A place to purchase, trade, talk about, and fall in love with books, especially books for children, youth, and "reluctant" readers and books that might not be as easily f...
The Book Readers Venue
The Book Readers Venue Humble TX “Our niche is romance and romantic suspense with focus on independently published booksBlack love. For our non-romance book lovers, we a have small inventory of ...
Taylor & Co. Books
Taylor & Co. Books Brooklyn NY Taylor & Co. Books is a black-owned, family-run shop for new and used books, comics, and gifts. Not since the venerable Mostly Books closed in the late 90s has Brooklyn'...
The Little Bookshop
The Little Bookshop Brooklyn. NY Liquor license coming soon! Pair your favorite new book with a cocktail, wine, or beer. We’ll have suggested pairings for some of our favorite books!
The Book Bar
The Book Bar Richmond VA June 29, 2024 (from Instagram) “Hey y’all! If you’ve been into the store at all this year, then you’ve likely heard me mention that we were looking...
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub
Comma Bookstore & Social Hub Flint MI “Not your average bookstore, we specialize in BIPOC books, art, and products. Established in 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Egypt, who is a Flint ...
The Black Reserve Bookstore
The Black Reserve Bookstore Lansdale PA Our mission is to give significant access to culture and also history that goes way beyond what we’ve typically learned. With this point in mind, we treat...
The Analog Dope Store
The Analog Dope Store Las Vegas NV The Analog Dope Store is a Black woman-owned and operated business. We offer a lovingly curated selection of books and vinyl records centered in Black culture. Our b...
The Book Cellar
The Book Cellar Conyers GA A Black woman-owned bookstore and café, our mission is to create a welcoming space where stories matter — especially those that reflect diverse voices and lived experienc...
MeJah Books & Crafts
MeJah Books & Crafts Claymont DE MeJah Books has enjoyed the support, growth and success in the community since 1998 when it was founded in Claymont by Emlyn DeGannes and is co-operated by her family:...
Nappy Roots Books
Nappy Roots Books Oklahoma City OK Nappy Roots Books (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation) is, first and foremost, a bookstore. We carry new & used books for adults and children. Our focus is on books ...
Homecoming Coffee & Books
Homecoming Coffee & Books Birmingham AL Our philosophy is founded on the Principles of Kwanzaa, with Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) and Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) as the driving force fo...
Footprints Cafe
Footprints Cafe New Bedford MA “Footprints Cafe is a black, woman-owned, bookstore (coffee shop coming soon). Our bookstore is a space dedicated to diversity and inclusivity, where Black author...
Serenity Book Shop
Serenity Book Shop Columbus OH Serenity Book Shop is a very unique all-you-need book shop. Our store is a very serene shop where you will be able to read, work, or study in a nice calm environment wit...
Liz’s Book Bar
Liz’s Book Bar Brooklyn NY Liz’s Book Bar carries 4,000 titles of literary fiction, romance, philosophy, biography, children’s books and more. We serve coffee from Black Acres Roastery, ...
Resist Booksellers
Resist Booksellers Petersburg VA Resist Booksellers is a black-owned bookstore based in historic Petersburg, VA. We work hard to support readers, dreamers, activists, and book clubs. We inspire thinke...
Books & Brew
Books & Brew Tucker GA A home away from home with comfort food, drinks, and your new favorite book.
Detroit Book City
Detroit Book City Lathrup Village MI Detroit Book City is a small independent brick-n-mortar bookstore. We sell new & used books including local Detroit and Afrocentric interests.Detroit Book City is ...
Becoming Gods Answer Bookstore
Becoming Gods Answer Bookstore New York NY "Your Christian Resource Specialist"
Gateway Bookstore
Gateway Bookstore Your Gateway to knowledge. Located in the Gateway Town Center on Jacksonville's Northside
Between the Lines Bookstore
Between the Lines Bookstore Baton Rouge LA Enhancing Your Reading Experience and a Headquarter for Literacy
That Bookstore In Blytheville
That Bookstore In Blytheville Blytheville AR Mission: “The Literary Hub of the Community” Slogan: “We Are Your Source For Signed, First Edition John Grisham Books.” I'm sorr...
Riches In Reading
Riches In Reading Chesapeake VA “Gaining Your Riches Through Reading“
Vision Christian Bookstore
Vision Christian Bookstore Clinton MD The Vision Christian Store is a place to come for products that will enhance your relationship with God and where we have lots of fun, fellowship and a Tuesday ev...
A Better Life Bookstore
A Better Life Bookstore Daytona Beach FL Your Full Service Christian Bookstore
Urban Reader Mobile Bookstore
Urban Reader Mobile Bookstore Concord NC What’s unique about Urban Reader Bookstore is its inventory—thousands of new and used books—and its personalized service: once we know what y...
Round Table Books
Round Table Books Brixton, London LN “Round Table Books is your source for books featuring stories about Black folks and other people of color.”
Bookophilia
Bookophilia Kingston JA Bookophilia, an Independent bookstore & cafe located in Kingston Jamaica, noted for book launches, signings, art exhibitions and a great selection of books. We love Books! Our...
Solid State Books
Solid State Books Washington DC An independent bookstore and cafe in Washington, DC’s H Street Corridor. Stop by and grab a book or a gift, enjoy coffee, beer, wine and snacks, or check out one ...
Liberation is Lit
Liberation is Lit Columbia SC Liberation is Lit is a bookstore that aims to spark collective action for liberation and community building among readers and book lovers by promoting stories from inters...
Pages & Volumes
Pages & Volumes Washington DC Pages & Volumes is more than just a bookstore; it’s a vibrant community hub where bookworms of all ages can come together to celebrate their love of literature. From au...
Shades of Afrika Bookstore (Long Beach)
Shades of Afrika Bookstore (Long Beach) Long Beach CA Our Mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the Afrikan Diaspora.
Zawadi Books
Zawadi Books Buffalo NY Sharon and Kenneth Holley opened Harambee Books and Crafts (renamed Zawadi Books in 2010) around 1976 in Buffalo, NY. Zawadi means “gift” in Swahili, one of the pur...
Source of Knowledge
Source of Knowledge Newark NJ African-Caribbean family owned bookstore, selling books written and about people of African decent. We carry a huge selection of fiction, nonfiction and children’s ...
Cafe con Libros
Cafe con Libros Brooklyn NY Cafe con Libros (coffee with books) is an intersectional Feminist community bookstore and coffee shop. Through our choice of books, programming and great coffee, we endeav...
Akoma Books
Akoma Books Evansville IN We have been educating, empowering, and promoting cultural awareness through our unique selection of books, everyday products, programs, and services. Black literature with...
The Listening Tree
The Listening Tree Decatur GA The Listening Tree is a children's booktique created to perpetuate literacy and a love of reading in our global community.
Harriett’s Bookshop
Harriett’s Bookshop Philadelphia PA Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Fulton Street Books & Coffee
Fulton Street Books & Coffee Tulsa OK Fulton Street is a space to call home. It is a space to build community and to change our city through civic discourse. It is a space on a mission to increase lit...
Ida’s Bookshop
Ida’s Bookshop Collingswood NJ Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Atlanta)
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Atlanta) Atlanta GA The Shrine Cultural Center & Bookstore is a separate component of the church located next door to our sanctuary building. The Shrine of the Black Madon...
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore Tulsa OK Pop-up Bookstore Only Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books. We also run the Black Wall Street Bookstore.
Brave + Kind Bookshop
Brave + Kind Bookshop Decatur GA Brave + Kind Bookshop is a neighborhood independent bookstore that specializes in a thoughtfully curated and inclusive collection of children’s books. We pride o...
Estelita’s Library
Estelita’s Library S Seattle WA “A humble place to share space, community, and knowledge. We are primarily a community Library. We offer drinks & food in addition to our curated library.&rdqu...
Edokia Bookstore
Edokia Bookstore Bronx NY Edokia is a global publisher and bookseller. We operate an independent bookstore located in the Bronx, New York. It is our hope to bring to the Bronx and New York City, a va...
Liberation Station Bookstore
Liberation Station Bookstore Raleigh NC Liberation Station Bookstore is reopening August 24th, 2025 by Liberation Station Bookstore, Organizer We’re 52% Funded—And the Work Continues...
Rejoice Christian Books and Gift Shop
Rejoice Christian Books and Gift Shop Snellville GA Rejoice Christian Books and Gift Shop LLC is a small, independent Christian bookstore that provides a soul-nourishing experience for our customers. ...
Umoja House Books & Coffee
Umoja House Books & Coffee Philadelphia PA A bookstore that features books and art created by POC with the goal of providing the local community with the opportunity to learn about different cultures....
Adanne Bookshop
Adanne Bookshop Brooklyn NY Adanne Bookshop is a Brooklyn-based bookstore celebrating Black and African diaspora literature, art, and culture. We offer a curated selection of books, workshops, and eve...
Black Food and Culture Shop
Black Food and Culture Shop Nassau BAH ’Black Food Bookstore & Culture Shop fills a longstanding void in The Bahamas and the community in which we are located by retailing, mainly, books that fo...
Food Temptress Cookbook Store
Food Temptress Cookbook Store Virginia Beach VA Located Inside Painted Tree Boutiques Space G10Our mission is to connect customers to cookbooks by Black authors that inspire creativity and preserve f...
Uhurubookstore
Uhurubookstore Minneapolis MN Uhurubookstore was first established as a storefront in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The small space focused on our passion for African History and Culture, books, magazines a...
Baltimore Read Aloud
Baltimore Read Aloud Baltimore MD Our pop-up and mobile retail program travels around town spreading awareness of new and previously released books across literary genres and themes.
Shades of Afrika Bookstore (Corona)
Shades of Afrika Bookstore (Corona) Corona CA Our Mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the Afrikan Diaspora.
Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore
Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore Indianapolis IN We exist to provide access and awareness to Black stories worldwide while creating excitement and engagement around reading. Our one-of-a-kind boo...
Nefertiti Books and Gifts
Nefertiti Books and Gifts Jacksonville FL Nefertiti Books & Gifts is more than a store–it’s a tribute to African heritage, culture, and values. As we reopen, we remain dedicated to honorin...
Akoma Coffee & Books
Akoma Coffee & Books Stonecrest GA Akoma Coffee & Books (Inside Privi) is a place to slow down, feel welcomed, and connect. Formerly Black Dot Cultural Center, we’ve carried forward a strong legacy ...
DC Bookdiva’s Mobile Bookstore
DC Bookdiva’s Mobile Bookstore Washington DC Our mission is to promote, publish, and market works of literature while providing exposure opportunities for new and established authors in the urban ge...
Babycake’s Book Stack
Babycake’s Book Stack St. Paul MN Babycake’s Book Stack is a mobile children’s bookstore (aka bookmobile) that focuses on culture and language with the goal of allowing all children to "...
Soul Book Nook Book Store
Soul Book Nook Book Store Waterloo IA Inspiring communities to heal through prints and publications that encompass all of us through literary works, storytelling, factual revelations, history and auto...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, science fi...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black myst...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510) Oakland CA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, sci...
Da Book Joint
Da Book Joint Chicago IL Da Book Joint is a Black woman-owned business born on the Southside of Chicago committed to literary growth and positive engagement of the youth.
The Gathering Awareness and Book Center
The Gathering Awareness and Book Center Pensacola FL Specializing in books of African American History and Self Awareness. We also have gifts, church supplies, greeting cards, etc. Read more at the Pe...
Book Boutique
Book Boutique Atlanta GA Book Boutique is one of Atlanta's ultimate premier African American owned, multicultural bookstores. Co-owner Monique S. Hall is also an accomplished author
Smith & Hannon Book Store
Smith & Hannon Book Store Cincinnati OH Since 2003, Smith & Hannon currently stands as the ONLY black-owned bookstore in the Cincinnati area. Located in downtown Cincinnati on Vine Street, the store i...
Bookworm
Bookworm Powder Springs GA The Book Worm opened its doors in October of 2005. Julia Davis, a children’s book author, took ownership in November 2020 when the former owner retired. Ms. Davis&rsqu...
Kindred Thoughts Book Store
Kindred Thoughts Book Store Bridgeport CT Kindred Thoughts Book Store curates a cultural community connection focused on the Black experience
Niche Book Bar
Niche Book Bar Milwaukee WI Niche Book Bar was the solution when a lifelong reader asked herself why it was so hard to find Black literature not solely rooted in trauma.
Hood Book Headquarters
Hood Book Headquarters Warren MI UNABLE TO VERIFY PHYSICAL LOCATION
The Book Suite
The Book Suite Columbus OH Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
Color Book Gallery
Color Book Gallery Philadelphia PA One of The Nation’s Oldest Multicultural Children's Bookstores. Visit us for a wide selection of multicultural, general, and bilingual children’s books ...
Harambee Books and Artworks
Harambee Books and Artworks Alexandria VA Harambee Books & Artworks, an independent bookstore based in Old Town of Alexandria VA, serves the Washington DC metropolitan area with a wide selection of be...
Turning Page Bookshop
Turning Page Bookshop Goose Creek SC Turning Page Bookshop offers a welcoming space for literary and community gatherings, with a carefully curate selection of books suitable for all ages. The shop is...
D3 Comic Book Spot
D3 Comic Book Spot Richmond CA A friendly neighborhood comics and collectibles spot for nerds of all ages.
Rofhiwa Book Café
Rofhiwa Book Café Durham NC Rofhiwa is a Black-owned independent Bookcafé. Rofhiwa strives to reflect the expansiveness of the black imagination. We value books as repositories for collective knowle...
Brown Sugar Cafe & Books
Brown Sugar Cafe & Books Katy TX Dope Books, & Delicious Coffee, What more do you need than that? Oh you want a Podcast Studio? Live Book Reading from New & upcoming Authors, Grown folks (Story Time) ...
Black Expression Book Source
Black Expression Book Source Evergreen Park IL Unable to confirm store is open 2020-11-18
Afrori Books
Afrori Books Brighton BR British bookseller of the year 2023 & 2025. A haven for books by Black authors. Afrori Books, also cohosts the Brighton Book Festival
Community Book Center
Community Book Center New Orleans LA We celebrate Black history every day!
Houston Book Warehouse
Houston Book Warehouse Houston TX Houston’s hub for used books.
The Book Worm Bookstore
The Book Worm Bookstore Powder Springs GA A place where love is shared as much as stories!
Progressive Emporium and Education Center
Progressive Emporium and Education Center St. Louis MO Existing in various iterations since 1978, Progressive is the oldest continuously operated Black owned bookstore in the metro St. Louis region. S...
African American Book Store
African American Book Store Hackensack NJ UNABLE TO VERIFY PHYSICAL STORE
