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Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet
Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet Chesapeake VA Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet
Mocha Books
Mocha Books Tulsa OK Online and local Indie Bookstore highlighting Black and brown voices, characters and stories through literature and community events.
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...
Black Pearl Books
Black Pearl Books Austin TX Black Pearl Books is an Austin-based indie bookstore promoting--diversity, inclusion, equality, and community—through literature (located inside Ten Thousand Villages...
Reader’s Block
Reader’s Block Stratford CT Black Woman owned indie bookshop bringing culture to the community through books. Where people come for a cure.
Modern Tribe Bookshop
Modern Tribe Bookshop Killeen TX Indie Bookshop & Distribution Company Specializing in Observing, Preserving, and Celebrating Literacy, the Creative Arts and Culture through Books, Film, Art, and Heal...
Rozzie Bound Co-op
Rozzie Bound Co-op Roslindale MA Rozzie Bound Co-op is an indie bookstore in Roslindale, Massachusetts and a multi-stakeholder cooperative owned by its workers and customers.
True South Bookstore
True South Bookstore Brooklyn NY http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bed-stuy-indie-bookstore-closes-article-1.1471370
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...
Présence Africaine
Présence Africaine Paris FR Founded in 1949 by Alioune Diop, Présence Africaine is the world’s oldest Black-owned independent publishing company. Présence Africaine is best ...
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...
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...
Ancestry Books
Ancestry Books Minneapolis MN As of February 2016, operating as a reoccurring Pop-Up Shop at Juxtaposition Arts Textile Lab on the weekends. Co-founders Chaun Webster and Verna Wong have both had a l...
Strive Bookstore
Strive Bookstore Minneapolis MN In the center of downtown Minneapolis with a thriving literary scene, the Strive Bookstore is a community-informed space that celebrates and supports local Black author...
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...
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
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 ...
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) ...
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
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...
Body and Soul NC
Body and Soul NC Winston-Salem NC Located in the heart of the Arts District in downtown Winston-Salem, Body and Soul NC is four stores in one; (01) a book room with the latest and popular books primar...
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...
Village Books
Village Books Atlanta GA Village Books is a welcoming independent bookstore offering a thoughtfully curated selection of books and merchandise for book and culture lovers. From bestselling fiction, no...
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...
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...
Nubian Nook
Nubian Nook Bermuda BM Nubian Nook is a house of knowledge and commerce. We offer enlightening books and Bermudian made products. Hours subject to change More about the store’s owner Rosheena ...
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books Philadelphia PA Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is owned and operated by Dr. Marc Lamont Hill one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. His research fo...
Janco Books
Janco Books Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 NV “I want this to be a community hub—a place that’s warm and welcoming…” —Christina Benton, Author and Owner of Janco Books
Harriett’s Bookshop
Harriett’s Bookshop Philadelphia PA Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Books and Crannies
Books and Crannies Martinsville VA Black woman owned bookstore with a wide array of genres and authors.
Willa’s Books & Vinyl
Willa’s Books & Vinyl Kansas City MO Willa’s Books & Vinyl specializes in used and rare African-American books, first editions, as well as the works of a wide variety of main-stream authors.
Ida’s Bookshop
Ida’s Bookshop Collingswood NJ Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Kindred Stories
Kindred Stories Houston TX Kindred Stories is in a culturally thriving historic African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. Their mission is to create a community-centered space committed to celebra...
Liberation Bookstore
Liberation Bookstore New York NY “If you don’t know, learn.” … “If you know, teach.” Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012), was the owner of Harl...
Nkiru Books
Nkiru Books Brooklyn NY Nkiru Books, a Brooklyn based institution founded in 1977, closed in 2002 (Photo Credit: Marcia Wilson).
Scribes and Vibes
Scribes and Vibes Conyers GA Pop-Up Bookshop and Community Arts Project offering an online bookstore with open mic nights, local author events, pop-up art shows, live music, and storytime concerts, pl...
The Reading Shack
The Reading Shack Cedar Hill TX Independent black owned children’s bookstore for the culture specializing in African American Children Authors.
Octavia’s Bookshelf
Octavia’s Bookshelf Pasadena CA Independent bookstore highlighting BIPOC authors.
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...
Homeward Books Collective
Homeward Books Collective Tucson AZ “We are a worker owned, leftist bookstore located in Tucson, AZ! We sell new and used books, comics, and board games with a focus on queer & BIPOC authors, fo...
Darkly Rooted Books
Darkly Rooted Books Atlanta GA Opening October 1, 2026The premier destination for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror literature. Specializing in showcasing works by global majority authors, ensuring that div...
Roots Bookstore & Market
Roots Bookstore & Market Miami FL A Black-owned community bookstore in Miami’s Liberty City. They offer new and used books with a focus on banned, Black, and local authors. More than a bookstore, th...
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...
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...
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
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 ...
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, ...
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...
Black Expression Book Source
Black Expression Book Source Evergreen Park IL Unable to confirm store is open 2020-11-18
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...
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!
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...
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
Black Mind Book Boutique
Black Mind Book Boutique Brooklyn NY Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
The African Book Shelf
The African Book Shelf Cleveland OH Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
Ujamaa Book Store
Ujamaa Book Store Columbus OH gfacebook page down, website down Internet radio; Juneteenth Ohio Festival; Soul Food Music Festival
Yoruba Book Center
Yoruba Book Center Brooklyn NY Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
Underground Books
Underground Books Sacramento CA Underground Books, founded in summer 2003 by St. HOPE (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit), anchors the 40 Acres Cultural Center in Oak Park. After the community lost its only libra...
The Booksmith
The Booksmith Seneca SC “Due to the local WalMart discontinuing selling books, especially urban fiction and the closing of Family Christian Book store, we now sell all types of books, bibles, et...
Grandma’s Place
Grandma’s Place Harlem NY Harlem's Premier Children's Book and Toy Store
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Reparations Club
Reparations Club Los Angeles CA Rep Club is a concept (book)shop & creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. Black-owned. Woman-owned.
House Of Pages Bookstore
House Of Pages Bookstore Peachtree Corners GA Grand opening tentatively scheduled for the March of 2022. House Of Pages Bookstore is a general interest store who offers new and used books, book re...
44th & 3rd Bookseller
44th & 3rd Bookseller Atlanta GA 44th & 3rd Bookseller is a family-owned, multi-cultural book and culture brand headquartered in the heart of Atlanta, GA. Founders, Warren, Cheryl, and Allyce Lee, est...
Avant-garde Books
Avant-garde Books SW, Atlanta GA Avant-garde Books is a bookstore in West End Mall. They also host book fairs. Their mission is to strengthen and support literacy development around the world, especia...
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 Printed Word
The Printed Word Portsmouth VA Independent black owned bookstore specializing in new and pre-loved books. Promoting kids literary and helping kids build a personal library one book at a time.
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.
Bronx Bound Books
Bronx Bound Books Bronx NY A community bookstore and bookmobile promoting access to book ownership and literacy in the Bronx and beyond.
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...
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!
RP Books
RP Books Pittsburg CA RP Books is more than a bookstore; we are a community-focused cultural hub operating under Revision Publishing LLC in Old Town Pittsburg, CA. We are proud to carry forward the ri...
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...
Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing
Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing Little Rock AR Established in 1988 as the Pyramid Gallery was born from a passion for and appreciation of Black Art and culture. The business has brought enrichmen...
