Barnes & Noble Downtown
This is now the biggest seller of new books in downtown Seattle. Thanks a lot, Jeff Bezos.
600 Pine St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-264-0156
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-264-0156
Paper Hammer
Paper Hammer sells plenty of handmade stationary items, and it's all beautiful stuff. If it's made out of paper and you want it, they've got it.
1400 Second Ave
Pike Place Market
206-682-3820
Pike Place Market
206-682-3820
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum
A members' library with events open to the community.
93 Pike St #307
Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
Left Bank Books
This wonderful ultra-leftist bookstore has been in the Pike Place Market forever. It's run by people who REALLY MEAN IT, as in the store is operated by committ…
92 Pike St
Pike Place Market
206-622-0195
Pike Place Market
206-622-0195
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Seattle Mystery Bookshop is one of the last bookstores left in Pioneer Square, which used to be the city's literary district. It's the best resource in town if…
117 Cherry St
Pioneer Square
206-587-5737
Pioneer Square
206-587-5737
Chin Music Press
This is the office and storefront of local publisher Chin Music Press, which produces beautiful novels, art books, and non-fiction.
1501 Pike Place #329
Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
Elliott Bay Book Company
This is a place to browse big titles and local zines, research, hang out, curl up in a corner, meet up with friends, buy gifts, and marvel at the architecture.…
1521 10th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-624-6600
Capitol Hill
206-624-6600
Big Little News
This newsstand and bottle shop has taken the place of the former space of the vintage store No Parking on Capitol Hill. According to Capitol Hill Seattle, the …
1102 E Pike St
Seattle
Seattle
Twice Sold Tales
Twice Sold Tales is a Capitol Hill institution. It's home to a brilliant collection of used books, and also cats. You'd better not be allergic to cats.
1833 Harvard Ave
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Peter Miller Books
A store specializing in architecture books and supplies.
304 Alaskan Way S
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square
Arundel Books
This tiny and adorable Pioneer Square independent bookstore specializes in art, photography, rare, and antiquarian books.
322 First Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-624-4442
Pioneer Square
206-624-4442
Pistil Books
An indie bookstore that is sadly now mostly online-only, barring a few open events a year.
1415 E Union St
Central District
Central District
Kinokuniya Bookstore
With a newsstand, adorable stationery options, and a staggering manga collection, Kinokuniya is a great place to pass the time.
525 S Weller St
Chinatown-International District
206-587-2477
Chinatown-International District
206-587-2477
Oh Hello Again
Capitol Hill's newest bookshop comes courtesy of Kari Ferguson, the former owner of Vancouver's Books and Publishing Lab. Ferguson classifies her inventory as …
324 15th Ave E
Stevens
Stevens
Ada's Technical Books
This beautiful, smart, science-obsessed bookshop—where Horizon Books used to be on Capitol Hill's 15th Avenue East—sells technical electronic manuals, computer…
425 15th Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-322-1058
Capitol Hill
206-322-1058
