Happy Pride Month, book nerds! (Or, if you’re reading this beyond June, happy ‘Celebrate LGBTQIAP+ Books All the Time Day!’) Here at Epic Reads, we want to champion queer books 24/7/365, but we of course give them extra love each June 🏳🌈
And what’s even better than buying an LGBTQIAP+ book? Buying one from an LGBTQIAP+-owned bookstore (or a bookstore with a strong focus on queer media!) To help guide your growing TBRs, we’ve compiled a list of queer-owned (and focused) bookstores for you to support. Check them out below!
40 Queer-Owned and Queer-Focused Bookstores
YOU CAN SUPPORT 🌈
LGBTQIAP+-Owned Bookstores
Bookstores owned by members of the LGBTQIAP+ community. Take all our money, please!
- Antigone Books, Tucson, AZ
- Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA
- The Ripped Bodice, Los Angeles, CA & Brooklyn, NY
- Kramer Books & Afterwords, Washington, DC
- Charis Books & More, Atlanta, GA
- Unabridged Books, Inc., Chicago IL
- Women & Children First, Chicago, IL
- All She Wrote Books, Somerville, MA
- Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse, Baltimore, MD
- Bettie’s Pages, Lowell, MI
- Montana Book Company Redux, Helena, MT
- Peace Nook, Columbia, MO
- Firestorm Books & Coffee, West Asheville, NC
- Here’s the Story, Union, NJ
- Astoria Bookshop, Astoria, NY
- Bluestockings Books, New York, NY
- Quimby’s Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
- The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY
- Broadway Books, Portland, OR
- Giovanni’s Room, Philadelphia, PA
- Bookwoman, Austin, TX
- Charlie’s Queer Books, Seattle, WA
- A Room Of One’s Own Bookstore, Madison, WI
LGBTQIAP+-Focused Bookstores
Bookstores focused on queer books and/or with strong LGBTQIAP+ sections. Seriously, just take all our money!
- Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ
- Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
- Books Inc., San Francisco, CA
- Compass Books, San Francisco, CA
- Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
- Boulder Book Store, Boulder, CO
- Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
- Book Table, Oak Park, IL
- Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA
- Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD
- Peace Nook, Columbia, MO
- Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO
- Violet Valley, Water Valley, MS
- Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe, Asheville, NC
- Book Culture on Broadway, New York, NY
- Three Lives & Co., New York, NY
- Wooden Shoe, Philadelphia, PA
- Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
- Left Bank Book Collective, Seattle, WA
- Outwords Books, Milwaukee, WI
- River Dog Book Co, Sullivan, WI
- Second Story Books, Laramie, WY