Literary Site Type: Indie Bookstore

Magers & Quinn Booksellers

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Magers & Quinn is an independently owned new and used bookseller located in the heart of the popular Uptown neighborhood in Minneapolis, near the lakes for which the city is famous. Its main location in Uptown has been in operation since 1994, when Denny Magers moved his smaller bookstore, All Books, from its location near the University of Minnesota to Hennepin Avenue and gave the store its current name. It is now one of the largest independent bookstores in the midwest and hosts several literary events throughout the year.

Bookends & Beginnings

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Located in the heart of downtown Evanston, Illinois, Bookends & Beginnings opened in June 2014 in the space formerly occupied by legendary antiquarian store Bookman’s Alley. They offer new, used, and bargain books, unique gift items, and literary events.

SubText Books

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

SubText is a general interest bookstore with special focus on fiction, poetry, history, and literary non-fiction. Events include author talks, readings, and book signings.

The Odyssey Bookshop

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

The Odyssey Bookshop was established in 1963, and serves both the general local community and the Mount Holyoke College community. With a goal of bringing readers and writers together, the bookstore’s literary event schedule includes more than one hundred events a year for adults and children—including author signings, book launch parties, book groups, workshops, and readings—which are attended by thousands of people annually.

Subterranean Books

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Hosting literary events throughout the year, Subterranean Books is dedicated to bringing in the most amazing local and national writers, across genres. They host readings, signings, and book release parties, all to the delight of their customers—both brand-new and already dedicated.

Harvard Book Store

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Harvard Book Store is a unique and special place to shop—a locally owned, independently run Cambridge landmark since 1932. It is known for its extraordinary selection of new, used, and remainders, a popular author event series, and a history of innovation—including local bike delivery and a book-making robot (capable of printing and binding any of millions of titles in minutes). On their website, customers can browse the shelves, staff recommendations, and the author events calendar.

The Wild Detectives

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

This bookstore-bar-venue is the result of ten years of friendship between two Spanish civil engineers, Javier García del Moral and Paco Vique. They always wished for a space that could mix two of their passions: books and booze. After a lot of enthusiastic talk over the years, they were able to make that conversation actually happen and so The Wild Detectives opened its doors for the first time on the last day of February 2014.

Since then they have programmed over three hundred literary/cultural events and sold–arguably–as many books as beers.

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