List of Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop at Instead of Amazon

Outdoor Murals of Marcus Books | Photo by Meaghan M. Mitchell

A list for bookworms who want to support the black community. If you know a bookstore a missed, let me know so I can add.

Arizona

• Grassrootz Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)| Website |Facebook |Instagram

California

• Reparations Club (Los Angeles,CA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Eso Won Books (Los Angeles, CA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Ashay by the Bay (Vallejo, CA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Marcus Books (Oakland, CA)|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Malik Books (Los Angeles, CA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Shades of Afrika (Long Beach, CA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Colorado

• Shop at Matter (Denver, CO)|Website|Facebook|Instagram

D.C.

• Mahogany Books (Washington, DC)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter
• Loyalty Books (Washington, DC)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Sankofa Bookstore (Washington, DC)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter

Florida

• Pyramid Books(Boynton Beach,FL)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Kizzy’s Books & More (Orlando, FL)|Website|Facebook

Georgia

• Challenges Games and Comics, (Decatur, GA)| Website| Facebook| Instagram|Twitter
• For Keeps Books (Atlanta, GA)|Website|Instagram|Twitter
• Brave and Kind Book Shop (Decatur, GA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram
• Medu Bookstore (Atlanta, GA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• 44th & 3rd Bookseller (Atlanta, GA)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter

Indiana

• Brain Lair Books (South Bend, IN)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Illinois

• Semicolon (Chicago, IL)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Afriware Books (Maywood, IL)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Kentucky

• Wild Fig Books (Lexington, KY)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Massachusetts

• Frugal Bookstore (Boston, MA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Maryland

• Loyalty Books Silver (Springs, MD)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Michigan

• We Are Lit (Grand Rapids, MI)|Website
• Source Booksellers (Detroit, MI)|Website|Facebook|Twitter|Instagram
• Detroit Book City (Detroit, MI)|Website|Facebook|Twitter|Instagram
• Black Stone Bookstore (Ypsilanti, MI)| Website| Facebook| Twitter| Instagram

Minnesota

• Mind’s Eye Comics (Burnsville, MN)| Website| Facebook| Twitter| Instagram

Missouri

• Eye See Me (St. Louis, MO)|Website|Facebook|Twitter|Instagram

New Jersey

• Source of Knowledge (Newark, NJ)|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

New York

• The Lit Bar (The Bronx, NY)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Sister’s Uptown (New York, NY)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Playground Annex (Brooklyn, NY)|Facebook|Instagram
• Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• The Schomburg Shop (Harlem, NY)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter
• Megabrain Comics (Rhineback, NY)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter

North Carolina

• Liberation Station (Durham, NC)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Oklahoma

• Fulton Street Books (Tulsa, OK)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

Oregon

• Third Eye Bag (Portland, OR)|Website|Instagram

Pennsylvania

• Uncle Bobbie’s (Philadelphia, PA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Harriett’s Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter
• Hakim’s Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram
• Amalgam Comics (Philadelphia, PA)| Website| Facebook| Instagram| Twitter
• Black & Nobel (Philadelphia, PA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter

South Carolina

• Turning Page Bookshop (Goose Creeks, SC)| Website| Facebook| Instagram|Twitter

Tennessee

• Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore (Nashville, TN)| Website| Facebook| Instagram|Twitter

Texas

• The Dock Bookshop (Worth, TX)|Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter
• Black Pearl Books (Austin TX)|Website|Facebook|Instagram

Virginia

• Books and Crannies (Martinsville, VA)|Website|Facebook|Instagram