while i don’t claim to be a “book blogger” by any account (more of a cranky publishing-person blogger most days), i know a lot of people have followed me through my book posts, so i’m taking advantage of that captive audience to boost these bookstores. shop them through their own websites and if you’re local, look into curbside pickup to minimize shipping costs and overhead. okay that’s all thanks bye stay safe.

1. the lit bar (a personal favorite and the bronx’s one remaining bookstore)
2. hariett’s bookshop
3. semicolon bookstore
4. mahogany books
5. uncle bobbie’s
6. loyalty bookstore
7. dare books
8. listening tree books
9. underground books
10. multicultural bookstore
11. pyramid books
12. black dot bookstore
13. brain lair books
14. medu bookstore
15. wild fig books and coffee
16. frugal bookstore
17. olive tree books
18. detroit book city
19. cafe con libros
20. revolution books
21. sisters uptown bookstore
22. source booksellers
23. hakim’s bookstore
24. sankofa books and cafe
25. turning page bookshop