NewPages Guide to
Indie Bookstores in Hawaii
The best list of independent Hawaii bookstores
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- Talk Story Bookstore
- 3785 Hanapepe Rd
- City: Hanapepe
- Phone: (808) 335-6469
- Type: Primarily used with some new books
- Specialty: General Interest, Regional
- Sidelines: Gifts
- Website
We specialize in a diverse selection of over 100,000 fine secondhand, new, and out-of-print books, as well as locally-made gifts, LPs and Hawaiian records, Hawaiian Slack Key & Ukulele lesson courses, and much more!
- Basically Books
- 334 Kilauea Ave.
- City: Hilo
- Phone: (808) 961-0144
- Type: Primarily new with some used books
- Specialty: Academic, Children's, Educational, Regional, YA
- Sidelines: Gifts, Greeting Cards/Postcards, Puzzles, Stationery, Toys/Games
- Events: Author Signings
- Website
Basically Books specializes in books, maps and gifts with a Hawaiian theme. Our children’s section includes books, plush, toys, puppets. Bath and body products and local crafts are made in Hawai’i. Since first opening in 1985, we have grown and evolved into a gathering place in Hilo for authors. Special events at the store help us connect members of our community.
- Big Island BookBuyers
- 14 Waianuenue Ave.
- City: Hilo
- Phone: (808) 315-5335
- Type: Primarily used with some new books
- Specialty: Children's, Regional
- Sidelines: Artwork, Greeting Cards/Postcards
- Website
Big Island BookBuyers is a great source for gently used and out of print used books and DVDs. And we also carry a selection of new materials including books of the Hawaiiana, tour guide and local author genres, as well as maps, calendars and locally produced greeting cards. Our bookstore is located in downtown Hilo and offers a great selection of pocket (mass market) paperbacks – Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thrillers, Mysteries, Horror, and more. Included in our thousands of book titles are topics in spirituality, self-help, gardening, cooking, history, science, art, poetry, Hawaiiana, voyaging, children’s, and more. Several hundred new titles are added to our shelves every week.
- Still Life Books & Vinyl
- 235 Waianuenue Ave
- City: Hilo
- Phone: (808) 333-2904
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Sidelines: Gifts
- Bās Bookshop
- 1154 Nu'uanu Ave.
- City: Honolulu
- Phone: (808) 545-8091
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Art
- Website
An independent bookshop specializing in architecture, art, fashion and design based in Chinatown, Hawai’i.
- Na Mea Hawai'i
- 1200 Ala Moana Blvd. Ste. 270
- City: Honolulu
- Phone: (808) 596-8885
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Educational, Regional
- Sidelines: Gifts
- Website
Welina mai nei! We are a community resource focused on distributing the best books, music, and DVDs on Hawai’i and the Pacific. Also featuring made in Hawaii products by Hawaiian and local artisans: wood, lauhala, Ni’ihau shells, clothing, and more.
- Maui Friends of the Library Kahului Bookstore
- 275 W. Kaahumanu Ave.
- City: Kahului
- Phone: (808) 877-2509
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- Kona Stories
- 78-6831 Ali'i Drive #142
- City: Kailua-Kona
- Phone: (808) 324-0350
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Regional
- Sidelines: Gifts, Magazines
- Website
Bookshop featuring all genres of new and used books, as well as magazines and gifts. We carry a large selection of Hawaiiana and children’s books.
- Kona Bay Books
- 74-5487 Kaiwi St.
- City: Kona
- Phone: (808) 326-7790
- Type: Used books
- Website
We are the largest used bookstore in Hawaii, featuring over two miles of books.
- Maui Friends of the Library Pu'unene Bookstore
- E. Camp 5 Rd.
- City: Pu'unene
- Phone: (808) 871-6563
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website