Independent Bookstores in Oregon

• Annie Bloom's Books
• 7834 SW Capitol Hwy.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 246-0053
• Type: New books
• Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Literary, Regional, YA
• Sidelines: Calendars, Greeting Cards/Postcards, Magazines, Puzzles
• Events: Author Signings, Readings
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A neighborhood independent bookstore, we carry a broad range of new books across many genres. And we are constantly bringing in new stacks of amazing sale books. Our main emphasis is on customer service. We want to make your browsing experience a pleasure. And, of course, we want to help you find what you’re looking for. If we don’t have your book in stock, we can usually get it for you in just a few days. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff awaits you.

• Another Read Through
• 3932 N Mississippi Ave
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 208-2729
• Type: Primarily used with some new books
• Specialty: General Interest, Children's, LGBTQ+, Science Fiction/Fantasy
• Sidelines: Greeting Cards/Postcards
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We are a general bookshop for adults and kids with mostly used books across many genres, including fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, mystery, YA, kids, memoir, nonfiction, and more. Most of our new books can be found in the local author and LGBTQ sections, with a new releases sprinkled throughout. We have multiple local author events and book groups each month, and writing groups, discussions, and special events sprinkled in.

• Backstory Books & Yarn
• 3129 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (971) 282-3332
• Type: Used books
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Backstory is a neighborhood bookstore and second-hand knit shop. Books and yarn bought and traded.

• Bearly Read Books
• 16441 SE Powell Blvd.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 667-9669
• Type: Used books
• Specialty: General Interest
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We are a used bookstore taking in paperback books for trade credit. We give a quarter of the cover price to the customer. We sell used books for half the cover price unless otherwise marked. We also have two store cats: Fluffy and Shadow.

• Belmont Books
• 3415 SE Belmont St.
• City: Portland
• Type: Primarily new with some used books
• Specialty: General Interest
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Local bookstore in the lovely Sunnyside neighborhood carefully curating new and used books for your reading pleasure.

• Bingo Used Books
• 3366 SE Powell Blvd.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 231-4091
• Type: Used books
• Specialty: General Interest
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Bingo Used Books features over 100,000 used books, kids’ books, CDs, vinyl records, DVDs, VHS movies, comics, and more. With great prices, a spacious store, and an additional 100,000+ books for sale online, Bingo Used Books is the place to be for used books! Come visit us in Southeast Portland and check out our online stock on our website.

• Broadway Books
• 1714 NE Broadway
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 284-1726
• Type: Primarily new with some used books
• Specialty: General Interest
• Sidelines: Artwork, Greeting Cards/Postcards, Magazines
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Broadway Books is a locally owned independent bookstore serving the northeast Portland community since 1992. We describe ourselves as “A Great Little Store with Great Big Service.” We carry a carefully curated selection of books across a variety of subjects and genres, with an emphasis on literary fiction, history/current events, and memoir/biography. We have as well a lovely curated selection of used books. We also offer greeting cards and magazines. We’re happy to special order books for you, and we gladly gift wrap your purchases at no charge. You can sign up for our e-newsletter to learn of our almost-weekly events in the store.

• A Children's Place
• 1423 NE Fremont St.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 284-8294
• Type: New books
• Specialty: Children's
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A Children’s Place Bookstore opened its doors to Portland families more than forty years ago and has been helping raise voracious readers ever since.

• Crooked House Books & Paper
• 1602 NE 40th Ave
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 249-0344
• Type: Used books
• Specialty: General Interest
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Crooked House Books & Paper offers beautiful and unusual books and ephemera. Our specialties include illustrated books, children’s books, beautiful bindings, Pacific Northwest interest, literature, early twentieth century ephemera, and the odd & unusual. We are open Wednesday & Saturday from 11 am-5 pm, or by appointment.

• Daedalus Books
• 2074 NW Flanders St.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 274-7742
• Type: Primarily used with some new books
• Specialty: General Interest
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Most of our books are used, but we also carry new books that we think are special and want to see people reading. Our interests are broad, but we love the humanities. Our books range from art history, literary theory, theology, poetry, natural history, metaphysics, and children’s books, and so on. We buy books Monday-Friday, and recommend calling ahead. We host readings a few times a year. You can sign up for our MailChimp email list to get updates. Our employees are true bibliophiles, and will be glad to help you find what you’re looking for.

• Green Bean Books
• 1600 NE Albert St.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 954-2354
• Type: New books
• Specialty: Children's
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Come check out our magical reading fort in the Alberta Arts District of Portland, Oregon.

• Monograph Bookwerks
• 5005 NE 27th Ave.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 284-5005
• Type: New books
• Specialty: Art
• Sidelines: Artwork
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Monograph Bookwerks is a curated selection of new and used books on contemporary art, design, architecture, fashion, theory, and criticism. Vintage objects, prints, paintings, and ephemera too.

• Mother Foucault's Bookshop
• 523 SE Morrison St.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 236-2665
• Type: Used books
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Mother Foucault’s Bookshop is a serious book lover’s haven with a curated collection of literature, philosophy, literary criticism, foreign language books, and more.

• Powell's Books on Hawthorne
• 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 228-4651 or (800) 878-7323
• Type: Primarily used with some new books
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Powell’s Books on Hawthorne offers more than 200,000 used and new books. We host author readings several times each week, and our Kids’ Room is a popular family destination.

• Powell's City of Books
• 1005 W. Burnside
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 228-4651 or (800) 878-7323
• Type: Primarily new with some used books
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Occupying an entire city block and housing approximately one million books, Powell’s City of Books is the largest used and new boosktore in the world.

• Revolutions Bookshop
• 8713 N Lombard
• City: Portland
• Phone: (971) 288-2391
• Type: Primarily used with some new books
• Specialty: General Interest
• Sidelines: Curiosities, Gifts
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We are a small independent bookshop Located in downtown St. John’s Oregon. Specializing in books, vinyl, and the strange and unusual.

• Third Eye Books
• 2518 SE 33rd Ave.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 688-7008
• Type: New books,
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The biggest, baddest, and blackest anti-racist bookstore in the Portland. Children’s books, nonfiction, fiction, scifi, politics, and more.

• Two Rivers Books
• 8836 N. Lombard St.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (971) 865-5941
• Type: New books
• Specialty: General Interest
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Two Rivers Bookstore is a new, general interest bookstore located in St. Johns. We share a space with Weird Sisters Yarn and carry books, yarn and local makers.

• Wallace Books
• 7241 SE Milwaukie Ave.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 235-7350
• Type: Used books
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Wallace Books, located in the heart of Portland’s Sellwood/Westmoreland neighborhood, is your source for new and used books, both the hottest new best sellers, and that quirky, hard-to-find out-of-print treasure!

• Windows Bookseller
• 8900 N. Wall Ave.
• City: Portland
• Phone: (503) 251-5383
• Type: Used books
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Fine, scholarly books in the humanities, specializing in Christian theology, Judaica, philosophy, classics, fiction, history, and archaeology.