Independent (non-chain) Bookstores of Washington DC (2018)

Here’s a list of names, locations, and URLs of independent/non-chain bookstores in Washington DC–new and used–with museum/organization gift shops with substantial book selling added.

Begun for  the May 2, 2015 celebration of the first Independent Bookstore Day (inspired by California Bookstore Day).

December 2017 Carpe Librum closed.

NEW BOOKS

Bridge Street Books

• 2814 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
• http://bridgestreetbooks.blogspot.com/

East City Book Shop

• 645 Pennsylvania Ave SE
• http://www.eastcitybookshop.com/
• https://twitter.com/eastcitybooks

Kramerbooks & Afterwords

• 1517 Connecticut Avenue NW
• http://www.kramers.com/index.html
• Twitter: @kramerbooks

Mahogany Books

•  inside of the Anacostia Arts Center at 1231 Good Hope Road SE
• https://www.mahoganybooks.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MahoganyBooks

Politics and Prose

• 2714 Georgia Avenue NW
• http://www.sankofa.com/bookstorecafe/
• Twitter: @SankofaVideoBks

Solid State Books

• 600 H Street NE
• https://www.solidstatebooksdc.com/

Upshur Street Books

Books Used & Rare

• 1660 33rd Street NW

Capitol Hill Books

• 657 C Street SE
• http://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/

Idle Time Books

•  2467 18th Street NW
• http://idletimebooks.com/

Lantern

• 3241 P Street NW
• http://www.his.com/~lantern/

Riverby Books

• 417 East Capitol Street SE
• http://www.riverbybooks.com
• Twitter: @RiverbyDC

Second Story Books

• 2000 P Street NW
• http://www.secondstorybooks.com/

Bartleby’s (online only)

• E-mail: bart@bartlebysbooks.com
• http://www.bartlebysbooks.com/shop/bartleby/index.html

Walls of Books

Specialty (languages)

Tempo

4905 Wisconsin Avenue NW
http://www.tempobookdistributors.com/pages/series.php

Specialty / Gift Shop

• American Institute of Architects
  • https://store.aia.org/
  • 1735 New York Ave, NW
• International Spy Museum
  • https://www.spymuseum.org/shop/
  • 800 F Street, NW
• National Building Museum
  • https://secure2.convio.net/nbm/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1161&VIEW_DEFAULT=true&FOLDER=1035&TYPE=&NAME=
  • 401 F Street NW
• Smithsonian Institution Museum stores
  • https://www.smithsonianstore.com/category/museum+stores.do

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