Queen Anne Book Company

Seattle’s premier independent bookshop specializing in children’s books since 1977. Reading and recommending books for everyone else, too, since 2000.

Classic cocktails, high end whisk(e)y, craft brew and comfort food.

We are a general service used bookstore with an emphasis on fiction.

The Quest Bookshop is a service of the Theosophical Society in Seattle, located in the Capital Hill neighborhood of Seattle, offering thousands of titles, including books, CDs and DVDs.

Collins Books specializes in out-of-print, hard to find scholarly books in all fields, with special emphasis on history, art and anthropology of the world.

Ada’s Technical Books & Café is where the technical mind finds what it craves.

And where a bookstore becomes a community.

Our store sits in Capitol Hill, Seattle. And is home to the kinds of books, gifts, workshops and events, that beckon to the geek {and the geek in all of us.}

Because we believe in never-ending learning, evolving, and collaboration, {and hanging out while doing it.}

So you can find the knowledge you seek, feed your curiosity among friends, and always feel in your element.

– Danielle & David Hulton, forever geeks and founders

Since 1997, Ophelia’s Books has been an eclectic source of quality reading materials. Whether you’re a poverty-stricken student, a well-heeled collector, a frantic giftshopper, or a rabid bibliophile, you’ll find something to soothe your brain here. At the very least, you can visit our cats.

We buy and sell old and rare books as well as vintage photographs, postcards, manuscript material such as old diaries and letters, etc.

We also maintain an inventory of vintage ephemera of historical interest, including prints, maps, postcards, posters and other interesting historical printed and manuscript material.

We are always interested in buying single books or whole collections.
Let us know if you have books for sale. We make house calls on short notice in Seattle and can visit other locales if the circumstances warrant. Call us today at 206 624 4100 if you have books for sale!

Located in Seattle’s University District since 1978, Magus is one of the oldest and largest independent used bookstores in the city.

Located in the historic Pike Place Market since 2003, Lamplight is one of the more eclectic independent used bookstores in Seattle.

Independent book store. Serving the UW community since 1900. Shop independent, be independent.

Phinney Books is the neighborhood bookstore for Phinney Ridge/Greenwood in north Seattle, offering a wide selection of new books for adults and kids.

Book Larder opened on October 12, 2011, offering a carefully selected collection of new, collectible, and imported cookbooks to lovers of food and cooking in Seattle and beyond. We are also a spot to gather for author events, cooking classes, demonstrations and other food related discussions, both formal and informal. When you visit, we hope you’ll linger over titles that catch your fancy, and make yourself at home around our big kitchen counter.

The Globe offers books of good value, new and used, in the arts and sciences. Strengths include literature, history, children’s titles, and cooking. Owned and operated by Carolyn and John Siscoe since 1979, the Globe is open from ten to six, seven days a week.

Serving Lower Queen Anne/Seattle as an independent, general stock, used bookstore.

We specialize in children’s books and have an espresso café. Additionally, we carry an assortment of books for young adult to adult readers. Our café is typically stocked with cookies, cold beverages, and all the necessary ingredients for a good espresso.

Following the first store in San Francisco in 1969, the New York City store in Rockefeller Center opened in 1981. It was replaced by its current location near Bryant Park on 6th Avenue in 2007. The New York store became the headquarters of Kinokuniya Book Stores of America. The company now has seven store locations in the United States, including New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Seattle, and Portland. Each store offers a large range of books in English, Japanese and Chinese, as well as CDs, DVDs, and high quality stationary. In addition to bookstores, Kinokuniya operates sales offices which provide services to business and academic institutions.

Pegasus is a family-owned used and new bookstore in West Seattle, under its current ownership since 1983. We have large selections of mystery, science fiction/fantasy, horror, literature/classics, children’s, young adult, romance, poetry, history, gardening, crafts, spirituality, psychology, philosophy, cookbooks, health, travel and tons of other things!