This directory is regularly updated to reflect new stores. Last update: 6/16/2022
Explore these bookstores with LGBTQIA+ owners based in the US, Canada, and online! Check each listing for the store’s website, as well as how to follow them on social media.
Looking for more? You can also browse LGBTQIA+ fiction, nonfiction, and own-voices playlists; and use our Bookstore Finder to locate a store near you.
Libro.fm Partner Stores
Stores listed with Libro.fm Storefronts below are Libro.fm partner stores*, meaning that when you purchase audiobooks from their Libro.fm Storefront, it directly supports their bookstore.
*Bookstores: Want to become a Libro.fm partner store? Email bookstores@libro.fm, and we’ll take care of the rest.
United States
Alabama
Burdock Book Collective / Birmingham, AL
1977 Books / Montgomery, AL
Arizona
Antigone Books / Tucson, AZ
Arkansas
Dog Ear Books / Russellville, AR
California
Amatoria Fine Art Books / Sacramento, CA
A Seat at the Table Books / Elk Grove, CA
The Booksmith / San Francisco, CA
Dog Eared Books / San Francisco, CA
Lavender Library / Sacramento, CA
Omnivore Books / San Francisco, CA
Rakestraw Books / Danville, CA
Reparations Club / Los Angeles, CA
The Ripped Bodice / Culver City, CA
The Salt Eaters / Inglewood, CA
Connecticut
Reader’s Block LLC / Stratford, CT
District of Columbia
Loyalty Bookstores / Washington, DC & Silver Springs, MD
The Outrage / Washington, DC
Florida
Hello Again Books / Cocoa, FL
Spiral Circle / Orlando, FL
Tombolo Books / Saint Petersburg, FL
Georgia
Charis Books & More / Atlanta, GA
Yes, Please Books / Scottdale, GA
Hawaii
Kona Bay Books / Kailua-Kona, HI
Kona Stories Book Store / Kailua-Kona, HI
Illinois
Lit. on Fire Used Books / Peoria, Il
Women & Children First / Chicago, IL
Unabridged Bookstore / Chicago, IL
Louisiana
Beausoleil Books / Lafayette, LA
Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Bookshop / New Orleans, LA
Maryland
Dreamers & Make-Believers / Baltimore, MD
Red Emma’s / Baltimore, MD
Massachussetts
All She Wrote Books / Somerville, MA
East End Books / Provincetown, MA
Lucy Parsons Center / Boston, MA
Porter Square Books / Cambridge, MA
Womencrafts / Provincetown, MA
Minnesota
Black Garnet Books / Minneapolis, MN
The Irreverent Bookworm / Minneapolis, MN
Quatrefoil Library / Minneapolis, MN
Michigan
Bettie’s Pages / Lowell, MI
Books & Mortar Bookstore / Grand Rapids, MI
Coy’s Comics / Saginaw, MI
The Resistance / Lansing, MI
Mississippi
Violet Valley Bookstore / Water Valley, MS
Missouri
Left Bank Books / St. Louis, MO
The Peace Nook / Columbia, MO
Redux Society / Kansas City, MO
Montana
Montana Book Co / Helena, MT
Nevada
The Writer’s Block / Las Vegas, NV
New Jersey
Here’s the Story / Union, NJ
Howling Basset Books / Oldwick, NJ
New York
Astoria Bookshop / Queens, NY
Books of Wonder / New York, NY
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division / New York, NY
Bluestockings Cooperative / New York, NY
Mil Mundos Books / Brooklyn, NY
One Grand Books / Narrowsburg, NY
Rust Belt Books / Buffalo, NY
W.Whitman Books / Middleburgh, NY
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North Carolina
City Lights Bookstore / Sylva, NC
Firestorm Books & Coffee / Asheville, NC
Foggy Pine Books / Boone, NC
Rofhiwa Book Café / Durham, NC
Ohio
Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre / Akron, OH
Kicks Mix Bookstore / Newark, OH
Shelf Life / Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Oregon
Another Read Through / Portland, OR
Broadway Books / Portland, OR
Spoke & Word Books / Gladstone, OR
Pennsylvania
Big Blue Marble Books / Philadelphia, PA
Giovanni’s Room @ Philly AIDS Thrift / Philadelphia, PA
Mondragon Books / Lewisburg, PA
Wooden Shoe / Philadelphia, PA
Tennessee
Southland Books & Cafe / Maryville, TN
Texas
The Book Burrow / Pflugerville, TX
Reverie Books / Austin, TX
Wild Lark Books / Lubbock, TX
Utah
The King’s English Bookshop / Salt Lake City, UT
The Legendarium / Salt Lake City, UT
Under the Umbrella / Salt Lake City, UT
Virginia
Chop Suey Books / Richmond, VA
Eleanor’s Norfolk / Norfolk, VA
Small Friend Records & Books / Richmond, VA
Washington
The Book Rack / Oak Harbor, WA
King’s Books / Tacoma, WA
Main Street Books Monroe / Monroe, WA
Orca Books / Olympia, WA
Parable Books / Tacoma, WA
Village Books / Bellingham, WA
Left Bank Books / Seattle, WA
Wisconsin
A Room of One’s Own Bookstore / Madison, WI
Bound to Happen Books / Stevens Point, WI
Kismet Books / Verona, WI
Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee / Milwaukee, WI
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River Dog Book Co. / Sullivan, WI
Wyoming
Calamity Books / Sheridan, WY
Canada
Cordial Clove Books / Elora, ON
Glad Day Bookshop / Toronto, ON
Glass Bookshop / Edmonton, AB
L’Euguélionne, librairie féministe / Montreal, QB
Librairie Saga / Montreal, QB
Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium / Vancouver, BC
Old Scool General / Toronto, ON
Spartacus Books / Vancouver, BC
The Book Man / Chilliwack, BC
Western Sky Books / Port Coquitlam, BC
Willow Press / Winnipeg, MB
Yellowknife Book Cellar / Yellowknife, NT
Online + Pop-up
Book Drunk / Nolensville, TN
Stories Like Me / Pittsburgh, PN
See any queer-owned bookstores we’ve missed?
Let us know in the comments below!
City Lights Bookstore, in Sylva, NC is owned and lovingly operated by an out and proud gay man named Chris Wilcox.
Added! Thanks, Elizabeth!
Please add Kicks Mix Bookstore to the list. I own this store along with my wife, Mary Spain. We are located in Newark Ohio
Hi, Diana! Kicks Mix Bookstore has been added. Thanks for reaching out!
Can you add Rakestraw Books in Danville, CA?
Thanks!
Michael Barnard
Rakestraw Books
Apologies for the delay, Michael! Rakestraw Books has been added!