Roxane Gay’s Favorite Indie Bookstores Across the USA

The spokesperson for 2021’s Indies First—the annual campaign in support of independent bookstores on Small Business Saturday—was the beloved author Roxane Gay

Lucky for us, Roxane shared her favorite bookstores across the USA—read on for her thread of tweets, or skip ahead to see her full list organized by state.


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Roxane Gay’s Favorite Bookstores

California

Bookshop Santa Cruz / Santa Cruz, CA

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Book Soup / Los Angeles, CA

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Chevalier’s Books / Los Angeles, CA

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City Lights Books / San Francisco, CA

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Eso Won Books / Los Angeles, CA

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The Last Bookstore / Los Angeles, CA

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Marcus Books / Oakland, CA

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Skylight Books / Los Angeles, CA

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Illinois

The Book Cellar / Chicago, IL

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Georgia

Charis Circle / Decatur, GA

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Florida

Books & Books / Coral Gables, FL

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Louisiana

Octavia Books / New Orleans, LA

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Massachusetts

Brookline Booksmith / Brookline, MA

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Harvard Book Store / Cambridge, MA

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Porter Square Books / Cambridge, MA

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Michigan

Bookbug / Kalamazoo, MI

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Literati Bookstore / Ann Arbor, MI

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Minnesota

Missouri

Left Bank Books / St. Louis, MO

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New York

Books Are Magic / Brooklyn, NY

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Sisters Uptown / New York, NY

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WORD / Brooklyn, NY

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192 Books / New York, NY

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Strand Book Store / New York, NY

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Ohio

Prologue Bookshop / Columbus, OH

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Two Dollar Radio / Columbus, OH

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Oregon

Powell’s Books / Portland, OR

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Tennessee

Parnassus Books / Nashville, TN

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Texas

BookPeople / Austin, TX

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Washington

Washington, D.C.

Busboys and Poets / Washington, D.C.

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Kramer Books / Washington, D.C.

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Politics and Prose / Washington, D.C.

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Wisconsin

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