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America’s Greatest Black-Owned Bookstore Community Is Right Here in Philly

Marc Lamont Hill was never the same after his brother Anthony gave him a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X when he was a […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Philadelphia-Area Bookstores

The Corrections The bookshop landscape around here is always terraforming. Since the last time we updated this list, we’ve lost some (including the late, great […]

Life & Style

These Philly-Area Mobile Bookstores Bring Their Shelves to You

A new crop of booksellers in and around Philly have found a, er, novel way to make sales: by taking their businesses on the road. […]

Life & Style

Best of Philly Spotlight: In a Reading Slump? Cupid’s Bookshop Owner Tina Long Recommends Trying an Alien Romance Novel

You may have heard that romance is dead. It was likely while you were socializing with single people, eavesdropping on married couples, or watching any […]

City Life

The Ultimate Guide to Queer Literature in Philadelphia

To be queer today is to live at the center of a contradiction: perhaps at no point in history have LGBTQIA+ people experienced such widespread […]

Things to Do

Here’s What’s Planned for the First-Ever Philly Bookstore Crawl

Philly’s independent bookstore scene is more vibrant than ever, with exciting new shops and literary events popping up to highlight new voices and neighborhoods. This […]

Things to Do

The Best Books to Read This Summer

Picture this: You’re at the Shore, toes in the sand, sun on your skin. The sounds of crashing waves and cawing gulls float on the […]