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A Novel Idea on Passyunk
1726 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19148

Welcome to A Novel Idea on Passyunk, a community-minded bookstore and event space in East Passyunk, Philadelphia. We are Alexander Schneider and Christina Rosso-Schneider, residents of East Passyunk, book lovers, and parents of two lovable rescue pups. The bookstore is our first business and our first endeavor as newlyweds (we got married in October 2018). We make up the two halves of A Novel Idea--Alexander bringing over a decade of graphic design experience to the shop, and Christina, as an author and writing professor, her experience and dedication to literary events in support of Philadelphia artists. More than anything, our goal is to cultivate community. We hope to build a bookstore that reflects the communitys interests, while also supporting it. One way were doing this is through our Philadelphia Author and Small Press sections. We hope to create and foster a space of diversity and inclusivity and want to help our customers fall in love with books, either for the first time or the millionth.

Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 Carpenter Ln, Philadelphia, PA, 19119
215-844-1870

We are a locally-owned independent bookstore offering smart, fun, multicultural, progressive books to readers in Mt. Airy and beyond.

Bindlestiff Books
4530 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19143
215-662-5780

Bindlestiff Books is a volunteer-run neighborhood bookstore in West Philadelphia, with a carefully selected array of new and discounted (but still new) books. We have childrens books, literary fiction, graphic novels, art, cookbooks, gender studies, history, labor studies, poetry, politics, science fiction, and much more.

Cupids Bookshop
106 Grape Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19127

Cupid's Bookshop is Philadelphia's first all-romance bookstore, founded and owned by an AAPI woman. Our mission is to provide a vibrant, inclusive, and welcoming space for readers to explore and celebrate the diverse world of romance literature. From contemporary to historical, steamy to sweet, we offer a carefully curated selection of romance novels alongside unique book accessories. Our goal is to foster a community where romance stories inspire connection, joy, and discovery. Whether you're a seasoned romance reader or new to the genre, Cupids Bookshop is your haven for all things love.

Harriett's Bookshop
258 E Girard Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19125
267-241-2617

Harriett's Bookshop, named for historic heroine, Harriett Tubman, celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.

Julia de Burgos Bookstore
2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19133
2154263311

The Julia de Burgos Bookstore at Taller Puertorriqueo serves as the only English/Spanish bilingual bookstore in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. In addition to Puerto Rican literature, we specialize in books by Latine and Latin American authors, with an emphasis on BIPOC, queer, and women writers. Our popular Meet the Author events and book readings are designed to facilitate an intergenerational community space that fosters dialogue around Latinx stories and local authors. Beyond books, we sell products from popular small businesses and artisans based in Puerto Rico, as well as locally-made art and merchandise by Puerto Rican/Latinx community members.

Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center
210 South 45th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104

Making Worlds is a new generation bookstore and cultural programming space that brings collective knowledge, skills, and visions into our communities through dialogue, conversations, education, and reflection. We promote learning from each other and the intersecting histories and futures of community organizing and movement building of Indigenous, Black, and Brown people and others resisting oppression worldwide. By distributing literature, other resources, and centering events, we aim to strengthen neighborhood and Philadelphia cohesion for people to care and support each other and make worlds of liberation possible.

Neighborhood Books
1906 South St., Philadelphia, PA, 19146
215-545-BOOK (2665)

Neighborhood Books is primarily a used bookstore, offering at any given time roughly 100 new book titles. The used books is a 15,000 volume collection, and is mostly a humanities based assortment: art, photography, philosophy, etc.. We have a high concentration in genral fiction/literature, with all major genres of fiction offered. We also have a large collection of history books, as well as children's books from board/picture books up to young adult. With a lot of medical students in the neighborhood, we do have a thorough selection of science books, including psycholoy/self help, feel free to help yourself. Other than books we sell some ephemera items: loose and framed bookplates from the collection of a local resident, found online as "the bookplate maven". We also salvage nice illustrations from damaged art, photography and architecture books. YooHooSue sells her collage art greeting cards exclusively through our store. Our best-selling sideline item are the author/title inspired sports-themed t-shirts we designed, such as Vonnegut 5, Heller 22 and Orwell 84 to name a few. "Lifer" would accurately descibe Curtis Kise, the owner of Neighborhood Books, who graduated in 1987 with a degree in English, and found his first bookselling job as a clerk at the Book Trader in Philadelphia in 1988, where he stayed through 1994. He spent seven years in Los Angles writing, and optioned two screenplays, but never made an outright sale. In 2002 he opened his first book store, Booktraders, in Portland, Maine, but closed and went home to Philadelphia, and the Book Trader in 2006, where he stayed until 2009. During his second stint at the Book Trader he negoitated the contract to have the film "The Answer Man" shot at the store. He left there to join a non-profit bookstore, the Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia's Book Corner. In 2012 he left Book Corner, and in April of 2013 opened Neigbborhood Books, which has been a success growing in reputation and economically every year.

The Literary Cafe - Book and Events
1835 Wynnewood Road, Philadelphia, PA, 19151
215-878-BOOK

The Literary Cafe - Books & Events is a full service retail book business whose goal is to empower our community through reading. Our primarily focus is Black children's books - preschool to young adult. We produce and /or sell books for literary events, pop-up and mobile bookstores. We also have a focus on non-fiction Black adult titles.