Bookstore Romance Day is a delightful annual tradition founded in 2019 (you can read about the team behind it here), and as an avid romance fan and an appreciator that it is always queer-inclusive, here are some great ways to celebrate the people making it special for 2023!
First off, here’s the all-important link to the Love is Queer event, which takes place on August 20th at 6 pm EDT: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-is-queer-tickets-680645016567?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

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As you may know, Independent Bookstore Day was rescheduled this year, but no matter the date, there’s been no year in which it’s more important to show whatever support you can. Behold, here are a bunch of wonderful indies that show great support to queer books, each with a little recommended list of books to buy from them!
This year, with the advent of Bookshop, some of these stores have shifted their ordering over there, so this will be a little hodgepodge, but what else would you expect of 2020?
(Stores are organized in alphabetical order by state, then city.)
Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe and Phoenix, AZ
The Ripped Bodice, Los Angeles, CA
Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
Books, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Shop at Matter, Denver, CO
Burgundy Books, Saybrook, CT
East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
Writer’s Block Bookstore, Winter Park, FL
Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA
Brave and Kind Books, Decatur, GA
Brain Lair Books, South Bend, IN
Raven Bookstore, Lawrence, KS
Tubby and Coo’s, New Orleans, LA
Copper Dog Books, Beverley, MA
Porter Square Books, Boston, MA
Silver Unicorn Books, West Acton, MA
Loyalty Bookstores, Silver Spring, MD and Washington, DC
Brilliant Books, Traverse City, MI
Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis, MN
- Check out their book lists for their selections for Non-Binary Book Club and Queer Book Club!
Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
This House of Books, Billings, MT
Firestorm Books + Coffee, Asheville, NC
Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
Kew and Willow, Queens, NY
Books of Wonder, New York, NY
Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY
Powell’s Books, Portland, OR
See also: their list of Black LGBTQIA+ Voices (20% off)
Harriett’s Bookshop, Philadelphia, PA
Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
Interabang Books, Dallas, TX
One More Page Books, Arlington, VA
Books and Crannies, Martinsville, VA
Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA
Third Street Books, Seattle, WA
Looking to support Black authors of queer lit and Black-owned bookstores? Here’s some assistance with that:
Ashay By the Bay, Vallejo, CA
Mahogany Books, Washington, DC
Semicolon Bookstore, Chicago, IL
Brain Lair Books, South Bend, IN
The Lit Bar, Bronx, NY
Harriett’s Bookshop, Philadelphia, PA
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth, TX
Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time!