As is tradition, here are a whole bunch of links to support indies tomorrow for Independent Bookstore Day! Where possible, the books/stores that’ve been paired up are specific to preorder campaigns, signed copies, or discounts; these are noted with an asterisk. (Note: bookplates etc. available while supplies last, and I am not responsible for stores not updating their sites with this info.)
Please support these wonderful stores and help ensure they’re still there when the pandemic ends, and beyond!
The Ripped Bodice, Los Angeles, CA
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler*
- Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler
- Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
- Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
- Thorn by Anna Burke
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
- Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee*
- These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy*
- Best Laid Plans and Better Than People by Roan Parrish*
- Xeni and Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon*
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
- Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
- Sarahland by Sam Cohen
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- A World Between by Emily Hashimoto
- Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht
- Figure it Out: Essays by Wayne Koestenbaum
- Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera
- Nonbinary: a Memoir by Genesis P-Orridge
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
- You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider
- All Kinds of Other by James Sie*
- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon*
- We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding
Kepler’s, Menlo Park, CA
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- The Library of the Unwritten by AJ Hackwith
- Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
- The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
- Browse their list of LGBTQIA+ reads!
Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
- That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler*
- Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders*
- On this Unworthy Scaffold by Heidi Heilig*
- Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore*
- The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera*
- Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera*
- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon*
Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
- Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar*
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.*
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee*
- Better Together by Christine Riccio*
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera*
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera*
- Infinity Son and Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera*
Shop at Matter, Denver, CO
- Ace by Angela Chen
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
- Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell
- Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
- And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
East City Books, Washington, DC
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler*
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- Here For It by R. Eric Thomas
Books & Books, various, FL
- With Teeth by Kristen Arnett*
- The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi*
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.*
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse*
Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, GA
- She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen*
Copper Dog Books, Beverly, MA
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- The Sea is Salt and So am I by Cassandra Harrtt
- Flash Fire by TJ Klune
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee*
- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler*
- Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone
- Ash and A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo*
- Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells*
Brilliant Books, Traverse City, MI
- She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Birchbark Books & Native Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis, MN
- Check out their book lists for their selections for Non-Binary Book Club and Queer Book Club!
Loyalty Bookstores, Silver Spring, MD and Washington, DC
- Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
- How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
- Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
- Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
- Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Malaprops, Asheville, NC
- The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown*
- In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens*
- Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
- The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver
- Faith by Julie Murphy*
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
- Memorial by Bryan Washington*
Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, NY
- The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon*
- Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar*
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
- Born to Be Public by Greg Mania*
- Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans*
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston*
- Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
McNally-Jackson, New York, NY
- We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poets ed. by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
- Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
- When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan
- I Love This Part by Tillie Walden
Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY
- Swan Song by Lisa Alther
- Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders*
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle*
- Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan*
- Pumpkin by Julie Murphy*
- Strange Creatures by Phoebe North*
- Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart*
Northshire Books, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Burn it All Down by Nicolas DiDomizio
- Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan*
- Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, ON
- Cooking with Trans People of Colour
- Indivisible by Daniel Aleman*
- The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan*
- The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell*
Powell’s, Portland, OR
- Milk Fed by Melissa Broder*
- The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
- If this Gets Out by Cale Dietrich and Sophie Gonzales
- Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
- A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
- This is Our Rainbow ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
- It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor*
Harriet’s Bookshop, Haverford, PA
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad
Children’s Book World, Philadelphia, PA
- What are Your Words? by Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier*
Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
- We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar*
- Boomerang by Helene Dunbar*
- Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke by Andrew Maraniss*
- Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera*
- Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters*
Book People, Austin, TX
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo*
- His Hideous Heart ed. by Dahlia Adler
- The Never Tilting World and The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Rin Chupeco
- Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June
- Ironspark by C.M. McGuire*
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Malice by Heather Walter
Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler*
- Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: the Life of Patricia Highsmith by Richard Bradford
- One Life by Megan Rapinoe
One More Page, Arlington, VA
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler*
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle*
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.*
- The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich*
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab*
- The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith*
- Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood*
- The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Memorial by Bryan Washington*
Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA
- Flamer by Mike Curato
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle*
- Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
Third Place Books, Seattle, WA
- That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler*
- By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
- Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
