Literary Site Type: Indie Bookstore

Posman Books is a family-owned independent mini-chain with five locations, including one in New York City at Chelsea Market. The Chelsea Market Flagship store opened in 2009 and is located near the Tenth Avenue entrance, or the western side of the market. There is a great selection of fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, and more.

King’s Books is located in the historic Stadium District of Tacoma. This community-oriented bookstore is the largest used and new independent bookstore in the Tacoma area, with 5,500 square feet and approximately 150,000 books. It has a myriad of used books, a growing selection of new books, and some lovely rare books. Store events include book clubs, discussions, author events, writing workshops, open mics, and readings.

Kepler’s Books was founded in Menlo Park in May 1955 by peace activist Roy Kepler. For sixty years, Kepler’s has been the intellectual and cultural hub for the Peninsula, known for its outstanding literary events, knowledgeable staff, broad selection of books and magazines, and deep ties to the community.

Since 1992, Dog Eared Books has been supplying a book-hungry San Francisco with new, used, and remaindered books as well as magazines, calendars, and notebooks. It is a general interest store, so it has a little of everything, but specializes in Beat, off-beat, small press, and local literature.