Portland: City of Books
Portland is well-known as a city for book lovers, boasting the world’s largest independent bookstore, Powell’s City of Books (just 1.5 miles from the conference convention center). With over 30 independent bookstores in Portland, there is something for everyone in Portland including minority-owned, hobby shops, the occult, and even a joint bookstore pub. Discover your new favorite indie bookshop in Portland this May.
Local Favorites
- Annie Bloom’s Books is a general interest book and gift store, offering many locally produced goods.
- Broadway Books is a woman-owned general interest bookstore selling new and used books.
- Daedalus Books is a used bookstore offering a wide variety including art history, literary theory, theology, poetry, natural history, and more.
- Mother Foucault’s Bookshop is a used bookstore offering a wide variety of philosophy, arts, literary, and poetry titles, including rare and vintage books.
Minority-Owned
- Bishop & Wilde Books is a Queer-owned bookstore committed to offering a queer space for their community. Their collection emphasizes local and regional fiction.
- Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts is a Black-owned bookstore that specializes in Africa-centered books, accessories, and gifts.
For Crafters
- Backstory Books & Yarn is a woman-owned book and yarn offering new and used books and knit goods.
- Two Rivers & Weird Sisters is a combined book, yarn, and craft store. Two Rivers is a general-interest indie bookstore, and the combined shop offers a wide variety of books, gifts, accessories, and locally sourced goods.
Special Collections
- Dark Star Magick sells antiquarian and rare occult books alongside tarot cards, artwork, and other ritual items. Their collection contains grimoires and rare books on Satanism, Thelema, alchemy, and more.
- Floating World Comics offers a selection of small press, self-published, underground, and international comics, and is an independent publisher of comics, graphic novels, and art monographs.
- Rose City Comics is a bookstore for collectors, offering favorite series, classic graphic novels, and a curated collection of manga, along with role-playing game books, dice, Magic the Gathering, and more.
Read and Dine
- Rose City Book Pub is a place to gather and read. They are home to a large collection of new and used books, a bistro, and a rotating selection of PNW beers.