Independent Bookstores in Kentucky
NewPages.com guide to the best Kentucky indie bookstores
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- Black's Bookshop
- 7783 State Rte 503 - Naples
- City: Argillite
- Phone: (606) 922-2805
- Type: Used books
- Website
- Broadway Books
- 1537 Winchester Ave
- City: Ashland
- Phone: (606) 694-7100
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Broadway Books
- The Taleless Dog Booksellers
- 204A Estill St
- City: Berea
- Phone: (859) 302-8757
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Sweetwater Bookshop
- 208 E. Main St.
- City: Campbellsville
- Phone: (270) 789-2665
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Literary, Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Sidelines: Artwork, Curiosities, Gifts, Greeting Cards/Postcards, Newspapers
- Website
Located right on historic downtown Main Street, Sweetwater Bookshop is Central Kentucky’s coziest bookshop, offering used books, gifts, prints and posters, work by local artisans, candles, toys and games, greeting cards, and more.
- Roebling Books & Coffee
- 306 Greenup St.
- City: Covington
- Phone: (859) 292-1560
- Type: New books, Primarily new with some used books, Rare books, Out-of-print books
- Specialty: Regional
- Sidelines: Artwork, Café/Food, Coffee/Tea, Curiosities, Greeting Cards/Postcards
- Events: Author Signings, Book Clubs, Readings
- Website
We want to help nourish our communities with books, coffee, food, art and more. A city needs a bookstore like a body needs a soul. Roebling Books & Coffee aims to be unique, relaxing spaces that serve as essential neighborhood gathering places. We hope everybody who visits will feel their time at RoBoCo was fascinating, invigorating and so special that they want to come back, again and again. Bridging books, beans and being.
- The Next Chapter Bookstore
- 201 East Pike St
- City: Cynthiana
- Phone: (859) 569-3078
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- Plaid Elephant Books
- 116 N. 3rd St.
- City: Danville
- Suburb of: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 449-2010
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Children's, YA
- Sidelines: Artwork, Greeting Cards/Postcards, Puzzles, Toys/Games
- Events: Author Signings
- Tik Tok
- Website
Plaid Elephant Books is a magical, destination bookshop located in historic Danville, KY. You’ll find books for babies to teenagers, along with puzzles, games, toys, and plush friends. Owner Kate Snyder is a mosaic artist and teaches classes out of her studio in the back of the shop.
- Roebling Books & Coffee
- 301 Sixth Ave.
- City: Dayton
- Phone: (859) 308-7086
- Type: New books, Primarily new with some used books, Rare books, Out-of-print books
- Specialty: Regional
- Sidelines: Artwork, Café/Food, Coffee/Tea, Curiosities, Greeting Cards/Postcards
- Events: Author Signings, Book Clubs, Readings
- Website
We want to help nourish our communities with books, coffee, food, art and more. A city needs a bookstore like a body needs a soul. Roebling Books & Coffee aims to be unique, relaxing spaces that serve as essential neighborhood gathering places. We hope everybody who visits will feel their time at RoBoCo was fascinating, invigorating and so special that they want to come back, again and again. Bridging books, beans and being.
- The Shire Bookstore
- 115 Newman Dr
- City: Eddyville
- Phone: (254) 245-0439
- Type: Primarily new with some used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- Blue Marble Books
- 1356 S. Fort Thomas Ave.
- City: Fort Thomas
- Phone: (859) 781-0602
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Children's
- Website
We have been serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati areas since June 1979. We are a full-service, independent bookseller with a personal commitment to our customers and our community. We host events and specialize in children’s books for all ages, but we can order adult titles as well. Greater Cincinnati Independent Bookseller; member of ABA and GLIBA.
- Poor Richard's Books
- 233 Broadway
- City: Frankfort
- Phone: (502) 223-8018
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- Read Spotted Newt
- 221 Memorial Dr.
- City: Hazard
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
The Read Spotted Newt is here to provide you with local art, books, and gifts. From local authors to local gifts, we have you covered.
- Blush & Bashful Romance Bookshop
- 3012-B Ft. Campbell Blvd.
- City: Hoplinsville
- Phone: (270) 839-9727
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Romance
- Website
- From the Ground Up Books & Resources
- 207 E Main St
- City: La Grange
- Phone: (502) 977-5364
- Type: New books, Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
From the Ground Up Books & Resources sells new and used books, author and artist resources, Gifts and event space.
- Black Swan Books
- 505 E. Maxwell St.
- City: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 252-7255
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
Thousands of used and rare books in great condition and a knowledgeable owner make this Lexington’s “Real” Bookshop. Serving customers worldwide.
- Glover's Bookery
- 862 S. Broadway
- City: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 253-0614
- Type: Used books
- Website
Glover’s Bookery is a large general used & rare bookstore with a well organized stock of over 80,000 mostly hardback books, antiquarian maps & prints, and tribal art. We have been buying and selling books since 1978. Today we have tens of thousands of books online and a shipping department you can count on. We are proud to be Members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- 161 Lexington Green Cir., #B1
- City: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 273-2911
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
Lexington’s Premier Independent Bookseller since 1986.
- Sqecial Media
- 371 S. Limestone
- City: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 255-4316
- Type: New books
- Sidelines: Curiosities, Gifts
- Website
We’re an independent bookstore and gift shop in Lexington, Kentucky, near the UK campus.
- The Wild Fig Co-op
- 726 N. Limestone
- City: Lexington
- Phone: (859) 739-3207
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Sidelines: Café/Food, Coffee/Tea, Magazines
Wild Fig Coffee and Books is now a worker cooperative. Our featured coffee comes from Smokin’ Aces Coffee Co. Join us for a unique book buying, coffee sipping, community building experience.
- Butcher Cabin Books
- 990 Barret Avenue
- City: Louisville
- Suburb of: Highlands
- Type: New books, Used books, Rare books, Out-of-print books
- Specialty: Children's, Crime/Mystery, LGBTQ+, Science Fiction/Fantasy, YA
- Sidelines: Artwork, Curiosities, Gifts
- Events: Author Signings, Readings
- TikTok
- Website
A horror bookstore carrying new and used books, rare/out of print Paperbacks from Hell. We also carry horror soundtrack vinyl and a selection of local spooky art. Books and vinyl available for purchase online. Suburb of Highlands.
- Carmichael's Bookstore
- 1295 Bardstown Rd.
- City: Louisville
- Phone: (502) 456-6950
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- Carmichael's Bookstore
- 2720 Frankfort Ave.
- City: Louisville
- Phone: (502) 896-6950
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Carmichael's Kids
- 1313 Bardstown Road
- City: Louisville
- Phone: (502) 709-4900
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Children's
- Website
- Foxing Books
- 1314 Bluegrass Ave
- City: Louisville
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
- A Novel Romance
- 10512 Watterson Trail
- City: Louisville
- Phone: (502) 509-5410
- Type: New books
- Specialty: Romance
- Website
A Novel Romance in Louisville KY is an inclusive destination for romance enthusiasts and a sanctuary where the magic of love and literature intertwine.
- Scarlet Rose Books
- 220 Elm St
- City: Ludlow
- Phone: (513) 206-0377
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
Scarlet Rose Books in Ludlow KY is a labor of love situated next to the serene Ohio River in Ludlow, KY. With a passion for stories and style, we’ve carefully curated a collection of new books that ignite the imagination, cozy clothing that soothes the soul, and vintage pieces that whisper tales of the past.
- A Likely Story
- 113 East Main Street
- City: Midway
- Phone: (859) 753-4962
- Type: New books, Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Threads
- TIkTok
- Website
- CoffeeTree Books
- 159 E. Main St.
- City: Morehead
- Phone: (606) 784-8364
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Sidelines: Coffee/Tea
- Website
We are an independent bookstore, budding yarn shop, and the Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop. Come by and see us!
- Bolin Books
- 304 Main St.
- City: Murray
- Phone: (270) 216-0863
- Type: Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- Website
Downtown Murray KY’s used, vintage, and rare bookshop
- The Bookstore at The Berry Center
- 129 S. Main St.
- City: New Castle
- Phone: (502) 743-1820
- Type: Primarily new with some used books
- Sidelines: Artwork
- Website
- Roebling Books & Coffee
- 601 Overton St.
- City: Newport
- Phone: (859) 669-3181
- Type: New books, Primarily new with some used books, Rare books, Out-of-print books
- Specialty: Regional
- Sidelines: Artwork, Café/Food, Coffee/Tea, Curiosities, Greeting Cards/Postcards
- Events: Author Signings, Book Clubs, Readings
- Website
We want to help nourish our communities with books, coffee, food, art and more. A city needs a bookstore like a body needs a soul. Roebling Books & Coffee aims to be unique, relaxing spaces that serve as essential neighborhood gathering places. We hope everybody who visits will feel their time at RoBoCo was fascinating, invigorating and so special that they want to come back, again and again. Bridging books, beans and being.
- Displaced Books
- 601 Commerce Dr
- City: Owensboro
- Type: New books, Used books
- Specialty: General Interest
- BookNotes
- 180 Town Mountain Road, Suite 103, Town & Country Shopping Center
- City: Pikeville
- Phone: (606) 437-1030
- Type: New books
- Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Metaphysical/New Age, Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Sidelines: Artwork, Gifts
- Events: Author Signings
- Website
BookNotes has been in business for 23 years, offering books for both children and adults. We have had numerous book signings with international known authors such as Adriana Trigiani and Robert Morgan. Morgan began the national tour of his award-winning biography of Daniel Boone, Boone, at our store. We are an authorized dealer of Will Moses prints. We have Tibbenham chocolate covered cherries. Special orders are our specialty.
- The Reading Zebra Kids Book Shop
- 925 N Wilson Rd, Ste 2
- City: Radcliff
- Phone: (502) 601-6105
- Type: New books, Used books
- Specialty: Children's
- Sidelines: Puzzles, Toys/Games
- Events: Storytime
The Reading Zebra Kids Book Shop in Radcliff is a children’s book shop selling new and quality used books.