Bookstores in North Carolina

A guide to the best independent
North Carolina bookstores

Asheville

Accent on Books - Grace Plaza, 854 Merrimon Ave. - (828) 252-6255 or (800) 482-7964

Battery Park Book Exchange - Grove Arcade, Ste. 101, 1 Page Ave. - (828) 252-0020 - Used books

Downtown Book & News - 67 N. Lexington Ave. - (828) 253-8654 - Used books, Magazines, Newspapers

Malaprop's Bookstore-Cafe - 55 Haywood St. - (828) 254-6734 or (800) 441-9829

Mr. K's Used Books & Music - 800 Fairview Rd., River Ridge Shopping Ctr. - (828) 299-1145 - Used books

Montford Books & More - 31 Montford Ave. - (828) 285-8805 - Used books

Spellbound Children's Books - inside ZaPOW! at 21 Battery Park Ave. - (828) 319-1907 - Children's books

Beaufort

Scuttlebutt Nautical Books & Bounty - 433 Front St. - (252) 728-7765 - Specialty: Nautical/Regional

Boone

Black Bear Books - Boone Mall, 1180 Blowing Rock Rd. Ste. C-5 - (828) 264-4636

The Scholar Shop - APSU Bookstore, 219 College St. - (828) 262-3070 - General books

Buxton

Buxton Village Books - 47918 Hwy 12 - (252) 995-4240

Cashiers

Chapter 2 - 60 Ingles Shopping Center, 2 US Hwy. 64 W. - (828) 743-5015*

Chapel Hill

Bull's Head Bookshop - UNC Student Stores, Daniels Bldg., 207 South Rd. - (919) 962-5060 - General books

Internationalist Books - 405 W. Franklin St. - (919) 942-1740 - Alternative

Charlotte

Black Forest Books & Toys - 1942 E. 7th St. - (704) 332-4838 - Children's books

Park Road Books - Park Road Shopping Ctr., 4139 Park Rd. - (704) 525-9239

Corolla

Island Bookstore at Historic Village - 1130 Corolla Village Rd. - (252) 453-2292

Duck

Duck's Cottage - 1240 Duck Rd. - (252) 261-5510

Island Bookstore at Scarborough Faire - 1177 Duck Rd. - (252) 261-8981

Durham

Gothic Bookshop - Duke University - (919) 684-3986 - General books

Regulator Bookshop - 720 Ninth St. - (919) 286-2700 - Specialty: Alternative

Elizabeth City

Page After Page - 111 S. Water St. - (252) 335-7243

Elkin

Diana's Bookstore & Coffee Shop - 127 W. Main St. - (336) 835-3142

Forest City

Fireside Books & Gifts - 111 Main St. - (828) 245-5188

Greensboro

John Neal, Bookseller - 1833 Spring Garden St. - (800) 369-9598 - Specialty: Book Binding/Book Arts/Calligraphy

Hayesville

Phillips & Lloyd Book Shop - 66 Church St. - (828) 389-1492

Hendersonville

The Fountainhead Bookstore - 408 N. Main St. - (828) 697-1870

Highlands

Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers - 204 N. Fifth St. - (828) 526-3777 - Used books*

Huntersville

Author Squad Bookshop & Publishing Center - 10109 Northcross Center Ct., Ste. 140 - (704) 892-7274 - Children's books

Kitty Hawk

Island Bookstore - 3712 N. Croatan Hwy. - (252) 255-5590

Lexington

Pandora's Books - 23 W. 2nd Ave. - (336) 248-2551

Louisboug

The Coffee Hound Bookshop - 103 W. Nash St. - (919) 496-6030

Manteo

Duck's Cottage - 105 Sir Walter Raleigh St. - (252) 473-1056

Morehead City

Dee Gee's Gifts & Books - 508 Evans St. - (252) 726-3314

Ocracoke Island

Books To Be Read - 34 School Rd. - (252) 928-3936

Pittsboro

McIntyres Fine Books - 2000 Fearington Village Ctr. - (919) 542-3030

Raleigh

Catalyst Bookshop - North Carolina State University - (919) 515-3588 - General books

Quail Ridge Books & Music - 3522 Wade Ave. - (919) 828-1588

Raleigh Review Writers' Studio & Bookshop - 3039 Medlin Dr. - Specialty: Poetry, Flash Fiction, Literary Magazines

Salisbury

Literary Bookpost - 110 S. Main St. - (704) 630-9788

Smithfield

Orchard House Booksellers - 117 N. Third St. - (919) 938-1511

Southern Pines

The Country Bookshop - 140 NW Broad St. - (910) 692-3211

Southport

Books 'n Stuff - (4961 Long Beach Rd. SE #11 - (910) 457-9017 - Used books

Sylva

City Lights Bookstore - Sylva NCCity Lights Bookstore

3 E Jackson St.
Phone: (888) 853-6298 or (828) 586-9499
Type: New & used books
Specialty: General Interest, Regional
Sidelines: Greeting Cards/Postcards, Magazines/Newspapers, Gifts, Curiosities, Art, Toys/Games, Coffee/Tea
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Selling new & used books, gifts, journals, maps & more in Sylva, North Carolina since 1984. Our neighbors at City Lights Cafe sell coffee and tea in addition to crepes and other tasty treats. We're open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Monday through Saturday, and 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Sunday.

Topsail Beach

Quarter Moon Books & Gifts - 708 S. Anderson Blvd. - (800) 697-9134 or (910) 328-4969

Tryon

The Book Shelf - 94 N. Trade St. - (828) 859-9304

Waynesville

Blue Ridge Books & News - 152 S. Main St. - (828) 456-6000

Wilmington

Pomegranate Books - 4418 Park Ave. - (910) 452-1107

Two Sisters Bookery - 318 Nutt St., The Cotton Exchange - (910) 762-4444 - Specialty: Regional

 

 

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