Bookstores in Wisconsin

A guide to the best independent
Wisconsin bookstores

Appleton

Angels Forever - Window of Light - 310 W College Ave. - (920) 738-6636 - Specialty: Metaphysical/New Age

Pages and Pipes - 322 W. College Ave. - (920) 734-2821

Pages and Pipes - 748 W. Northland Ave. - (920) 830-0309

Baileys Harbor

Novel Ideas - 8085 State Hwy. 57 - (920) 839-1300

Cable

Redbery Books - 43455 Kavanaugh St. - (715) 798-5014

Fish Creek

Peninsula Bookman - 4083 Main St. - (920) 868-1467 - Used & New books - Specialty: Regional

Fort Atkinson

The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop - 20 E. Sherman Ave. - (920) 568-9940 - Children's books

Green Bay

The Reader's Loft - 2069 Central Ct. #44 - (920) 406-0200

Madison

20th Century Books - 1421 S. Park St. - (608) 441-1957 - Specialty: Comics/Pop Culture

A Room of One's Own Bookstore - 315 W. Gorham St. - (608) 257-7888

Avol's Bookstore - 315 W. Gorham St. - (608) 255-4730 - Used books

Rainbow Bookstore Co-Op - 426 W. Gilman St. - (608) 257-6050 - Used books - Specialty: Alternative

A Room of One's Own Books & Gifts - 307 W. Johnson St. - (608) 257-7888 - Specialty: Feminist

Manitowoc

LaDeDa Books & Beans - 1624 New York Ave. - (920) 682-7040

Menomonie

Bookends on Main - 214 E. Main St. - (715) 233-6252

Milwaukee

Boswell Book Company - 2559 N. Downer Ave. - (414) 332-1181

Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee - 2710 N. Murray Ave. - (414) 963-9089 - Specialty: GLBT

People's Books Cooperative - 2122 E. Locust St. - (414) 962-0575

Rainbow Booksellers - 5704 W. Vliet St. - (414) 774-7205 - Children's books

The Reader's Choice - 1950 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. - (414) 265-2003 - Specialty: African American

 

Woodland Pattern bookstore MilwaukeeWoodland Pattern Book Center

720 E. Locust St.
Phone: (414) 263-5001
Type: New books
Specialty: Literary, Poetry, Small Press, Native American Lit, Art
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Our goals are to promote a lifetime practice of reading and writing, to provide a forum and resource center for writers/artists in our region, and to increase and diversify the audience for contemporary literature through innovative approaches to multi-arts programming. Woodland Pattern is the only Milwaukee, Wisconsin arts organization presenting contemporary literature to the general public on a continuous basis.

Mount Horeb

Prairie Bookshop - 117 E. Main St. - (608) 437-4118*

Oconomowoc

Books & Company - 1039 Summit Ave. - (262) 567-0106

Oconto

BayShore books Oconto WIBayShore Books

302 Collins Ave.
Phone: (920) 834-3220
Type: New & used books
Specialty: General Interest, Children's, Mystery, Regional
Sidelines: Gifts, Curiosities, Art, Toys/Games
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BayShore Books LLC is Oconto County’s Independent Bookstore. Whether you are looking for new or used, we offer a wide variety of adult and children’s titles, along with puzzles, toys, gifts, and journals. Can't find what you are looking for? Let us special order that new or out of print book for you.  

Oshkosh

Apple Blossom Books - 200 E. City Center - (920) 230-3395

Paper Tiger Book & Tobacco Shop - 100-D City Center - (920) 231-0800*

Plymouth

Book Heads - 216 E. Mill St. - 920) 892-6657

Richland Center

Ocooch Books & Libations - 145 W. Court St. - (608) 647-8826*

Sheboygan

The Bookstore - 1032 Lincoln Ave. - (920) 452-6640 - Used books

Sister Bay

Passtimes Books - 527 Bay Shore Dr. - (920) 854-2127*

Spooner

Northwind Book & Fiber - 205 Walnut St. - (715) 635-6811

Spring Green

Arcadia Books Spring Green WIArcadia Books

102 E. Jefferson St.
Phone: (608) 588-7638
Type: New & Used books
Specialty: General Interest
Sidelines: Greeting Cards/Postcards, Coffee/Tea
Events: Author signings, readings
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The independent bookstore you'll wish was in every town, and the independent-minded cafe you'll be glad to find inside.

Stevens Point

The Book Look - 2724 Post Rd. - (715) 341-2665

Bookfinders - 1001A Brilowski Rd. - (715) 341-8300

Viroqua

Bramble Bookstore - 213 S. Main St. - (608) 637-8717

Driftless Books & Music - 518 Walnut St. - (608) 638-2665 - Used books

Washburn

Chequamegon Book Co. - 2 E. Bayfield St. - (715) 373-2899 - Used books

Washington Island

Islandtime Books & More - 1885 Detroit Harbor Rd. - (305) 872-5672

Watertown

Tribeca Gallery Cafe & Books - 401 E. Main St. - (920) 206-2885

Waukesha

Martha Merrell's Bookstore - 231 W. Main - (262) 547-1060

Waupaca

Dragonwings Bookstore - 108 N. Main St. - (715) 256-9186 - Children's books

Wausau

Janke Book Store - 505 3rd St. - (715) 845-9648

Wauwatosa

The Little Read Book - 7603 W. State St. - (414) 774-2665

West Bend

Fireside Books & Gifts - 1331 W. Paradise Dr. - (262) 334-1444

 

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