14 shops · 6 districts
The Record & Book Edit.
Fourteen shops for bookshops and record stores worth an afternoon, across 6 parts of SEA: Pike Place, Capitol Hill, Ballard, Pioneer Square and more. Picked from the 140 shops we list, one location each.
- 1Books · Pike PlaceLeft Bank Books CollectiveWorker-owned anarchist bookstore at First and Pike since 1973, with more than 10,000 new and used books on radical politics plus fiction, poetry, periodicals and zines.
- 2Books · Pike PlacePine BooksRenovated lower-level bookstore, formerly Lion Heart Book Store, selling new children's books, poetry, philosophy and local history; a bookshop has fi
- 3Books · Pike PlaceBLMF Literary SaloonUsed bookshop in the Market's lower levels with crowded, chaotic stacks of fiction and nonfiction on odd subjects; the owner gives personal recommenda
- 4Books · Capitol HillElliott Bay Book CompanyIndependent bookstore founded in 1973, now on 10th Ave, with more than 150,000 titles on cedar shelves across several levels, a Little Oddfellows café
- 5Books · Capitol HillTwice Sold TalesUsed bookstore on Harvard Ave with a large, fast-changing stock from Shakespeare to science fiction, plus rare and collectible titles; started as a book cart in 1987.
- 6Records & music · BallardSonic Boom RecordsIndependent record store on NW Market St selling new and used vinyl, CDs and cassettes with a focus on indie music, plus house merch; it also buys used records.
- 7Books · BallardSecret Garden BooksIndependent bookstore on NW Market St with books and gifts for all ages and a strong children's section; it runs a monthly book club, school visits and author events.
- 8Books · Pioneer SquareArundel BooksRare, out-of-print and new books with strengths in art and poetry, run by a fine-press publisher founded in 1984 that also prints and binds books on v
- 9Books · Pioneer SquarePeter Miller BooksDesign bookshop selling new titles on architecture, graphics, landscape and interiors, plus pens, notebooks, drawing paper, glassware and bags; rare t
- 10Books · Pioneer SquareLong Brothers Fine and Rare BooksAntiquarian bookseller open since 1996, strong in Pacific Northwest Americana, Chinese history and culture, modern first editions, underground movemen
- 11Records & music · FremontJive Time RecordsUsed record store on Fremont Ave N with rock, jazz and soul at a wide range of prices, including $1 and $3 bins for filling gaps; it also keeps bargai
- 12Records & music · FremontDaybreak RecordsUsed-vinyl shop in a former garage up the hill on Fremont Ave N, known for metal, punk, reggae and dub; a smaller but carefully chosen stock, open late most nights.
- 13Books · FremontOphelia's BooksUsed and new bookstore open since 1997 with tightly packed shelves and a basement horror section; it buys paperbacks in good condition.
- 14Books · GeorgetownFantagraphics Bookstore & GalleryRetail shop of the Seattle comics publisher with everything it has in print, alternative comics from other presses, monthly art shows, and a Damaged R
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