![]() ![]() We also love the look of its cafe - though we didn’t stop to eat, it seems a great place to sit down with your newly-purchased tome and sip your espresso. We love the open, rustic, wood interior with its high beam ceilings. The shop hosts numerous events, from authors to book clubs. However, something about the store still retains the feeling of the original shop - maybe it’s the high wood-beam ceiling, or maybe its the original stained glass window from the Pioneer Square shop (at least, I think it is!) that greets you when you enter (or, who knows, perhaps it’s the books!) The store moved in 2010 to its present location in Capitol Hill. Maybe I was smaller, but I remember books up to the ceiling. Growing up in Seattle, I recall taking the bus downtown and browsing its shelves. ![]() Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company opened its doors in Pioneer Square in 1973. Elliott Bay Book Companyġ521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 New Books Yes, we’ll admit we order from Amazon and sometimes shop at Barnes and Noble - but we prefer to visit independent bookstores both to “shop local,” and for their atmosphere. ![]() While Powell’s City of Books in Portland still tops our list for our favorite Pacific Northwest bookstore, these independent Seattle bookstores are the best bookstores in Seattle. So it’s not surprising we have some great bookstores. Seattle boasts numerous authors and a very literate population. literary history and opens up new avenues for international cooperation on literary fronts. The title reflects innovations in literature going on in today’s Seattle vs. Seattle received the designation in 2017 after an active campaign for the title. When I think of the term “city of literature,” what comes to mind tends to be places like London with its considerable literary heritage, the Bath of Jane Austen, Victor Hugo’s Paris, or the many publishing houses of New York.īut did you know that Seattle is an official UNESCO “city of literature?” I’m saving it for a later post on Kitsap County bookstores! I’ll confess in advance that one of the selections isn’t actually a bookstore - but, somehow, vintage paper goods store seemed a close cousin to a bookstore, and I fell in love! You also won’t find the fantastic Eagle Harbor Books on Bainbridge Island in this post, though it’s only a short ferry ride away. ![]()
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