Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day with these Minnesota favorites

Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day and we have dozens of ways to celebrate. We asked MPR News readers to share their favorite bookstore in the state and got a wide range of answers.

Readers’ top 5:

Black Garnet Books, St. Paul
Wild Rumpus, Minneapolis
Content Books, Northfield, Minn.
Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais, Minn.
Birchbark Books & Native Arts, Minneapolis

Make sure to get out and support all Independent Bookstores on Saturday — and everyday! Here are other reader recommendations.

Subtext Books, St. Paul

Location: 6 West 5th St.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Exclusive merch and discounts

Fair Trade Books, Red Wing, Minn.

Location: 320 Bush St. #2526
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Music and giveaways

Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis

Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Buffalo Books and Coffee, Buffalo, Minn.

Location: 6 Division St. East
Saturday hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In-store drawings, giveaways and author visit

Eat My Words Bookstore, Minneapolis

Location: 214 13th Ave. NE
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m

Zenith Bookstore, Duluth

Location: 318 N. Central Ave.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Author visits, free hot cocoa and cookies and 10 percent of sales are being donated to the Building for Women in Duluth repairs
A customer browses at the Zenith Bookstore in Duluth.
Dan Kraker | MPR News 2019

Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul

Location: 891 Grand Ave.
Saturday Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Prizes, patio bubbles, chalk drawing, scavenger hunt and author talks

Scout & Morgan Books, Cambridge, Minn.

Location: 114 Buchanan St. N
Saturday hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
All in-stock new and used books are 20 percent off

Silver Lake Books, Rochester, Minn.

Location: 111 Broadway Ave. South #100
Saturday hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Irreverent Bookworm, Minneapolis

Location: 5163 Bloomington Ave. S
Saturday hours: 12 - 5p.m.
Enter to a win a $50 gift certificate

Cherry Street Books, Alexandria, Minn.

Location: 503 Broadway St.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Boneshaker Books, Minneapolis

Location: 20002 23rd Ave. S
Saturday hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10 percent storewide discount

Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis

Location: 3032 Minnehaha Ave.
Saturday hours: 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Giving out free advance reader copies
Masks required for all guests
Moon Palace Books.
Courtesy photo

Excelsior Bay Books, Excelsior, Minn.

Location: 36 Water St.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Author visits

Book House, Minneapolis

Location: 1316 4th St. SE #201
Saturday hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Garden Party Books, Rochester, Minn.

Location: 602 7th St. NW
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cream and Amber, Hopkins, Minn.

Location: 1605 Mainstreet
Saturday hours: 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
All staff picks will be 15 percent off in-store and online

Books Revisited, St. Cloud, Minn.

Location: 607 W. St. Germain
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Avant Garden, Anoka, Minn.

Location: 215 E Main St.
Saturday hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In-store drawing

CatTale’s Books & Gifts, Brainerd, Minn.

Location: 609 Laurel St.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Four Pines Bookstore, Bemidji, Minn.

Location: 102 3rd St. NW
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All merchandise is 30 percent off, free cookies and bookmarks

Valley Booksellers, Stillwater, Minn.

Location: 217 Main Street North
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Freebies, candy and in-store drawings

Next Chapter, St. Paul

Location: 38 Snelling Ave. S
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Blackwing pencils, banned book jigsaw puzzles, and IBD 2023 tote bags

Blue Bird Books, Detroit Lakes, Minn.

Location: 813 Washington Ave.
Saturday hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Did we miss one of your favorites? Email sstroozas@mpr.org

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