Bookstores in Spokane
Bookstores reward the browsers. Spokane, Washington has 11 mapped right now. That's 11 bookshops mapped around Spokane, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Spokane (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Giant Nerd Books and Auntie's Bookstore, plus Abba's Catholic Bookstore. If a bookshop's missing from Spokane's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Spokane bookstore lineup
11 in Spokane, plus 6 more around Spokane below:
Giant Nerd Books
Bookstore0.6 km from Spokane
Giant Nerd Books — Bookstore, found on 709 North Monroe Street in Spokane. Also worth knowing about Giant Nerd Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
709 North Monroe Street, Spokane
Phone: +1-509-868-0420
Auntie's Bookstore
Bookstore0.6 km from Spokane
Auntie's Bookstore is Bookstore on 402 West Main Avenue, Spokane. Auntie's Bookstore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 09:00-19:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
402 West Main Avenue, Spokane, 99201
Hours: Su-Th 09:00-19:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1-509-838-0206
Abba's Catholic Bookstore
Bookstore0.9 km from Spokane
Abba's Catholic Bookstore is Bookstore.
The Comic Book Shop
Bookstore1.8 km from Spokane
The Comic Book Shop is Bookstore on North Division Street.
North Division Street, 99202
Book Traders
Bookstore3.8 km from Spokane
Book Traders — Bookstore.
Giant Nerd Books
Bookstore3.9 km from Spokane
Giant Nerd Books — Bookstore.
Page 42
Bookstore4.7 km from Spokane
Page 42 — Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore4.9 km from Spokane
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
The Comic Book Shop
Bookstore5.1 km from Spokane
The Comic Book Shop is Bookstore.
2nd Look Books
Bookstore5.4 km from Spokane
2nd Look Books — Bookstore.
Adventist Book Center ABC
Bookstore6.9 km from SpokaneRun by Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Run by Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Adventist Book Center ABC is Bookstore, found on 3715 S Grove Road in Spokane. Also worth knowing about Adventist Book Center ABC: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3715 S Grove Road, Spokane, 99224
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-17:30
Phone: +1-800-286-0161
What the map tells us about bookstores in Spokane
2 of the 11 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
The Spokane bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Giant Nerd Books on 709 North Monroe Street, Auntie's Bookstore on 402 West Main Avenue, Abba's Catholic Bookstore, The Comic Book Shop on North Division Street, Book Traders, Giant Nerd Books, Page 42, and Barnes & Noble. That's 11 stops on the Spokane bookstore crawl. 3 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Spokane
Browsing in Spokane? A little strategy helps:
- Learn your editions at Giant Nerd Books. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters at Auntie's Bookstore. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
- Check the sale shelf rhythm. Shops clear shelves on cycles. Ask when the next cull happens — that's when the bargains land.
- Ask about the book club discount. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Spokane — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Spokane can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 11 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 11 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Spokane
6 more within about 40 km of Spokane, nearest first:
Campus Store
Bookstore10.3 km from SpokaneRun by Whitworth University
Run by Whitworth University, Campus Store is Bookstore.
The Comic Book Shop
Bookstore13.2 km from Spokane
The Comic Book Shop is Bookstore on 11510 East Sprague Avenue, Spokane Valley.
11510 East Sprague Avenue, Spokane Valley
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore17.1 km from Spokane
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
EWU Eagle Store
Bookstore22.0 km from Spokane
EWU Eagle Store is Bookstore.
Literary Souls Used Books
Bookstore33.3 km from Spokane
Literary Souls Used Books is Bookstore on 3122 West Seltice Way, Post Falls. Literary Souls Used Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3122 West Seltice Way, Post Falls, 83854
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +1-208-457-0494
kindred & company
Bookstore37.1 km from Spokane
kindred & company is Bookstore on 851 East 4th Avenue, Post Falls.
851 East 4th Avenue, Post Falls, 83854
Bookstore listings for Spokane: 11 in Spokane and 6 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.