Bookstores
Queer-Owned Bookstores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
This page is your go-to resource for finding queer-owned and inclusive bookstores and libraries across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Explore by state below to discover local queer-owned bookstores in your area!
Click on any of the states below to access our directory for queer-owned bookstores and libraries:
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Explore a growing list of queer-owned bookstores in Massachusetts
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Explore a growing list of queer-owned bookstores in Rhode Island
Our directories are organized by state and business type, ensuring you can easily find queer-friendly spaces near you. These pages are continuously updated, with new queer-owned businesses being added regularly!
An intersectional feminist and queer bookstore in Somerville, Massachusetts that celebrates and amplifies underrepresented voices spanning across all genres.
High Five Books is an independent kids’ community bookstore in downtown Florence, Massachusetts.
Parkside Bookshop is a general interest bookstore that embraces the history and diversity of Boston's South End. Through its curated selection of books and events, it aims to enrich the lives of its customers and community. The bookstore's aspiration is to become the heart of the neighborhood – a space that brings people together, fosters understanding, and sparks meaningful connections through the love of literature.
A lovingly curated collection of Books in print, Audiobooks, Vinyl Albums, & really cool magazines.
Womencrafts is a Lesbian owned intersectional feminist bookshop in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The Bear and Bee is an independent, carefully curated bookstore with used and new books in the Berkshires.
Lucky Cloud Books is an inclusive bookstore in Vermont, specializing in queer, trans, and BIPOC voices, as well as books in translation. The store emphasizes titles from independent presses.
Lavender Lit: Bookstore and Lending Library
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Inclusive Business - Bookstore and Lending Library
Lavender Lit is a community-focused used bookstore and lending library in Attleboro, Massachusetts. They carry books featuring a wide array of underrepresented experiences, with a specialty in LGBTQ+ identities.
The Little Queer Library Waltham is a Little Free Library offering books that focus on the queer experience.
Panethnic Pourovers is a 501(c)(3) women-led, queer-led, and AAPI-led grassroots organization centered on community. Their mission is to fight racism and capitalism by providing resources, education, and art that reflect underrepresented identities and cultures. They represent and advocate for the Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI), BIPOC, and queer communities in the Greater Boston Area.
The QT Library is a team of artists, book lovers, educators, and LGBTQ+ community members working to establish a brick-and-mortar LGBTQ+ library in Boston, Massachusetts. Their goal is to create a welcoming space where the queer and trans community can access books and media authored or curated by LGBTQ+ individuals. The library will offer free programs for people of all ages to connect and engage in an affirming and inclusive environment, fostering community and endless possibilities.
Boston-based book club for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies alike.
A mostly queer, curated free mobile library wandering around New Hampshire and Vermont.
Heartleaf Books is a co-op bookshop located in the heart of Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island.