Read the Region

Woman artist-owned. Books, prints, and ephemera with emphasis on all things creative.

Elk Grove bookstore, cafe, and community hub. Family-owned, inclusive.

Founded in 1936, one of Sacramento's oldest bookstores. Now split roughly half new, half used. Strong in Western Americana and California history. Buy, sell, and trade.

Queer-owned genre fiction bookstore specializing in speculative fiction, from cosmic horror to epic fantasy to weird lit. Safe and welcoming community space.

3 floors and a million stories. Visit the largest, most interesting indie bookstore in town.

Family-owned since 1983. Over 40,000 books, mostly used via trade credit. Greeting cards, art, jewelry by local artists.

Community bookstore in East Sacramento. New releases, local interest, cooking, crafts, YA, classics. Popsicles and activities.

From the latest releases and best-seller favorites to inventive lesser-known titles, provides Granite Bay and the surrounding community with a safe space to explore new worlds and expand minds through a curated selection of fiction and non-fiction books.

Woodland's independent bookstore

Community-focused bookstore with curated selection of new books. Makes readers want to come back.

617 2nd Street, Davis

A Midtown Sacramento institution since the 1970s. New and used books plus vinyl records. Buy, sell, and trade.

Oak Park literary hub since 2003. Book signings, lectures, poetry, storytime.