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BookPeople is Texas' largest independent bookstore, located in the heart of downtown Austin. Get email updates on events here: http://goo.gl/GVMfd
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Since 1970, we've been proud to provide our community with great books, author events, children's storytimes, and a comfortable place to enjoy the reading life.

11/02/2026

Announcing our November events! What are you most excited about?

11/02/2026

Our friends at Qu**rs for Care are hosting a Silent Book Club!🌈✨📖⁠

Join your fellow readers on November 4th at 6PM at the Vortex Butterfly Bar for an evening of reading, giveaways, friends, and fun. This book club also features a book drive for inmates at the Travis County Correctional Complex, monetary donations as well as book donations are excepted (guidelines on slide 4). We hope to see y'all there!

10/30/2026

Life is gourd with books! 🎃📚✨⁠
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Bookseller Abi was feeling so festive for her pumpkin themed Storytime, she had to dress the part. BookPeople's Storytimes happen every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:30 AM, we have a wide variety of guest performers from local organizations as well as talented booksellers that read to our Storytime attendees. We hope to see you and your little ones at a BookPeople Storytime soon!

10/28/2026

New Releases on our shelves this week including signed books from Jane Schoenbrun, Christopher Lloyd, and Michael Connelly. Get your copy in-store while you can!⁠
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Which one(s) are you reading first?

10/28/2026

Yes!! We have the new ACOTAR~🧚🏻👑⁠
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If you didn't pre-order your copy of A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY, fear not, we still have copies waiting to find a home. Stop by BookPeople, 9AM - 9PM everyday, and get your SJM fix.⁠
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And be on the look out for future an ACOTAR event next year to celebrate the release of book 7! 👀👀

10/22/2026

It hits all the melodramatic cliches of 90's shojo...⁠
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Our Bookseller Portia HIGHLY recommends you check out MARS by Fuyumi Soryo, the unforgettable classic shojo manga about two young people versus the world. ⁠
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If you're looking to expand your manga collection, stop by BookPeople where we're likely to stock your next obsession!

10/21/2026

Did LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY leave you wanting more? Great news! Global sensation Bonnie Garmus is touring with her sophomore novel, PECK & PECK and you can meet her in Austin, Texas! She'll be in conversation with the incomparable Lucas Schafer, author of THE SLIP. It's sure to be an unrivaled night. ᝰ✏️🔥⁠
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We're so excited to learn about Garmus' fictional vision of the publishing world in 1980s New York City at the legendary poetry journal Peck & Peck, where they, "Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest."

10/20/2026

New Releases on our shelves this week including signed books from Alix E. Harrow and Andy Cohen. Get your copy in-store while you can!

Which one(s) are you reading first?

10/19/2026

CALLING ALL THE MONSTERS!🪦🧟⁠
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🐈‍⬛👻Our Boook Bash & Tattoo Flash event is right around the corner! That means on October 25th BookPeople's ENTIRE horror section will be 20% off. So we've put together a list of some our favorite horror titles that we think you should read to celebrate the sinister season. 👻🐈‍⬛⁠
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What's your favorite scary book that's missing from our list?

Address

603 N Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX
78703

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	9am - 9pm
Saturday	9am - 9pm
Sunday	9am - 9pm

Telephone

+15124725050

Website

http://www.bookpeople.com/

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