Elliott Bay Book Company

Elliott Bay Book Company Seattle's legendary independent bookstore for over 40 years, with over 150,000 titles on our shelves and frequent author events in the store.
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Located in the heart of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood business district, the Elliott Bay Book Company is a full service bookstore, home to over 150,000 titles, set on cedar shelves in a multi-level, inviting, unique atmosphere. We offer one of the region's best selection of new books, as well as a large collection of bargain editions. Elliott Bay presents an unparalleled schedule of author r

eadings and events throughout the year. Looking for cafe information? The Little Oddfellows cafe in our store is run by the excellent people from .

Check out our in-store & offsite author events happening this week!⁠ ⤵️⁠6/8: Julie Averill 6/9: Gabriella Page-Fort, Wen...
06/07/2026

Check out our in-store & offsite author events happening this week!⁠ ⤵️⁠

6/8: Julie Averill
6/9: Gabriella Page-Fort, Wendy Call, & Shelley Fairweather-Vega
6/9: Jeffrey Overstreet
6/10: Scott Kurashige
6/11: Kim Thayil w/ Krist Novoselic
6/11: Cole LeFavour
6/12: Joseph Eckert w/ Kim Fu

Could you imagine a more perfect place? 🤔
06/06/2026

Could you imagine a more perfect place? 🤔

Pets have served as muses, not only in past civilizations, but also in the current day. It makes sense, just look at the...
06/05/2026

Pets have served as muses, not only in past civilizations, but also in the current day. It makes sense, just look at the variety of titles in our Pet section. 🐶😺🐹

06/04/2026

Round 2 of ‘Guess the Book by the First Line’! How did you compare to our amazing booksellers? 👀

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is." - 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galax...
06/03/2026

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is." - 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams 🚀

For your little stargazers! 💫🌟 Hands-On Academy Space by Peter Hinkley🌟 An Anthology of Stargazing by DK🌟 Space by Sophi...
06/01/2026

For your little stargazers! 💫

🌟 Hands-On Academy Space by Peter Hinkley
🌟 An Anthology of Stargazing by DK
🌟 Space by Sophie Dussaussois
🌟 The Mysteries of the Universe by DK

Check out our in-store author events happening this week!⁠ ⤵️⁠6/1: Reading on Senses & Memory w/ Jeanne Heuving, Amanda ...
06/01/2026

Check out our in-store author events happening this week!⁠ ⤵️⁠

6/1: Reading on Senses & Memory w/ Jeanne Heuving, Amanda Dawn Benningfield, & Zyaire Cheatham
6/2: Ray Nayler w/ Nicola Griffith
6/4: A.M. Gittlitz w/ Trevor May
6/5: Stephanie Coontz

If you give a reader a local bookstore... well, you know the rest. 😏
05/30/2026

If you give a reader a local bookstore... well, you know the rest. 😏

Still not over the Artemis II space mission? Neither are we! All of the fiction titles below take place in space or focu...
05/29/2026

Still not over the Artemis II space mission? Neither are we! All of the fiction titles below take place in space or focus on space travel. 💫
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🌠 Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall
🌠 The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
🌠 Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
🌠 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
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05/28/2026

Who else loves sprayed edges?! 🙌

Address

1521 10th Avenue
Seattle, WA
98122

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 11pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

Telephone

+12066246600

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