Independent Bookstore Tour | Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Area 📚💚

Come along with me on my Independent Bookstore Tour of the Twin Cities (Saint Paul and Minneapolis) area. There were so many cute indies to see and I'm so glad I got to explore my city in this way. ✨

A special thank you to rain taxi review for creating the book passport and for all of the lovely sponsors and indies that participated this year. I was able to visit 32 stores total (31 of which were in the passport). I also show books that I pick up along the way☺️

My apologies for the weird full screen format for the videos. I had issues with the file sizes so we are just going to pretend like this was intentional and a creative statement🫠😂

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Booktube accounts mentioned:
• Krisandmads
• ebnovels

Twin Cities Bookstore Passport Information Page: https://raintaxi.com/twin-cities-independent-bookstore-passport-2025/

Bookstores visited:
1) Milkweed Books | https://milkweed.org/bookstore
2) Strive Bookstore | https://strivepubandco.com/
3) DreamHaven Books & Comics | https://dreamhavenbooks.com/
4) Tropes & Trifles | https://tropesandtrifles.com/
5) Boneshaker Books | https://www.boneshakerbooks.com/
6) Inkwell Booksellers Co. | https://www.inkwellbooksellersco.com/
7) Eat My Words | https://www.eatmywordsbooks.com/
8) Black Letter Books | http://www.blackletterbook.com/
9) Valley Bookseller | https://valleybookseller.com/
10) Chapter2 Books | https://chapter2books.indielite.org/
11) Subtext Books | https://www.subtextbooks.com/
12) Story Line Books | https://storylinebooks.com/
13) Midway Book | https://www.midwaybook.com/
14) Against the Current | https://www.booksagainstthecurrent.com/
15) Next Chapter Booksellers | https://nextchapterbooksellers.com/
16) Red Balloon Bookshop | https://redballoonbookshop.com/
17) Once Upon A Crime | https://onceuponacrimebooks.com/
18) Magers & Quinn Booksellers | https://www.magersandquinn.com/
19) Comma, a bookshop | https://www.commabookshop.com/
20) Wild Rumpus Books | https://wildrumpusbooks.com/
21) Birchbark Books | https://birchbarkbooks.com/
22) Big Hill Books | https://www.bighillbooks.com/
23) The Thinking Spot | https://www.thethinkingspot.us/
24) Excelsior Bay Books | https://excelsiorbaybooks.net/
25) Niche Books | https://nichebooksmn.com/
26) Irreverent Bookworm (not listed in the passport but one of my favorites!) | https://irrevbooks.com/
27) Black Garnet Books | https://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/
28) Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction/Fantasy and Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore | http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.shtml
29) Moon Palace Books | https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/
30) Paperback Exchange | https://paperbackexchange.com/
31) Babycake's Book Stack | https://babycakesbookstack.com/
32) Cream & Amber | https://creamandamber.com/

Bookstores listed in the passport but I was unfortunately unable to make it to:
• Book House in Dinkytown | https://www.bookhouseindinkytown.com/
• Chapter One | https://chapteronemn.com/
• Lake Country Booksellers | https://www.facebook.com/people/Lake-Country-Booksellers/100057356355256/#
• Mayday Books | https://www.maydaybookstore.org/
• University of Minnesota Bookstores | https://bookstores.umn.edu/
• The Vintage Storyteller | https://www.thevintagestoryteller.com/
Please let me know if you were able to visit any indie bookstores this past week and if your area does anything similar to the Bookstore Passport. Happy reading, friends!!🫶🏼🎉📚

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