Independent Bookstore Day 2026

Schedule

Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am

UTC-07:00

Location

17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA, United States, Washington 98155 | Lake Forest Park, WA

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Every bibliophile's favorite event of the year—Seattle Bookstore Day returns!
Visit your favorite Third Place Books location to join in the merriment. Activities to be announced!
This year's Passport Challenge includes 33 of the Seattle metro's favorite bookstores! Our four new participants include East West Books & Gifts, Beguiled Books, Lovestruck in Seattle, and The Couth Buzzard. Get excited!

The Seattle Bookstore Day Passport Challenge returns!

Seattle-area indie bookstores are once again celebrating Indie Bookstore Day with the popular Bookstore Day Passport Challenge this year. The challenge is for local book (and bookstore) lovers to visit all 33 participating Seattle-area independent bookstores, and, as in the past few years, they will have ten days to complete the challenge.
Independent Bookstore Day is on Saturday, April 25, and the challenge must be completed by Monday, May 4.
Book fanatics who complete the challenge will receive a Bookstore Day Champion Stamp Card, good for a one-time 25% discount at each participating store and valid until April 23, 2027.
We are also offering an intermediate reward: those who don’t complete the full challenge but get their passport stamped at at least five participating stores during the ten-day period will receive a single 25%-off coupon, good at any of the participating stores.
We are grateful for the support our bookstores receive. The Seattle area independent bookstore community continues to thrive because of you.
Visit the official Seattle Bookstore Day website for a full list of participating bookstores
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