Pike Place Market Spotlight

Picturesque Pike Place Market is the home of several bookstores and a member-supported library. Enjoy sweeping views from Folio: Seattle, then stop by the oldest comic book shop in the world or one (or all!) of the bookstores to find your next read.

Bookstores and Libraries

BLMF Literary Saloon

This cozy secondhand bookstore has been owned by J.B. Johnson for twenty-six years. If you’re wondering, the name was inspired by a friend who commented that Johnson had “books like a motherf—-er.”

Chin Music Press

Located deep in the heart of the Market, Chin Music press is an indie publisher and bookstore that has been creating beautiful, engaging, and sometimes quirky books for the last eighteen years.

Folio Seattle

This nonprofit member-supported library and cultural center offers cultural and civic programs, author events, book discussions, a lending library, intimate concerts and access to beautiful and affordable reading and workspaces.

Golden Age Collectables

Founded in 1961, Golden Age is considered the oldest comic book shop in the world that’s still in business. Stop in to find new comics and books as well as collectible merchandise.

Lamplight Books

Located in the “Sanitary Market” Lamplight specializes in vintage, classic, and out-of-print ⁣literature, philosophy, poetry, and children’s books.

Left Bank Books

Operating as a collective since 1973, Left Bank carries over 10,000 new and used books, specializing in anti-authoritarian, anarchist, independent, radical and small-press titles.

Lion Heart Bookstore

Tucked away in the lower levels of the Market, Lion Heart Bookstore has an eclectic selection of new and used titles and is known for its owner, David Ghoddousi, who has been called the “friendliest, jolliest bookstore owner I’ve ever met.”

Restaurants and Bars

While you’re in the Market, stop by Beecher’s Cheese to watch the cheesemakers at work and to grab lunch. The restaurant is a favorite of characters Bernadette and Bee in Maria Semple’s love/hate ode to Seattle, Where’d You Go Bernadette?

Also Nearby

Downtown Seattle Jewish Library

Not far from the Market, the Downtown Seattle Jewish Library features Jewish religious texts, classic literature, and children’s books in Hebrew and English.

Holocaust Center for Humanity

This nonprofit education center hosts a number of field trips, programs, and events as part of its mission to fight hate through education.