Better Places to Buy Books

a directory of independent bookstores

Blue Springs

Inklings' Books & Coffee Shoppe

1101 W Main St   816.224.9082

Chillicothe

Boji Stone Cafe, Coffeehouse & Bookstore

612 Washington St   660.646.9939

Clayton

World News Clayton

4 South Central   314.726.6010

Columbia

Village Books

2513 Bernadette Dr   573.449.8637  

Festus

Books Galore

411 W Main St   636.937.2665

Fulton

Well Read Books

519 Court St   573.642.6181

Independence

Dog Eared ½ Price Books

3625 S Noland Rd   816.833.8889

Jefferson City

Downtown Book & Toy

125 E High St   573.635.1185

Kansas City

Reading Reptile

328 W 63rd St   816.753.0441

Kirkwood

StLBooks

100 W Jefferson Ave   314.821.3823

Lebanon

Lebanon Books

727 S Jefferson St   417.532.2500

Lexington

River Reader

1010 Main St   660.259.4996

Maplewood

The Book House

7352 Manchester Rd   314.968.4491

O'Fallon

Rose's Bookhouse

8935 Veterans Memorial Pkwy   636.272.5857

Osage Beach

Stonecrest Book & Toy

3797 Osage Beach Pkwy   573.384.4788

Ozark

Hooked on Books

1503 W State Hwy J   417.485.4020

Quincy

The Book Stop

418 N 24th St   217.228.1486

Raytown

Anastasia's Books

10416 E 63rd St   816.356.8300

Rolla

Reader's Corner

819 N Pine St   573.426.4434

Rolla Books & Toys

1000 Bishop Ave   573.368.4155

Saint Charles

Main Street Books

307 South Main St   636.949.0105

Saint Louis

Big Sleep Books

239 N Euclid Ave   314.361.6100

Booksmarts

10038 Manchester Rd   314.966.2665

Dunaway Books

3111 S Grand Blvd   314.771.7150

Left Bank Books

399 N Euclid Ave   314.367.6731

Patten Books

10202 Manchester Rd   314.822.3200

Subterranean Books

6275 Delmar Blvd   314.862.6100

The Webster Groves Bookshop

100 W Lockwood Ave   314.968.1185

Sedalia

Reader's World

1400 S Limit   660.827.0940

Springfield

ABC Books

2109 N Glenstone Ave   417.831.3523

BookMarx

325 E Walnut St   427.501.1062

Hooked on Books

2756 S Campbell   417.882.3397

Renaissance Books & Gifts

1337 E Montclair St   417.883.5161

Webster Groves

The Novel Neighbor

7905 Big Bend Blvd   314.738.9384

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