Independent bookshop & café · Burlington, Vermont
Books worth staying up for.
Twenty-two thousand books, four booksellers with opinions and a café corner that makes a very good cardamom bun. On Maple Street since 1998.
Open today 9am–8pmCafé open until 5pm
Ask us for a recommendation. It’s our favorite question.— the booksellers
- Free store pickup — usually the same day
- Free shipping — on orders over $45
- Special orders — most books in 3–5 days
From the staff picks shelf
Handwritten, hand-sold.
Every bookseller keeps a shelf of books they can’t stop pressing into people’s hands. Here’s one from each of us.
New & upcoming
Fresh off the truck
New books come in every Tuesday. This season: 10 new and upcoming books.
Coming up at the shop
Readings, launches & story time
Every event is free. RSVP for a seat; we keep the kettle on.
The Margin, our café corner
Coffee, a bun and the first chapter.
Take any book from the shelves to a table by the window and read the first chapter before you decide. Nobody will hurry you. Coffee is from a roaster in Winooski, the buns are baked in the back at seven.
- Drip coffee, bottomless while you read
- $3.25
- Maple oat latte
- $5.75
- Cardamom bun
- $4.25
- Soup of the day with rye toast
- $8.50
Café open until 5pm
Book clubs
Read along with us
Second Tuesday Fiction next meets Tuesday, November 10, 7–8:30pm to talk about the month’s book.
Five clubs, free to join, 15% off every club book.
See all five clubsNot sure what’s next?
Four questions, three books.
Tell us who it’s for, the mood and how much time you have. We’ll pull three books off the shelf, with reasons.