Resources

NYC Diverse-Owned Bookstores

AAPIA-owned Bookstores

• Eastern Bookstore (New York, NY)
• Yu and Me Books (New York, NY)

Black-owned Bookstores

• The Bronx is Reading (Bronx, NY)*
• Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)*
• The Lit Bar (Bronx, NY)
• Revolution Books (New York, NY)
• Sister’s Uptown Bookstore (New York, NY)*

Disabled-owned Bookstores

• Bluestockings Collective (New York, NY)

Jewish-owned Bookstores

• Eichlers (Brooklyn, NY)
• Mekor Judaica (Brooklyn, NY)

Latinx-owned Bookstores

• Bronx Bound Books (Bronx, NY)
• The Bronx is Reading (Bronx, NY)*
• Cafe con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)*
• Chau Luna (Brooklyn, NY)
• The Lit Bar (Bronx, NY)
• Word Up Community Bookshop/Libreria Communitaria (Washington Heights/Inwood, NY)*

LGBTQIA+-owned Bookstores

• Bluestockings Bookstore, Cafe & Activist Center (New York, NY)
• Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (New York, NY)

*local favorites

Diverse Book Subscription Boxes

• BlackLIT
• Jambo Book Club
• Just Like Me Box
• Little Feminist
• marginsbox
• OurShelves
• Shift Book Box
• The Equal Opportunity Book Box

Notable Resources

American Library Association

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE

Black Creators HQ

Disability in Kidlit

KidLit in Color

National Council of Teachers of English

PB22 Peekaboo

The New York Public Library: Best Books of 2020

We Need Diverse Books