Beltway RESOURCE BANK Bookstores in Washington, DC Independents Bridge Street Books 2814 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Georgetown neighborhood, DC (202) 965-5200. Sponsors a reading series. Owned by Rod Smith. Hours: Mon-Sat 11am to 9pm; Sun. Noon to 6pm. Busboys and Poets Books 2021 14th St. NW, DC (202) 387-7638. Bookstore run by a non-profit, Teaching for Change. Politically progressive titles. Poet-in-residence: Derrick Brown. Hosts readings (9 on the 9th, Sunday Kind of Love, open mic nights) in the Langston Room. Don Allen, Bookstore Manager. Hours: Sun-Th 10am to Midnight; Fri & Sat 10am to 2am Kramerbooks and Beyond 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW, Dupont Circle neighborhood, DC (202) 387-6777 Bookstore combined with a cafe and restaurant. Hours: M-F 7:30 am to 1am; Sat & Sun 24 hours. Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC (202) 364-1919. Hosts readings, book clubs. Also has a coffeeshop. Hours: M-Th 9am to 10pm; Fri & Sat 9am to 11pm; Sun 10am to 8pm Sisterspace & Books 3717 Georgia Ave. NW, Petworth neighborhood, DC. (202) 829-9612 Specializing in literature for and by African American women. Hosts readings, workshops, special events. Hours: Th-Sun noon to 7pm. Specialty Book Stores AIA Bookstore American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Ave. NW, DC (202) 626-7300 or (800) 365-2724. Architecture and design titles. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Shop 1050 Independence Ave. SW, DC (202) 357-4880 Open daily 10 am – 5:30pm Books on Chinese archaeology and museology Earth Star Connection 1218 31st St. NW, Georgetown neighborhood, DC (202) 965-2989 Books and gifts on alternative health and healing. Folger Shakespeare Library Shop 201 East Capitol St. SE, DC (202) 675-0364 Hours: Mon – Sat 10am – 4pm Books on Shakespeare and Elizabethan England Freer Gallery of Art Shop 12th and Jefferson Dr. SW, DC (202) 633-4880 Hours: daily 10am – 5:30pm Books on Asian and American art Government Printing Office Bookstore 710 N. Capitol St. NW, DC (202) 653-5075. Liber Antiquus 313 12th St. SE, DC (202) 546-2413 Hours: by appointment Early imprinted books from the 15th to 17th centuries Library of Congress Sales Shop 101 Independence Ave. SE, DC (202) 707-0204 Hours: Mon – Sat 10am – 5pm US history and Library of Congress publications Pórtico Bookstore 1350 New York Ave. NW, DC. (202) 312-4186 Hours: Mon - Fri 11am to 6pm. Latin American bookstore with fiction and nonfiction titles in Spanish, co-sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and Fondo de Cultura Económica. Reiter´s Scientific and Professional Books 2021 K St. NW, DC (202) 223-3327 Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 8pm, Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 12am - 5pm Tempo Bookstore 4905 Wisconsin Ave. NW, DC (202) 363-6683 ESL resources for teachers and students United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Store 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW, DC (202) 488-0400 Hours: daily 10am – 5:30pm Books on the Holocaust and Jewish history World Bank Infoshop 701 18th St. NW, DC (202) 458-4500 Hours: Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm World Bank annual reports, brochures, and booklets. University Book Stores American University Campus Store 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, DC (202) 885-6300 Hours: Mon – Thu 9am – 7pm/ Fri 9am – 5:30pm/ Sat 12pm – 4pm The Catholic University of America Bookstore Pryzbyla Center 620 Michigan Ave. NE, DC (202) 319-5232 Hours: Mon – Thu 9am – 6:30pm/ Fri 9 am – 5:30 pm/ Sat 11 am – 3pm Georgetown University Law Center Store 101 F St. NW, DC (202) 662-9458 Hours: Mon – Thu 9am – 6pm/ Fri 9am – 5pm/ Sat 12am – 5pm Georgetown University Leavey Center Bookshop 3800 Resevoir Rd. NW, DC (202) 687-7482 Hours: Mon – Fri 9am – 7pm/ Sat – Sun 11am – 5pm Georgetown University Medical Center Store 3900 Resevoir Rd. NW, DC (202) 687-1268 Hours: Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm/ Sat 10am - 4pm George Washington University Bookstore 800 21st St. NW, DC (202) 994-6870 Hours: Mon – Thu 9am – 7pm/ Fri 9am – 5pm/ Sat 11am – 4pm/ Sun 12pm – 4pm Howard University Bookstore 2225 Georgia Ave. NW, DC (202) 238-2640 Hours: Mon – Wed 9am – 6pm, Thu 9am – 7pm, Fri 9 am - 6pm, Sat 10am – 4pm University of the District of Columbia Bookstore Building #38, Level A 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC (202) 274-5110 Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 9am – 4pm/ Tues & Thu 9am – 6pm Used Books Bartleby's Books 1132 29th St. NW, DC (202) 298-0486 Emphasis on American history and law titles, with a strong general stock in literature. Hours: Tu-Sat 10:30 am to 4pm or by appt. Booked Up 1204 31st St. NW, Georgetown neighborhood, DC (202) 965-3244 Books for America 1417 22nd St. NW, Dupont Circle neighborhood, DC (202) 835-2665 Capitol Hill Books 657 C St. SE, Eastern Market neighborhood, DC (202) 544-1621 Hours: weekdays 11:30 am to 6:00 pm, weekends 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Idle Time Books 2467 17th St. NW, Adams Morgan neighborhood, DC (202) 232-4774 Hours: Daily 11:00 am to 10pm Joshua Heller Rare Books PO Box 38114, DC (202) 363-5658 Kulturas Books 1706 Connecticut Ave. NW, Dupont Circle neighborhood, DC. (202) 462-2541 The Lantern Bryn Mawr Bookstore 3241 P St. NW, Georgetown neighborhood, DC (202) 333-3222 Stock is entirely donated; staff volunteers. All sales benefit the Bryn Mawr College scholarship program. Reader's Lounge and Quieto Cafe 421 H Street NE, H Street Corridor neighborhood, DC (202) 544-7005 Hours: Tues - Fri 12:30 - 7pm; Sat. 10am to 7pm; Sun. Noon to 6pm. Red Sky Books 4318 Fessenden St. NW, DC (202) 363-9147 Specializes in books on music, visual art, magic, broadsides. Riverby Books 417 E. Capitol St. SE, Capitol Hill neighborhood, DC (202) 543-4342 Hosts a reading series. Owned by Paul & Steve Cymrot. Hours: Daily 10am to 6pm. Second Story Books 2000 P St. NW, Dupont Circle neighborhood, DC (202) 659-8884 Hours: Daily 10am to 10pm Chains Barnes & Noble Downtown, 555 12th St. NW, DC (202) 347-0176 Union Station, 50 Mass. Ave. NE, DC (202) 289-1724 Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, DC (202) 965-9880 Books-a-Million Dupont Cirle, 11 Dupont Circle NW, DC 20036 (202) 319-1374 Borders Books Farragut North, 1801 K St. NW, DC (202) 466-4999 Downtown, 600 14th St. NW, #100, DC (202) 737-1385 Friendship Heights, 5333 Wisconsin Ave. NW, DC (202) 686-8270 Online Mahogany Books Mail order, online service based in DC. Specializes in books written for, by, and about people of the African diaspora.   Last update: 3/20/11