The Booksmith
@booksmith.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood independent booksellers. Haight Street, San Francisco. Est. 1976.
11AM - 7PM daily. Find the good stuff at booksmith.com
11AM - 7PM daily. Find the good stuff at booksmith.com
last chance to avoid sleeping on the couch 👀
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
last chance to avoid sleeping on the couch 👀
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Booksmith will be closed Friday, January 30 for the general strike to abolish ICE. Show up how you can, we'll see you out there.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Booksmith will be closed Friday, January 30 for the general strike to abolish ICE. Show up how you can, we'll see you out there.
Booksmith will be closed Friday, January 30 for the general strike to abolish ICE. Show up how you can, we'll see you out there.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Booksmith will be closed Friday, January 30 for the general strike to abolish ICE. Show up how you can, we'll see you out there.
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If you want to support communities terrorized by ICE and DHS while getting query feedback or manuscript critiques, this is the auction for you.
Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.
In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in support of communiti…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
If you want to support communities terrorized by ICE and DHS while getting query feedback or manuscript critiques, this is the auction for you.
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
lil head's up that these tickets are half gone!
Just announced and going fast: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social discusses THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END, Monday, March 2, 7PM, at The Internet Archive. Get tickets before they're gone: booksmith.com/event/solnit26
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
lil head's up that these tickets are half gone!
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Through Feb 1, we're collecting donations for Community Aid Network MN! Donations get you entered into a raffle for a $50 Booksmith gift card. booksmith.com/donateMN
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Through Feb 1, we're collecting donations for Community Aid Network MN! Donations get you entered into a raffle for a $50 Booksmith gift card. booksmith.com/donateMN
Just announced and going fast: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social discusses THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END, Monday, March 2, 7PM, at The Internet Archive. Get tickets before they're gone: booksmith.com/event/solnit26
January 26, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Just announced and going fast: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social discusses THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END, Monday, March 2, 7PM, at The Internet Archive. Get tickets before they're gone: booksmith.com/event/solnit26
oh hey, this is tonight! please join us!
Monday, 1/26, 7PM: the phenomenal Gabriel Tallent (My Absolute Darling) drops by the shop to discuss his new novel CRUX, with R.O. Kwon. Please join us! booksmith.com/event/crux
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
oh hey, this is tonight! please join us!
Through Feb 1, we're collecting donations for Community Aid Network MN! Donations get you entered into a raffle for a $50 Booksmith gift card. booksmith.com/donateMN
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Through Feb 1, we're collecting donations for Community Aid Network MN! Donations get you entered into a raffle for a $50 Booksmith gift card. booksmith.com/donateMN
some upcoming events! ✨
January 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
some upcoming events! ✨
to answer your question: yes
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
to answer your question: yes
for the curious: in no particular order, our top 25 bestselling books of the 2025 ✨
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
for the curious: in no particular order, our top 25 bestselling books of the 2025 ✨
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
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✨ HOLIDAY HOURS ✨
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
✨ HOLIDAY HOURS ✨
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
✨ HOLIDAY HOURS ✨
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
✨ HOLIDAY HOURS ✨
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
We are here 11AM - 7PM every day, except:
Christmas Eve: 11AM - 4PM
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: Normal Hours
New Year's Eve: 11AM - 4PM
New Year's Day: Normal Hours
We have some books left! And give great recommendations! And do free gift wrapping! Come on down!
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If you need some last-minute gifts, books are the very best thing you can buy. Support your local indie bookstore, and give your friends and family a gift that will keep them warm and entertained during the holidays!
Want to cozy up with some tasty books this season? I cooked up two new ones for you in 2025! Automatic Noodle (instant bestseller!) and the anthology We Will Rise Again co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social (out 12/2!). Have a feast! #booksky #blackfriday
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you need some last-minute gifts, books are the very best thing you can buy. Support your local indie bookstore, and give your friends and family a gift that will keep them warm and entertained during the holidays!
we are SO sorry to have to tell you this: the 16th of December is *triple checks watch* TOMORROW
Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
we are SO sorry to have to tell you this: the 16th of December is *triple checks watch* TOMORROW
PSA: December 12th is, against all odds, TOMORROW
Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
PSA: December 12th is, against all odds, TOMORROW
Big big thanks to @themountaingoats.bsky.social for popping by to sign copies of THIS YEAR! Get them before they're gone, folks—at the shop, or online here: booksmith.com/book/9780374...
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Big big thanks to @themountaingoats.bsky.social for popping by to sign copies of THIS YEAR! Get them before they're gone, folks—at the shop, or online here: booksmith.com/book/9780374...
Next Friday, we're staying open late for a Holiday Shopping Night! We'll have live music, community donation stations, postcard writing, winter warmer cocktails from The Alembic, and, of course, real live booksellers recommending and giftwrapping your books for free! booksmith.com/event/holida...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Next Friday, we're staying open late for a Holiday Shopping Night! We'll have live music, community donation stations, postcard writing, winter warmer cocktails from The Alembic, and, of course, real live booksellers recommending and giftwrapping your books for free! booksmith.com/event/holida...
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Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Gentle reminder from us/the USPS/Santa: for standard delivery by Christmas, make sure those orders are in by December 12! Deadline for priority shipping is 12/16. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the 12th is uhhhhhhhhhhhh next week.
hey did you know we do bookseller curated book bundles? pick a price, pick a vibe, we'll do the rest! booksmith.com/Wildcard
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
hey did you know we do bookseller curated book bundles? pick a price, pick a vibe, we'll do the rest! booksmith.com/Wildcard