People's Book
@peoplesbooktakoma.com
Mom 'n pop bookshop in downtown Takoma Park, MD. New books, hot zines, and Sunday storytimes. We're DC City Paper's Best Bookstore of 2025 (and 2024) 👍
Our stickers just got more interesting. Welcome, #dungeoncrawlercarl, we've been waiting for you. Come check out our new locally created stickers!
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our stickers just got more interesting. Welcome, #dungeoncrawlercarl, we've been waiting for you. Come check out our new locally created stickers!
Wrap a book blind? Challenge accepted.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wrap a book blind? Challenge accepted.
We are OVERWHELMED with your support!! Thank you for donating to our giving tree! These are for the taking, no questions asked. Let's make sure everyone can experience the gift of giving this holiday season.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are OVERWHELMED with your support!! Thank you for donating to our giving tree! These are for the taking, no questions asked. Let's make sure everyone can experience the gift of giving this holiday season.
This year's been hard. Full stop. Introducing our Giving Tree! @libro.fm & @bookshop.org are helping us decorate it with free gift cards & audio credits. You can help too by sending an online gift card to info@peoplesbooktakoma.com - we'll post it on the tree for ya 🎄 peoplesbooktakoma.com/giftcard/
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This year's been hard. Full stop. Introducing our Giving Tree! @libro.fm & @bookshop.org are helping us decorate it with free gift cards & audio credits. You can help too by sending an online gift card to info@peoplesbooktakoma.com - we'll post it on the tree for ya 🎄 peoplesbooktakoma.com/giftcard/
We're ready to sleigh December. We promise when you come to visit, your heart will grow three sizes!
Holiday Hours:
12/7: 8am-8pm
12/24: 9am-5pm
12/25: Closed
1/1: 11am-8pm
Special Order Deadline: 12/15
Free gift wrapping every day!
Holiday Hours:
12/7: 8am-8pm
12/24: 9am-5pm
12/25: Closed
1/1: 11am-8pm
Special Order Deadline: 12/15
Free gift wrapping every day!
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We're ready to sleigh December. We promise when you come to visit, your heart will grow three sizes!
Holiday Hours:
12/7: 8am-8pm
12/24: 9am-5pm
12/25: Closed
1/1: 11am-8pm
Special Order Deadline: 12/15
Free gift wrapping every day!
Holiday Hours:
12/7: 8am-8pm
12/24: 9am-5pm
12/25: Closed
1/1: 11am-8pm
Special Order Deadline: 12/15
Free gift wrapping every day!
If you can't shop with us this weekend, shop at another local indie ❤️ If you can't shop in person, shop @bookshop.org for free shipping all weekend 📦
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you can't shop with us this weekend, shop at another local indie ❤️ If you can't shop in person, shop @bookshop.org for free shipping all weekend 📦
We're open til 8 today, closed Thanksgiving. If you need to escape your family or stock up for some introvert time tomorrow, come see us! Our shelves are full!
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We're open til 8 today, closed Thanksgiving. If you need to escape your family or stock up for some introvert time tomorrow, come see us! Our shelves are full!
This holiday season, practice a little Shelf Care. After a long year, treat yourself (and the people you
love) to something comforting: time in your favorite indie bookstore. Books, gift cards, or pre-orders —
they all say, “You deserve this.” #shopsmall #shopindie #shoplocal #shelfcare
love) to something comforting: time in your favorite indie bookstore. Books, gift cards, or pre-orders —
they all say, “You deserve this.” #shopsmall #shopindie #shoplocal #shelfcare
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This holiday season, practice a little Shelf Care. After a long year, treat yourself (and the people you
love) to something comforting: time in your favorite indie bookstore. Books, gift cards, or pre-orders —
they all say, “You deserve this.” #shopsmall #shopindie #shoplocal #shelfcare
love) to something comforting: time in your favorite indie bookstore. Books, gift cards, or pre-orders —
they all say, “You deserve this.” #shopsmall #shopindie #shoplocal #shelfcare
Get ahead on your reading! Here's a look at December book clubs -- always free, always fun! Low stakes, high reward :) See you there!
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Get ahead on your reading! Here's a look at December book clubs -- always free, always fun! Low stakes, high reward :) See you there!
Here you can see Amazon's book recommendation algorithm in action
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Here you can see Amazon's book recommendation algorithm in action
The latest Bestsellers just dropped!
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The latest Bestsellers just dropped!
Got a While Elephant party on the horizon? Secret Santa? Need a gag gift? Here are some of the bestseller books you never thought you needed 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Got a While Elephant party on the horizon? Secret Santa? Need a gag gift? Here are some of the bestseller books you never thought you needed 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Shrinky dink charms, gimp keychains & bracelets, DIY fabric scrunchies. Need I say more? These are the crafts that will compliment the 90s Boozy Bookfair this Saturday! Do you have your ticket yet?! Time is running out!
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November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Shrinky dink charms, gimp keychains & bracelets, DIY fabric scrunchies. Need I say more? These are the crafts that will compliment the 90s Boozy Bookfair this Saturday! Do you have your ticket yet?! Time is running out!
@merrypindc.bsky.social
www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
@merrypindc.bsky.social
www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
🎀Bestseller Time! 🎀
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🎀Bestseller Time! 🎀
🚨4pm & 5pm timed entry tickets are sold out for our 90s Throwback Boozy Bookfair on 11/8! We have a few tix left for 6-8pm, grab 'em while you can!
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨4pm & 5pm timed entry tickets are sold out for our 90s Throwback Boozy Bookfair on 11/8! We have a few tix left for 6-8pm, grab 'em while you can!
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
May your dreams be full of holographic Lisa Frank with a whiff of jolly rancher scratch 'n sniff.
RSVP: www.merrypindc.com/product/booz...
We are so thankful for this wonderful community. Please consider yourself formally invited to our forthcoming author events!
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We are so thankful for this wonderful community. Please consider yourself formally invited to our forthcoming author events!
It's that time again...
🎃NEW BESTSELLERS JUST DROPPED🎃
🎃NEW BESTSELLERS JUST DROPPED🎃
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's that time again...
🎃NEW BESTSELLERS JUST DROPPED🎃
🎃NEW BESTSELLERS JUST DROPPED🎃
As the temperature drops, I know y'all want to curl up under a blanket and read a book. How about selecting a new read from one of our fourteen free book clubs? All of these titles are 15% off 👍
October 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As the temperature drops, I know y'all want to curl up under a blanket and read a book. How about selecting a new read from one of our fourteen free book clubs? All of these titles are 15% off 👍
Our new Giving Tree is alive and growing! Swing by to either buy/add a People's Book gift card or take one for yourself or a friend who could use it. No questions asked. Pay it forward. You can also donate a gift card online & we'll print and hang it up for you! peoplesbooktakoma.com/giftcard/
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Our new Giving Tree is alive and growing! Swing by to either buy/add a People's Book gift card or take one for yourself or a friend who could use it. No questions asked. Pay it forward. You can also donate a gift card online & we'll print and hang it up for you! peoplesbooktakoma.com/giftcard/
✨New Bestsellers just dropped!✨
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
✨New Bestsellers just dropped!✨
Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
Come celebrate Halloween early with us on Saturday Oct. 25th! We'll have thrilling crafts, mysteries to solve, a costume contest with prizes, and two YA thriller authors! Check out full details here: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/pb-thr...
October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Come celebrate Halloween early with us on Saturday Oct. 25th! We'll have thrilling crafts, mysteries to solve, a costume contest with prizes, and two YA thriller authors! Check out full details here: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/pb-thr...
Oh, hello bus stop. You're lookin' swell today 😀.
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Oh, hello bus stop. You're lookin' swell today 😀.
We just can't keep this storytime to ourselves!! Join us on 11/2 at 9:30am to hear Carla Hall read her brand new picture book! Be sure to RSVP 😀 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/carla-...
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We just can't keep this storytime to ourselves!! Join us on 11/2 at 9:30am to hear Carla Hall read her brand new picture book! Be sure to RSVP 😀 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/carla-...