Browse with independent booksellers this holiday season

Shop independent, shop local

The MIT Press loves nothing more than a local bookstore. This holiday season, we encourage you to do your shopping—for gifts for others, or even just for yourself—at a beloved local independent bookstore. For inspiration, explore a list of just a few of our favorite independent stores below, and discover the perfect books for every type of nerd on your list here.


BookPeople — Austin, Texas

Elliott Bay Book Company — Seattle, Washington

Green Apple Books — San Francisco, California

Harvard Book Store — Cambridge, Massachusetts

McNally Jackson — New York, New York

Politics and Prose — Washington, D.C.

Powell’s Books — Portland and Beaverton, Oregon

The MIT Press Bookstore — Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Strand — New York, New York

Vroman’s Bookstore — Pasadena, California


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