Northtown Books | Your community bookstore since 1965.

Welcome to Northtown Books! Your community bookstore since 1965.

957 H Street Arcata, CA 95521 | info@northtownbooks.com | (707) 822-2834| Hours and Directions

This Week's Featured Titles

Sound Experiments: The Music of the AACM By Paul Steinbeck Cover Image

A Picture Gallery of the Soul By Howard Oransky (Editor), Herman J. Milligan, Jr. (Contributions by), Cheryl Finley (Contributions by), crystal am nelson (Contributions by), Seph Rodney (Contributions by), Howard Oransky (Contributions by), Deborah Willis (Contributions by) Cover Image

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (Refiguring American Music) By Maureen Mahon Cover Image

On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom By Dennis McNally Cover Image

New and Noteworthy

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor) Cover Image

The Mountains Sing By Que Mai Phan Nguyen Cover Image

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism By Harsha Walia, Robin D. G. Kelley (Foreword by), Nick Estes (Afterword by) Cover Image

A Mammal's Notebook: The Writings of Erik Satie By Erik Satie, Ornella Volta (Editor), Antony Melville (Translator) Cover Image

New Favorites for Kids and Young Adults

Moonflower By Kacen Callender Cover Image

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories By Yamile Saied Méndez, Amparo Ortiz, Ricardo López Ortiz (Illustrator) Cover Image

If I Had a Gryphon By Vikki VanSickle, Cale Atkinson (Illustrator) Cover Image

Creepy Crayon! (Creepy Tales!) By Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illustrator) Cover Image

Local

Hiking Humboldt Volume 2: 101 Shorter Day Hikes, Urban and Road Walks by Rees Hughes with Maps by Jason Barnes

Humboldt Wild photography by Arleen Olson

Homegrown: A Year in the Life of a Humboldt County Guerrilla Grower by Andrew Santos

Karuk The Upriver People By Maureen Bell Cover Image

Hours and ordering information

We are open for in-store browsing and phone orders 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday–Saturday. 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

You can also email the store with your requests/orders info@northtownbooks.com

There may be occasional delays, but we will let you know the status of your order as soon as possible.

The website is not necessarily a reflection of what we have in the store. It does show everything we can get for you. We'll send an email or call to let you know when your order is ready.

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