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

Sand By Wolfgang Herrndorf, Tim Mohr (Translated by), Michael Maar (Afterword by) Cover Image

Life and Fate By Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler (Introduction by) Cover Image

Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa By Kenji Miyazawa, John Bester (Translated by) Cover Image

René Leys By Victor Segalen, Ian Buruma (Preface by), J. A. Underwood (Translated by) Cover Image

New and Noteworthy

The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Cover Image

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) By Charles Yu Cover Image

Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book By Mark Bittman Cover Image

Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic By Mike Jay Cover Image

New Favorites for Kids and Young Adults

This Time It's Real By Ann Liang Cover Image

Build a House By Rhiannon Giddens, Monica Mikai (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks (Montague Siblings #3) By Mackenzi Lee Cover Image

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants By Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illustrator) Cover Image

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Conifer Country by Michael Edward Kauffmann

Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties (Images of Rail) By Katy M. Tahja Cover Image

Water and Stone: Ten Years of Art and Haiku by Annette Makino

Standing Ground: Yurok Indian Spirituality, 1850–1990 By Thomas Buckley 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.

Thanks for supporting a local independent bookstore.

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