Independent bookstores in Marin
Three shops where you can browse, buy, and stay a while.
Marin still has real bookstores. Book Passage in Corte Madera has been hosting author events for forty years. The Depot in Mill Valley is a cafe and a bookshop in the old train station on the plaza. Whyte's Booksmith in San Anselmo has been selling new and used books for four decades, with chandeliers and string lights and the kind of shelves you lose an hour in.
Book PassageDepot Café & Bookstore
Corte Madera
Book Passage
Forty-plus years of author nights, writing classes, and a cafe. You go in for one book and come out signed up for something. 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, in the Marketplace.
Mill Valley
Depot Café & Bookstore
A bookstore and a cafe in the historic train depot on the plaza. Family-owned since 1987. Trivia nights, live music on weekends, and a solid children's section. 87 Throckmorton Avenue.
San Anselmo
Whyte's Booksmith
New and used books at 615 San Anselmo Avenue, open for more than forty years. The inside is chandeliers and string lights and stacks that wander from popular to obscure. The kind of place you tell a friend about.