Welcome to Madison Books, the neighborhood bookstore for Madison Park and its surrounding communities.

4118 East Madison Street, Seattle, WA 98112

Hours of Operation: Every day, 10am-6pm

206-325-3160 info@madisonbks.com Instagram


Come celebrate Halloween with us!

This is not new), but it’s a gorgeous book and the tale of witches and witchery it tells is perfect for this time of year.

Also not a new publication, but well worth a read. It features Arguably the cutest ghost you will ever encounter, in or out of a book.

The Mad Book Club

We meet the last Thursday of every month at 6:30pm at Parlour Wines (although holidays do tend to cause slight date changes, so please double check exact dates below). All readers are welcome and you don't need to sign up in advance. We try to have multiple copies of the book club’s monthly pick available in the store beforehand.

For the second half of 2025, we will be doing a literary wander through the U.S. Southeast. Our books and meeting times are below:

July 31: Sing, Unburied Sing, Jesmyn Ward

August 27: Gator Country, Rebecca Renner (changed from August 28 to accommodate a concert in the park.)

September 25: Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Beals

October 30: Memphis, Tara M. Stringfellow

November 20: Kindred, Octavia Butler

December 18: The Sweetness of Water, Nathan Harris


Upcoming Events

We are pleased to announce an upcoming author event! We will be holding a reading at Parlour Wines at 7pm on December 4 with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, author of Outer Stars and Elita. The reading will focus on Outer Stars, which debuts in mid-November. Copies of Outer Stars will be available for purchase at the event. Please RSVP by emailing us at info@madisonbks.com.

 

Phinney Books

Don’t forget to visit our sibling store: Tom Nissley’s Phinney Books. Pay a call in person at 7405 Greenwood Ave. N or find their presence online at phinneybooks.com.