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

Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day!

Please come help us celebrate independent bookstores on Saturday, April 26, 2025!

This is a national event that takes place at independent bookstores across the country. You can see more details on the American Booksellers Association website here: https://www.bookweb.org/independent-bookstore-day

For Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, we actually continue the celebration for 10 days: April 26 to May 5, 2025. This year, once again, all 29 participating, Seattle-area booksellers are offering the Indie Bookstore Day Passport Challenge. You can see more details about this challenge here: https://www.seattlebookstoreday.com

The Mad Book Club

We meet the last Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm at Parlour Wines. All readers are welcome -- 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 first half of 2025, we will be doing a literary wander through the U.S. Southwest. Our SW-themed books and meeting times are below:

January 30: Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver

February 27: Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather

March 27: The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories, Stacie Denetsosie

April 24: Shutter, Ramona Emerson

May 29: Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya

June 26: A Walk in the Park, Kevin Fedarko

More details forthcoming on our Events page.

Our Newsletter

Our newsletter activities are paused currently. Please feel free to read our back issues or jump over to Phinney’s newsletter in the meantime.

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.