Gifts for Seattle Book Lovers: Elliott Bay Book Company (Capitol Hill)

For the cozy reader ☕

📸: Elliott Bay Book Company

📍 1521 10th Ave, Seattle (Capitol Hill)
🕐 10am – 10pm daily
💰 Price varies
🚗 Multiple parking lots nearby; Capitol Hill light rail station 2 blocks away

Seattle’s iconic bookstore (50+ years and counting) offers much more than books. Their carefully selected accessories make perfect gifts for literary enthusiasts. One of their most novel offerings (pun not intended) is the Rolife Book Nook Shelf Inserts—magical little wooden puzzle houses that can be assembled to perch between books on your bookshelf. EBB also has literary advent calendars, tote bags, and games such as Random House copyediting chief Benjamin Dreyer’s “Stet! Dreyer’s English: A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks, and Bibliophiles.” (Who says copyeditors aren’t fun at parties?) Meanwhile, Watermark Bindery’s hand-sewn journals have been local faves for decades.

🦋 Unique offerings:
🛍️ Locally designed book-themed merchandise
🪑 Rolife Book Nook Shelf Inserts (miniature wooden scenes for your bookshelf)
🎄 Literary advent calendars
📓 Watermark Bindery’s hand-sewn journals
🕹 “Stet! Dreyer’s English” word game

Gifts for Seattle Book Lovers: A Local Shopping Guide

Whatever type of reader you’re shopping for, and whatever type of gift-giver you are, there’s a choice for you.

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Author

Author Bess Lovejoy

Bess Lovejoy

Bess Lovejoy is the author of Northwest Know-How: Haunts from Sasquatch Books. She also wrote Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses, and she’s worked at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com, and The Stranger.