2026 Great Pittsburgh Book Crawl
The Great Pittsburgh Book Crawl is back in 2026 for a week filled with exploring and supporting local and independent bookstores. From July 18-26, over 20 bookstores in the Pittsburgh area will be giving out passports and stamps for those passports, which you can use to win a prize at the end of the event!
How it works...
A book crawl encourages you to stop and visit participating stores during the dates of the crawl and shop there inventory. Pittsburgh's book crawl features over 20 local and independent bookstores just waiting for you to stop by! Pick up a passport book from your first stop and make sure to get it stamped at every store along the way. Get enough stamps and you'll be entered to win a raffled prize put together by every store in the crawl.
Participating stores
All About Books TLC
Canonsburg
Amazing Books and Records — Downtown
Downtown
Amazing Books and Records — Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill
Beyond Bedtime Books
Dormont
Blythe Books and Fine Gifts
Brentwood
City Books
North Side
City of Asylum40 W. North Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
Completely Booked
Irwin
Cozy Corner Bookstore
Shadyside
Doomed Planet Comics and Books Location Not Available
Polish Hill
K&J Comics
West View
Kards Unlimited
Shadyside
Little Green Bookstore
Zelienople
Moden Mercantile
New Brighton
Mt. Lebanon Book Cellar
Mt. Lebanon
Mystery Lover’s Bookstore
Oakmont
Novel Breads Co.
Mars
One Idea Books and Gifts
Leechburg
Passionate Pages Bookstore
Lawrenceville
Penguin Bookshop
Sewickley
Posman Books1637 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Riverstone Books
Squirrel Hill
Riverstone Books
McCandless
Spark Books
Aspinwall
Stay Gold Books
Regent Square
The Book Deli
Allentown
The Shelf Love Society
Lawrenceville
Vintage Max
Bellevue
White Whale Bookstore
Bloomfield
Woolly Bear Books
Carnegie
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