There were lines at many of the bookstores, and it felt nice to chat with folks. All of the booksellers were so helpful, patient, and approachable. It all actually makes me very emotional and grateful to be a part of this community. I hope you’ve enjoyed my coverage of the 2025 #sandiegobookcrawl.

Eighth and final stop is Meet Cute in La Mesa, Stephanie’s favorite bookstore in town. Chatted with so many nice folks while waiting in line. Had a lot of fun crawling for books, but man am I tired. Maybe I’ll get that tote next year. #sandiegobookcrawl

Stop number seven! Verbatim Books, the gold standard for used books in San Diego. We’re running out of steam but have at least one stop left in us! #sandiegobookcrawl

Stop number six! The Book Catapult! Super fun shop with a HUGE kids section! #sandiegobookcrawl

Stop number five! Hey Books! is a fun and brand new store run by some of the friendliest people we’ve met so far! We got our patches! #sandiegobookcrawl

Stop number four! Mysterious Galaxy is the crown jewel of San Diego bookstores, and the city showed up to prove it. This was our big one. #sandiegobookcrawl

Stop number three! Joyride is a fun kids bookshop that has its own book truck! #SanDiegoBookCrawl

Stop number two! Onto the next! #SanDiegoBookCrawl

The first stop is on the books, as they say! On to round two! #sandiegobookcrawl

Today’s the day, folks. Keep your eye on the prize, stay hydrated, and let’s go out there and create some serious setbacks on our TBR shelves! Let the #SanDiegoBookCrawl commence!

I’m pleased to see that the UCSD “book”store is participating in the 2026 #SanDiegoBookCrawl … perhaps that means it will start selling books again, instead of mostly @ucsandiego.bsky.social swag?
www.sdbookcrawl.com

My daughter & I went on our first San Diego book crawl

A store displayed antisemitic Nazi stickers saying Again! with a swastika

Do not support hate at Libelula
Shameful

This was a “bring community together” event
#SanDiegoBookCrawl
#SDBookCrawl
#IndieBookstoreDay
#NeverAgain