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USED BOOK LIQUIDATION SALE ON NOW!
40% Off All Used Books!

In preparation for our move to Capitol Hill in March, we are liquidating our used book inventory.
Come early to get the best selection.
All used book sales are final and are not eligible for Elliott Bay Book Card stamps.

A NEW CHAPTER...
An announcement from the store's owner...

After many weeks of speculation about the future of The Elliott Bay Book Company, I am now able to confirm that the book store will be moving to a new location on Capitol Hill in the spring of 2010.
The past two years have been a difficult, painful period of exploring and evaluating possibilities in an attempt to determine what would be best—and necessary—to ensure the long-term health and vitality of the store. And while the thought, and the practicalities, of moving from the site and the locale which have been home for the past 36 years are daunting to say the least, I am convinced that this upcoming relocation will afford us the best opportunity to remain, and further develop as a thriving enterprise.
First—about the new location. We will be moving into a beautiful vintage building on 10th Avenue between Pike and Pine...» more...

ELLIOTT BAY CAFÉ...SOON TO HAVE TWO LOCATIONS!

As the bookstore prepares to move to our beautiful new flagship store on 10th near Pine this spring, you'll be delighted to know that the Elliott Bay Café will continue to operate in Pioneer Square in addition to opening a new second location within our walls on Capitol Hill! Soon you'll have two places to find our Café's tasty treats, delicious drinks and mouth-watering menu items!

» Elliott Bay Café

OUR BOOK OF THE WEEK...

Cockroach
by Rawi Hage (Norton)

After failing to commit suicide from a low hanging branch the unnamed narrator of Cockroach is forced into therapy sessions where he slowly unwinds the horrors of his past, stretching it out until it reaches his mundane, impoverished present. Among the frozen streets of Montreal, he breaks into other people's homes to rifle among their things, sleep in their beds, and occasionally make himself a ham sandwich. At night he meets beautiful, fragile women, moonlights as a busboy in a neighborhood restaurant, and by day lurks in busy smoke-filled cafés.
Seedy, haunting, tender and unforgettable, Cockroach will no doubt find a place in some darkened corner of many readers careworn shelves. -Jillian

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Browse Elliott Bay's full list of current Fiction and Non-Fiction Bestsellers to see what Seattle's been reading. Our bestsellers feature titles that have captured the nation's attention as well as locally generated bestsellers from our author readings and in-store staff recommends. You won't want to miss out!