Fill Your Shelves With Books From the Second Annual Cincy Bookstore Crawl

Bookworms all over Greater Cincinnati will be trawling shelves and getting passports stamped for the second-annual Cincy Bookstore Crawl this October.

Last October, 12 independent bookstores on both sides of the Ohio River took part in the inaugural crawl (think of it like a bar crawl, but with books). The event will return this year with an extra day, running from Friday-Sunday, Oct. 4-6, and even more bookstores (18 total).

The goal is to visit as many bookstores as you can. You’ll pick up a passport at the first store you visit and get it stamped at every shop thereafter. Each stamp gets you an entry into prize drawings.

To enter the drawings, you’ll need to fill out a form on the crawl’s website, which will be added at a later date, and upload a photo of your passport by midnight, Monday, Oct. 7. Prizes include $25 gift cards to each participating store and a basket containing each bookseller’s current favorite book along with personal notes. Winners will be notified and announced on the crawl’s social media pages.

Shops taking part in the Cincy Bookstore Crawl include:

Bike Trail Books
113 Karl Brown Way, Loveland

Blue Marble Books
356 S. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas

Book Bus Depot
10936 Reading Road, Sharonville

The Bookery
3704 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum

The Bookmatters
6 Main St., Milford

The Bookshelf
754 Camargo Road, Madeira

Cincy Book Rack
8315 Beechmont Ave., Anderson Township

Conveyor Belt Books
410 W. Pike St., Covington

Downbound Books
4139 Apple St., Northside

Friends of the Public Library
8456 Vine St., Hartwell

The Hidden Chapter Bookstore
118 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas