He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

December 14, 2023 7:03 PM

I have one hat from a bookstore and want to have more hats from bookstores. Unfortunately, many of my favorite bookstores only sell the usual smattering of mugs and totes and tees. What lovely independent bookstore near you sells hats?
posted by matrixclown to Shopping (19 answers total)

Best answer: First that comes to mind is The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.
posted by Creosote at 7:27 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
posted by kat518 at 7:31 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Portland's great Powell's Books
posted by blob at 7:31 PM on December 14, 2023 [3 favorites]

Best answer: Book Club Bar!

Sweet Pickle Books!
posted by praemunire at 7:33 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Are we okay with a genre bookstore? If so, check out a fine hat from The Ripped Bodice, with locations in Los Angeles and Brooklyn.
posted by shesbookish at 7:33 PM on December 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore has a hat, and a hat.
posted by blob at 7:34 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: A beanie from Dog-Eared books in Ames, IA
posted by Jeanne at 7:38 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: This almost doesn't count, but the National Park Services's Alcatraz Island bookstore has several different hats for sale on the island. The bookstore is obviously very specialized, and I don't believe you can purchase any of these items on the mainland.
posted by blob at 7:41 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Literati in Ann Arbor.
posted by FencingGal at 8:06 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Books are Magic
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 8:32 PM on December 14, 2023

Best answer: Book Culture
Rough Draft Bar & Books
Parnassus Books

[The link in your question goes a Strand baseball cap; Strand beanies and bucket hats.]
posted by Iris Gambol at 10:10 PM on December 14, 2023

Response by poster: These are all fantastic! Not to thread sit, but just a plug that I'm also open to hats from libraries and library adjacent organizations! What's more punk than the public library, after all?
posted by matrixclown at 10:22 PM on December 14, 2023 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Seattle Public Library hat
posted by potrzebie at 12:03 AM on December 15, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: NYPL hat
posted by sciencegeek at 2:53 AM on December 15, 2023

Best answer: Skylight Books in Los Angeles
posted by CtrlAltDelete at 9:48 AM on December 15, 2023

Best answer: Caps and beanies from Magers & Quinn in Minneapolis.
Beanies at Zenith Bookstore in Duluth.
Tattered Cover in Denver has a trucker hat.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:41 AM on December 15, 2023

Best answer: BookPeople in Austin has hats!
posted by MuChao at 5:22 AM on December 16, 2023

Response by poster: The Friends of the Monroe County Public Library in Indiana has a particularly adorable one
posted by matrixclown at 10:14 AM on December 16, 2023

Left Bank Books in St Louis
posted by a moisturizing whip at 10:10 AM on December 23, 2023