Powell's City of Books

Business Type: Bookstore

1005 West Burnside Street
Portland, Oregon 97209

Phone: (503) 228-4651

Website: http://www.powells.com/

HOURS
Daily: 9am to 11pm
Thanksgiving Day: 10am to 6pm
Christmas Eve: 9am to 7pm
Christmas Day: 10am to 6pm
New Year's Eve: 9am to 7pm
New Year's Day: 10am to 9pm

BOOKBUYING
Daily: 9am to 8:30pm

RARE BOOK ROOM
Daily: 11am to 7pm or by appointment

Powell's City of Books is a book lover's paradise, the largest used and new bookstore in the world. Located in downtown Portland, Oregon and occupying an entire city block, the City stocks more than a million new and used books. Nine color coded rooms house over 3,500 different sections, offering something for every interest, including an incredible selection of out-of-print and hard-to-find titles.

wheelchair accessible

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eamonster's picture

The best bookstore of all time

It has it all. I once got lost in Powell's for a week.

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Great Store

I've been here in person -- yet -- but have gotten fantastic service from Powell's online.

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