San Diego Book Crawl

San Diego Book Crawl merch is BACK and available for purchase now!! All styles include the 2026 artwork from Holly Diamond on the front and the list of all participating bookstores on the back. Head over to Bonfire (🔗 in bio) to purchase this year’s designs on a selection of shirts and sweatshirts! Merch will NOT be available in stores and is only available for order online between now and May 5th 2026! If you’re looking to wear your shirt during Book Crawl, be sure to be mindful of shipping deadlines and timelines! The San Diego Book Crawl runs from April 25- 27th, 2026, more information including a list of bookstores, FAQ and more can be found on our page! @baybookscoronado @blusoxsd @thebookplace_lamesa @birdrockbookshop @caminobks @heybooksorelse @laplayabooks @libelula_books_co @libraryshopsd @meetcutebookshop @mystgalaxybooks @thebookcatapult @ucsdbookstore @verbatim.books @warwicksbooks #sandiego #sdbookcrawl #indiebookstore #shoplocal #independentbookstoreday

The 2026 Book Crawl is almost here!! We’re so excited to once again host this book crawl around San Diego! Stay tuned for announcements on our author ambassador & artist, participating booktores, shuttle buses, prizes, and more! #sdbookcrawl #sandiego #independentbookstore #shoplocal

San Diego Book Crawl FAQ! Swipe through to learn a bit more about the what the book crawl is and how you can participate this April 25-27! #sandiego #sdbookcrawl #shoplocal #independentbookstore

📚 THANK YOU, SAN DIEGO!! 📚 A very heartfelt thank you from the booksellers of the San Diego Book Crawl!! We may be tired, we may still be recovering from the busy weekend, but our hearts are incredibly full. San Diego continues to prove that it is a city full of readers and dreamers that are committed to keeping bookstores and libraries around for many, many years to come. Your support during Book Crawl and throughout the year help make this possible ❤️ Thank you for showing up, San Diego! We hope you found some new bookstores, made some new friends and have a few new worlds to visit within the pages of all your new books ❤️ #sdbookcrawl #sandiego #independentbookstore

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who showed up and supported us during our first ever San Diego Book Crawl @sdbookcrawl ✨ The fun, chaos, and immaculate energy each and every person brought into our store made our first Crawl absolutely unforgettable. We’re already counting down the days until next year! (We wish we had more photos, but alas all hands were on deck to deal with the fabulous turn out!) #thebookplace #sdbookcrawl #indiebookstore #indiebookstoreday #sandiegobookstore

Joy is resistance! Community is resistance. During this weird and awful time, it was grounding and so joyful to be among my people this weekend. Grateful for the warmth & community of every friend, reader, bookseller, volunteer, organizer, shop, and moment of the San Diego book crawl & indie bookstore day! Here are just a few of the highlights — but it’s more fun than i can ever capture in photos, every year, and I am so proud to be a part of it. 1️⃣ signing books alongside ambassador/friend @minhlebooks at @ucsdbookstore , seeing some of the wonderful folks i get to meet during @sdbookcrawl ! Got to meet lots of other cool local authors here! 2️⃣ my sister @wonderlilly & dear friends at @laplayabooks ! 3️⃣ @thebookcatapult !! Tshirt now available in sizes from little kid to big kid to grown up! Stop by and see the mural I painted, and some of the best folks & book recommendations in town! 4️⃣ 7 years of @sdbookcrawl pins (soon to be 8!) i made on this OG 🦀 book crawl tote and Teri’s lanyard!! Book people are the best people!! 5️⃣ beloved friends @alohabing @alohading @teridenherder aka Teri’s Angels 💕 6️⃣ bringing my niece on her first book crawl! This stop: @heybooksorelse 7️⃣ allllll the books signed at @caminobks ! 8️⃣ alllllll the books signed at @mystgalaxybooks (plus bonus tote from @libraryshopsd and secret monster) 9️⃣ *some* of the books i bought during the crawl. Which would you read first? I made it to several other stores ( 😓!! ) not pictured, but check them allll out a @sdbookcrawl & support your local indie bookstores year round! (Or online at @bookshop_org & @librofm !) 📚 💕 📚 💕 📚 💕 #indiebookstoreday #joyisresistance #communityiseverything #indiebookshops #sandiegobookstore

THANK YOU to our amazing book community for joining in the 2026 San Diego Book Crawl! We feel so loved and supported!! A special thanks to all our bookstore buddies who team up with us every year to create such a meaningful event 📚💕 🎥 by @snider.photo

DAY TWO DONE!! Onto the third and final day of the San Diego Book Crawl! 📚🎉 Thank you for an amazing turnout for Sunday!! Our booksellers are feeling the love and couldn’t be more grateful for all your support! ❤️ Today is the last day of the crawl and bookstores are not expecting to see the volume of the weekend crowds, which means it’s the perfect day to shop if you want a cozier experience! If you haven’t picked up a @canterburyclassics book at one of our participating bookstores, make sure you do so! @canterburyclassics is a sponsor of the 2026 book crawl and help make this happen every year!! Prize update: all prizes are STILL available as of this morning! We are likely to run out of stickers but currently the following stores have some stickers available: @caminobks , @baybookscoronado , @libelula_books_co , and @ucsdbookstore We’ll update the availability prizes on our stories throughout the day! Thank you, San Diego!!! 📚

📚 DAY ONE IN THE BOOKS! 📚San Diego you showed up to support indie bookstores for the San Diego Book Crawl all day long yesterday!! We couldn’t be more grateful for this community. 🎉 We still have ALL prizes available 🎉 and are going to redistribute prizes among bookstores today so that the handful of bookstores that ran out of stickers yesterday have some today. We’ll do our best to keep redistributing throughout the day for any other prizes that may need it as well. Here’s to day two of crawling!! Remember to be kind to your booksellers, be patient, eat snacks & hydrate, and make friends along the way!

Incredible turnout for the first day of the Book Crawl! San Diego really knows how to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 🥳 We're so grateful for the support from our amazing book community 🥹🙏📚💕 There's still plenty of time to join the fun this weekend, check out @sdbookcrawl for all the details~ Photos by @snider.photo 📸

Which bookstore will you be heading to first to start your crawl? The San Diego Book Crawl starts TODAY and goes through Monday!

Jr crawlers!! 🛸 Mimzy the alien has made first contact with each of our participating bookstores! 🛸Be sure to look for Mimzy in each bookstore and tell a bookseller where you found them to get a prize!!