Downbound Books

Downbound Books Independent Bookstore

This month we’re again raising money to support in their work providing free wardrobes to transgender and gender noncon...
06/02/2026

This month we’re again raising money to support in their work providing free wardrobes to transgender and gender nonconforming youth. Add a $5 Downbound Pride Pack to your purchase — that’s our rainbow foil bookmark and a Downbound Pride sticker by with printing provided by — and we’ll donate that $5 to Transform along with an additional 10% of your total spend. Available here in the shop and through our website all month long.

Together yesterday we raised over $2,000 for and their work in support of people seeking abortion care. Big thanks to a...
05/11/2026

Together yesterday we raised over $2,000 for and their work in support of people seeking abortion care. Big thanks to all who shopped and shared.

This Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 10th — we’ll again be contributing all of our profits from in-store and online sales to ...
05/08/2026

This Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 10th — we’ll again be contributing all of our profits from in-store and online sales to Abortion Fund of Ohio’s annual Fund-a-Thon. We’ll be at the shop 11am-5pm, and online midnight to midnight. Stock up, take care.

Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday will be our usual calm prom, but if you’re inclined to come out and clink copies...
04/23/2026

Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday will be our usual calm prom, but if you’re inclined to come out and clink copies we’d be sure glad to see you. We’ll have some deals running, free ARCs with purchase, and a small stash of a limited edition indie bookstore love print from the great will be shuffled into the machine. 10am til 6pm!

Sprung / Stacked
04/17/2026

Sprung / Stacked

Have your eye on a book? 👀 Buy it this Wednesday at 4-7pm! Tomorrow, Downbound Books will be donating their profits to...
04/01/2026

Have your eye on a book? 👀 Buy it this Wednesday at 4-7pm!

Tomorrow, Downbound Books will be donating their profits to the Northside Farmers Market Emergency Food Access Fund during market hours. Downbound features expertly curated collections on gardening, the joys of nature, environmental justice, cooking, mental health and so much more. They have an excellent children's book selection as well! We are so grateful to have Downbound as a partner in expanding food access for those who need it most. Just another reason they should be your favorite book store!

If you'd like to make a donation today to the Emergency Food Access Fund, find the link in our bio. ✨

More on the floor.ID: Thirty recently published books from various genres are arranged in a grid on a hardwood floor.
03/20/2026

More on the floor.
ID: Thirty recently published books from various genres are arranged in a grid on a hardwood floor.

At Downbound we describe ourselves as a politically-committed bookstore. To us, that means that the politics part should...
01/29/2026

At Downbound we describe ourselves as a politically-committed bookstore. To us, that means that the politics part should come before the store part, and that doing what feels right is our bottom line. It feels right to be closed tomorrow, January 30th, in solidarity with the calls from Minnesota for a nationwide strike.

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING

ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE

Our next book club read is Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disast...
01/28/2026

Our next book club read is Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster. We’ll meet at the shop at 7pm on Wednesday, March 4th.
ID: The first slide is a graphic displaying the Anti-Despair Book Club logo and the cover image for A Paradise Built in Hell, along with the date and time of the meeting: Wednesday, March 4th, 7pm. The second and third slides are screenshots of posts from Margaret Killjoy and Harsha Walia describing the local communities of care and resistance that have been built in Minnesota.

Last week we sent a check for $2,100, representing the hundreds of fundraiser stickers you all purchased, a match of th...
01/12/2026

Last week we sent a check for $2,100, representing the hundreds of fundraiser stickers you all purchased, a match of those funds from friends of the shop, and a match from us at Downbound as well. Thank you again to for the sticker artwork and to for donating the printing.

This donation brings the amount you’ve helped us contribute to CAIN over the past two months to nearly $6,000. While the actions of our officials and the ways they generate suffering routinely leave us both crestfallen and furious, we are heartened to be rooted here amongst people who continue to prioritize community care in this world while reading and thinking and working towards the next. Thank you.

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4139 Apple Street
Cincinnati, OH
45223

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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(513) 541-1394

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