Friendly City Books

Friendly City Books Friendly City Books is an independent bookstore and press in Columbus, Mississippi.

Two new books from two great Mississippi authors! • On Witness and Respair: Essays by Jesmyn Ward - a collection of work...
05/30/2026

Two new books from two great Mississippi authors!

• On Witness and Respair: Essays by Jesmyn Ward - a collection of work spanning more than a decade, now in one volume.

• The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett - a new southern historical novel from the author of The Help. We have four SIGNED copies left in store!

Come on by and check 'em out! Happy Saturday, friends.📚💖

In the spirit of Saturday's Great Fossil Chase (5/30 at the soccer field, hosted by ), we rounded up some dinosaur books...
05/28/2026

In the spirit of Saturday's Great Fossil Chase (5/30 at the soccer field, hosted by ), we rounded up some dinosaur books for your enjoyment! Also some of our lil dino critters from 🥰🦖

Grab a book and/or critter (or anything from FCB) the day of the race, save your receipt, and take it down to the event's drink booth to be entered in their door prize drawing!

RAWR 🦖🦈🛍️📚✨💖

This Saturday, shop downtown and go see a bunch of inflatable dinosaurs and sharks race!🛍️🦖🦈
05/27/2026

This Saturday, shop downtown and go see a bunch of inflatable dinosaurs and sharks race!
🛍️🦖🦈

Some new books this week!! 📚Which one are you?? Tag urself!! 💖✨✅Or just tell us in the comments 🙃
05/27/2026

Some new books this week!! 📚

Which one are you?? Tag urself!! 💖✨✅

Or just tell us in the comments 🙃

✨📣 NEW STORE HOURS 📣✨ATTENTION 👀 Starting Tuesday, May 26, our store hours are adjusting! MONDAY - FRIDAY: 10am to 5pm...
05/23/2026

✨📣 NEW STORE HOURS 📣✨

ATTENTION 👀

Starting Tuesday, May 26, our store hours are adjusting!

MONDAY - FRIDAY: 10am to 5pm
SATURDAY: 9am to 4pm
SUNDAY: closed

We're excited to start seeing y'all a little earlier in the day!

Hey y'all, we'll be closed Monday 5/25 for Memorial Day! We'll be back Tuesday at 10:00 am.Have a safe and happy holiday...
05/23/2026

Hey y'all, we'll be closed Monday 5/25 for Memorial Day!

We'll be back Tuesday at 10:00 am.

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend! Read a book! 📚

📣🥳 PBF Panelist Lineup: Part 1 🥳📣Y'all. Y'ALL!LOOK AT ALL THESE AMAZING AUTHORS!! 🤩• Clay McLeod Chapman* - Devil Inside...
05/22/2026

📣🥳 PBF Panelist Lineup: Part 1 🥳📣

Y'all. Y'ALL!

LOOK AT ALL THESE AMAZING AUTHORS!! 🤩

• Clay McLeod Chapman* - Devil Inside
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil* - Night Owl: Poems
• Beth Ann Fennelly* - The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs
• Deborah Johnson - The Secret of Magic
• Susan Gregg Gilmore - The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush
• Jacqueline Trimble - American Happiness: New Poems
• Jennifer Peterson - Degenerate Era of An Expanding Universe
• Ann Fisher-Wirth - Paradise is Jagged
• Toya Boudy - Cooking from Scratch: A Careful Selection of Useful Recipes
• Erin Austen Abbott - Waterfront Living: Inspired Coastal Homes & Small Town Lifestyles

*Keynote speakers

We are SO EXCITED to welcome our panelists to on August 29th! Y'all read up and get ready, because these are talks you won't want to miss!

And stay tuned for MORE panelist reveals!!

More book fest news coming tomorrow, stay tuned!LOVE YOU MEAN IT 😘💖📚
05/21/2026



More book fest news coming tomorrow, stay tuned!

LOVE YOU MEAN IT 😘💖📚

HEYGUESS WHAT DAY IT IS 👀✨ It's Frequent Flyer Day! ✨Y'all know the drill - members get 20% off everything in the store,...
05/20/2026

HEY

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS 👀

✨ It's Frequent Flyer Day! ✨

Y'all know the drill - members get 20% off everything in the store, PLUS a free house coffee from next door! ☕

Also apparently some sweet rhymes? 😎

If you're not yet an FCB Frequent Flyer, you can sign up TODAY and get all the perks! Ask a bookseller!!

Address

109 5th Street North
Columbus, MS
39701

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+16625704247

Website

https://linktr.ee/friendlycitybooks

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