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Open 11-7 Every Day We opened in October 2000 and moved down the street and expanded in March 2021. We also have a free frequent buyer program. Seriously.

We focus on the independent book store best sellers, a diverse fiction collection, children's books, history, and anything else we think is really interesting. Our big categories are literature, music, film, pop culture, children’s, cultural studies, history… Our smaller (but no less important) include religion, crafts, science, nature, cookbooks, gardening, travel…

The entire staff has input on what we stock, so the store is always evolving and improving. We listen to our customers, as well, eavesdropping on what books they’re talking about. We listen to the radio, read newspapers, magazines, blogs—we’re always looking for tips on what’s out there and what our customers might like. If we don’t have something in stock we can always order it for you—either here through our website or in-store. We’ve always had it—since day one back in October of 2000—and it’s always been important to us. We know you have many options about where you can buy books and we really really appreciate that you chose us. The buyer program is free to sign up for and takes just moments while you’re in the store. We’ll need your name, zip code, and the last four digits of your phone number. Then every time you check out we’ll ring your sales under your account and after you’ve bought 20 books (or shirts, or magazines, or stickers) the computer will average out what you’ve spent and apply that average as a store credit. And it does it all automatically. There’s no carrying of a card or remembering where you’re at. (Although we can easily look up your account to tell you how close you are.) We’re a tiny staff of 7 and woman-owned, and we’re all avid readers and are always excited to make recommendations, talk about what you just read—that you just hated or that you think absolutely everyone should read, and take it as a personal affront if we’re not able to figure out what that book was that you heard about on NPR two weeks ago that had something about family and Africa in the title. We LOVE those challenges. So, thanks for checking us out. And please come back.

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween! Come Trick or Treating in the Loop from 4:00-8:00 (7:00 for us). https://visittheloop.com/event/trolley-trick-or-treat-2026🎃👻

10/30/2026

It's awards season, and man, was there some good stuff published this year. www.subbooks.com 🏆

10/29/2026

Trolley Trick or Treat is this Saturday in the Loop from 4-8. Send all your vampires, hobgoblins, and dinos our way! You'll see a list of participating stores in the link. 🎃👻👹https://visittheloop.com/event/trolley-trick-or-treat-2026

10/28/2026

A US Army Russian linguist with an MFA in Poetry *and* an MA in religion and arts from Yale? In conversation with Wash U's own Abram Van Engen? This should be fascinating. We'll see you THIS Thursday for the Kathleen Kilcup event https://store.subbooks.com/kilcup

10/28/2026

We are so excited! Challah demo! We. Are. In.

Where are my St Louis Liciousers???
On 11/23 I will be Subterranean Books from 6-7pm and I soooo want to meet you there! You’ll see a fun demo (with the one and only Danny Silverman), ask all of your challah questions, get your cookbooks signed, andhave a feeling there may be some yummy challahs to sample. 😘

There is no charge, but be sure to RSVP! Link is in the comments!

10/26/2026

Sonia Feldman will be in-store THIS week! Tuesday, Oct 27 in fact! "Girl's Girl" got rapturous reviews and Sonia is a Wash U graduate returning for a one-night Subterranean Books event. See you at 6:00. https://store.subbooks.com/feldman

"[A] lustrous debut . . . Feldman brings an Austenian attentiveness to the foibles of suburban adolescence. . . . This is not a story about the great rupture of coming out, but a more nuanced look at how young lovers must invent their own kinds of courtship, in ways both universal and specifically q***r." --The New York Times Book Review

10/23/2026

Meet the Rep: This is Laurel. She is our new Penguin Random House rep for just the Penguin side. (PRH reps change *a lot*). She hails from Davenport and sells us the literary and high-brow (and fantastic!) Penguin Press and Riverhead Books, as well as the lighter and fun novels from Berkeley and Avery. And more. There's always more. Welcome to St. Louis, Laurel. www.subbooks.com

10/22/2026

Spooky titles are definitely representin'. www.subbooks.com

10/22/2026

We're all Halloweened up! The gravestones are out, the spiderwebs are draped, and the bats are flying. www.subbooks.com

10/21/2026

Mark your calendar for the Amy Leach reading tomorrow, Oct 22 on the Wash U campus. Free and open to all! (I was trying to narrow down the options for a review to add here, but they are all breathless and specific to each book. I picked this one by throwing a dart at the board.) Don't miss her. You'll regret it. https://store.subbooks.com/leach

"The Salt of the Universe is an incandescent book that is at once timeless and also exquisitely made for this moment. Its magnificence and effervescent wordplay delight and surprise on every page--in other words, Amy Leach has gifted us with another stunner of a book."
--Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders

Address

6271 Delmar Boulevard
St. Louis, MO
63130

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+13148626100

Website

http://www.subbooks.com/

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