We’re Star Cat Books and we’re all about saving the world: one local, independent business at a time. One book at a time. One person at a time.
We’re in Bradford, VT, nestled in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River, not far from Dartmouth College. This bookstore has existed in several incarnations for almost two decades, stoutly supported by a vibrant local economy and its peoples, who are dedicated — as we are — to keeping independent businesses alive and well.
We hope you stop by and stay a while: kick up your feet, peruse our selection, and participate in some good conversation.
Our bookselling extends beyond our storefront. You can find some of our more exotic and rare books online at Biblio and AbeBooks. As for new books, eBooks, and audiobooks: you can order those through us on Bookshop.org, and they’ll ship anywhere in the world! Don’t forget to set Star Cat Books as your bookstore on Bookshop.org, wherever you live.
Wesley the Book Store Cat
Star Cat Books has a resident book store cat, Wesley, who has been visiting the book store since he was five months old!
Wesley loves coming to work and meeting new people, including young children and families. If you want to meet Wesley, we recommend calling the store before visiting to confirm he is at work that day — just in case. Our phone number is 802-222-5826.
Store History
With the name change to “Star Cat Books” in the winter of 2013, we began specializing particularly in science fiction and children’s books, as well as local authors and a variety of other genres. We brought in more authors to speak, read, and sign their books; events with local businesses; events with local groups. The entire idea of our bookstore is that reading and literacy is at the foundation of civilization, and as such should be at the foundation of a community. Luckily, we have such a supportive community here in the Upper Valley, and we hope you join us sometime in experiencing it, too!
We’ve now been here more than 12 years. The community has been so supportive and wonderful — we can’t say enough good things about the people of the Upper Valley and Bradford.