November hours

Bindlestill will close Halloween (Oct. 31) at 3:30 for the holiday.

Beginning in November, we will be open Tuesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. We will be open Wednesday through Saturday Noon to 7 p.m., and Sunday Noon to 5. A new group of volunteers is still settling in. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursday opening, Saturday and Sunday all have solid staffing and we will be open those days barring emergencies. We have pretty good coverage for Thursday closings and Friday openings, and expect to stay open most Fridays until our scheduled closing time.

We will be closed Thanksgiving Day, and likely Black Friday as well.

We plan on further expanding hours in December.

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Holiday Hours

This Christmas week, Bindlestiff will open daily through Saturday at Noon, but will close early most days (around 3:30 or 4). We may be open later, feel free to check in at 215.662.5780.

We will be open Saturday, Noon – 7 p.m. We will open New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, from Noon – 4:00 p.m., closing early for our first-ever Bindlestaffers Holiday Party.

We hope to resume regular hours on January 2. However, we are still organizing the schedule given holidays and other disruptions. Weekday hours might be a bit irregular for the next week or two; we will be open our regular schedule on weekends.

Dollar Stroll Thursday

Thursday is the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll, and Bindlestiff will be open late for the occasion with our normal selection of books inside, and a wide variety of new books (some other stuff too) available outside for just $1.

Bindlestiff closed Memorial Day weekend

Bindlestiff Books will be closed Sunday, May 29, and Monday, May 30, for the Memorial Day holiday — but also to do needed repairs to our entryway. We will resume our normal hours (Noon – 7, Monday through Saturday; Noon – 5 Sunday) on Tuesday.

Snowstorm hours

They are projecting lots of snow for Saturday, but one never knows exactly what will transpire. Our plan is to open Saturday at Noon, like usual. SEPTA has announced that they’re shutting down busses and trollies for the day, so our second shift staffer won’t be able to make it in. But as long as we have customers, we should be able to keep open — but we might go sledding if no one’s up and about, so give a call before making a special trip: 215.662.5780.

We expect to be open Noon to 5, as usual, on Sunday, assuming there’s still power and sidewalks are passable…

Holiday Hours

Bindlestiff Books will open late Saturday, Nov. 21, due to a scheduling conflict. We will be open by 3:00 pm, and hope to open earlier. Call 215.662.5780 to verify that we have opened. We will close at 7:00 p.m. as usual, and will be open Sunday, Noon to 5.

We will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but otherwise should be open Noon to 7 (to 5 on Sunday) through the holdiday weekend.

Bindlestiff Best-Sellers

These are our best-selling titles for the last month (in descending order of sales):

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

Stella Whiteman, Control Alter Delete: A Novel

adrienne maree brown & Walidah Imarisha, editors, Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Betty Medsger, The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI 

Breasts in Art (children’s board book – this is no longer in print, and we are down to our last few copies)

Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist

Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow

Dr. Seuss, What Pet Should I Get?

Daniel Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior: A Novel

Carson Ellis, Home (children’s picture book)

Cory Silverberg, What Makes a Baby (children’s picture book)

David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel

Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (graphic novel)

Karen Russell, Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories

(It’s a longer list than usual as we had a several-book tie for the last slot)