Third Place Books

I enjoy a good bookstore and have enjoyed browsing or attending events at the Lake Forest Park location. I like this location just as much or even better!

Great bookstore combined with a cafe/restaurant on a cute corner. Nicely organized with ample room around book shelves and tables to walk around. Felt comfortable browsing.

They offer some of the latest titles and all the classics and other options in between. Local books about Seattle, cookbooks, Lora of cultural and diversity awareness titles, manga and comic books, stationary....

They also have a counter to buy your used books, a discount bookshelf at the front, and nice employees. The cafe at the back smelled great and had indoor and outdoor seating in an adorable patio. Free street parking.

Loved it!

Been doing a bit of a book crawl this Seattle visit, and had to hit at least one of the Third Place Books.

Parking is good. They have their own private lot, and we were able to get a parking space without waiting.

Service was great! They allowed me to start a stack in the front (they also have baskets) , and they have shipping available (at a cost per book). Staff was very nice when I was there. And super-helpful!

It's a good-sized store, and they hit upon all of the genres. I love that they have signed editions on the newer books, but that they also have a rare/collectible section, as well.

There's a cafe available in the back/side, with a good amount of seating.

Would visit again!

I love this bookstore! The café is fine. It's a café. Nothing special - nothing bad. The selection of books and the helpfulness of staff are fantastic. One example, I was looking for a book for my book club and I couldn't find it on the shelf so I asked somebody and she said "it is over here, "but as she was walking me over, she said "wait a minute," went back to her computer, and said "we just got a used copy in, would you be interested in that?"
How kind of her to help me both save money and recycle a book!
A couple of times I've had my dog with me when I've come in, and they've been very kind to him as well.
All all of the third place book locations have specialized in being, well, a third place- a place not work, nor home, but a place to go and hang out. They succeeded beautifully.

I will start by saying, I love this book store company as a whole. I came here for a book club meeting and we went to the restaurant. With it being books club we don't always know who all is going to come or what they are going to want. Upon entering the waitress asked us if we wanted coffee or the full menu. Not having ever ate/drink there before we opted for the full menu. After about 20 minutes (everyone had finally arrived and everyone ordered a drink) a waitress told us if we were only going to have drinks we needed to move to the other section as the dine in section was only allowed for both drinks/food. We explained that we didn't know this and we would take a look at the menu and determine if we wanted something.

Right after this, the First Lady who greeted us came over and said "they are saying you said I never told you this section was for dine in" she was SO incredibly rude and was basically yelling at us... even other tables were looking over. She accused us of lying to the other lady when it was simply a misunderstanding. I left feeling so disrespected and uncomfortable, I would not go back to this location again based off of that interaction. It was handled in such an unprofessional manner.

Very cute bookstore! It's a little smaller than their other locations but they are happy to order anything in if you need it. They also have a really robust use of the space and have more than you'd expect. Friendly service when I asked after a few books and things seemed reasonably priced for an indie bookstore.

I would leave two ratings if I could one for the bookstore and one for the reselling process. The bookstore itself is a great local business with a huge variety of books. The staff is always helpful. Now for the reselling process, I would rate zero stars. They give you pennies on the dollars it doesn't even cover your time or gas to get to the appointment. I would only recommend this if you were interested in donating your books and do keep in mind that you will also then have to drive your books elsewhere for the ones that they don't want. The one perk is the 10% off discount they give you if you buy in-store the same day you donate to them.

Book stores as a rule are generally welcoming and warm. Third Place books goes beyond that. I have been to all of the locations but the one in Ravenna is the most accessible for me being right off the Link line. It is vibrant and has a very eclectic selection as well. If you don't keep track of time you can easily spend hours browsing and relaxing.

Cute neighborhood bookstore that I look forward to exploring more often. First, there's parking! Yaay! And a cafe that serves real food and brunch on the weekends. My kiddo wanted all the kids books, but we left with her pouting carrying a $20 book in tow. Kids!
Customer service was eh. No offers to help and when checking out there was barely any interaction with the cashier which was a bit disappointing; especially with a pouting kiddo. We shall try another day when their less busy, or come much earlier in the day.

I love this cozy little book shop! They always have a great selection of books and the cutest goodies. The cafe in the back has some of the best fries I've ever had and is a perfect spot to hang out and work or read.

What a delight! I came to Seattle to meet up with my reader friends and visit bookshops. They have so many great ones - and Third Place Books did not disappoint.

It feels so lovely and secluded on the back patio with lots of foliage and trees. The parking lot in the back is quite small, but seemed to have just enough spots for the number of people coming and going. I liked that there were plenty of spots to take a seat and relax, chat, or page through a few books.

They also have a cafe, which I didn't order from but the cafe area was spacious with plenty of seating on a Saturday afternoon. Seemed like a nice spot to study or read.

The stacks themselves were great, they have a big and interesting selection here. The tables up front had lots of staff picks and recommendations, popular interests, all that good stuff. I was impressed with the non-fiction selection - I think there's influence from it being near a university. Great range and some more or less academic works depending on your taste. If there's a topic you want to learn about, they'll have an interesting book about it.

The fiction area was great too - even though this was our third stop of the day, I found books here I hadn't come across in the other bookstores yet. They have tons of literary fiction, contemporary fiction, and even a sizable shelf of contemporary light fiction and romance which seemed to be popular.

Great staff and atmosphere, too. I'll look forward to shopping here again in the future!