Our December Literary Road Trip Box takes us to Oregon, where we’ve partnered with Spoke & Word Books. Located in Milwaukie, just over six miles from Portland, Spoke & Word Books opened its brick-and-mortar location in 2023. Before settling into its current spot, the store began as a pop-up. The name "Spoke & Word" is a blend of two passions: store owner Cierra Cook’s love of books and their husband’s enthusiasm for mountain biking. Cierra’s husband owns a mountain bike rep

Our November 2025 box was themed to the state of Oklahoma, and our indie bookstore partner was A Novel Idea Bookshop. Located in the town of Guthrie—approximately thirty minutes north of Oklahoma City—A Novel Idea opened in 2023. Who doesn’t love a bookstore animal ambassador, especially one with a literary name? Mr. Darcy is a two-year-old basset hound featured on the store’s logo sticker, which was included in the November box. Of course, Mr. Darcy isn’t alone—there’s also

Our October 2025 box is themed to the state of Iowa and we collaborated with indie bookstore Beaverdale Books . Located in Des Moines, Beaverdale Books opened in 2006. Most indie bookstores proudly support local authors, but Beaverdale Books takes it to a whole new level. They have a local authors section with over five hundred Iowan authors represented. I'm not aware of another indie bookstore that supports such a large number of local authors. It's incredible! In addition

The January Literary Road Trip box is themed to Delaware and created in collaboration with Hockessin Bookshelf. Hockessin Bookshelf is...