A neighborhood bookstore for Mt. Airy and beyond. Big Blue Marble Bookstore is an independently owned bookstore located in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. We specialize in progressive and multicultural titles of interest to Philadelphians in general and Mt. Airy-ites in particular: children's books; woman-centered pregnancy and parenting; sustainable living; lesbian/gay, African-American, and Jewish studies; feminist science fiction; literary graphic novels; and smart, fun fiction.

Our shop is located on two floors of a quiet, comfortable Victorian house on the edge of the University of Pennsylvania campus. The large stock of general and scholarly books is divided between new and used, and is well-organized and categorized. Only a small fraction of our inventory is currently on the internet, so if you do not find what you are looking for, please contact us by phone or email to see if we have a copy in the store.

The Last Word Bookshop has a great collection of academic books. Situation in the University City district of the University of Pennsylvania, the Last Word Bookshop has books scattered and piled about. Its extensive selection of literary books, used and new, never allows visitors to go home empty handed. If you wander around long enough, you may even see the cat walking about.