Independent Record & Bookstores
Tualatin Valley is a tax-free shopping haven, and that tax-free savings doesn’t just apply to malls and national retailers, you can also scoop some deals as well as local and independent bookshops and record stores.
Record Stores
503 Records is a small new and used record store in Central Beaverton. Their small collection is heavy with hip hop and funk, with a dose of rock and pop selections, too. 503 is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Located on the outskirts of Beaverton Exiled Records features new and used vinyl, cassette tapes and CDs of all genres, from country and folk, blues and jazz and classical to indie releases, R&B and soul and dance and electronic, and may genres in between. Exiled is open daily.
Independent Bookstores
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing houses more than half a million used, new and hard-to-find books of every genre. The stacks feature both hard- and soft-cover books, as well as an impressive collection of graphic novels. Powell’s is open daily.
The newest indie bookstore in Tualatin Valley is The Sherwood Bookstore. Here you are encouraged to put down your devices and lose yourself in the comfort of a good book. A “leave-a-Book, take-a-book” cart at the front of the store allows anyone to take (or leave) a book to share.
Looking for used books? Jan’s Paperbacks in Northwest Portland sells many genre of paperback books.
Comic Book and Graphic Novel Stores
Held on the first Saturday in May, Free Comic Book Day offers North American sellers of comic books an opportunity to attract new readers to independent comic book stores.
Kinokuniya USA, located inside Uwajimaya in Beaverton, has an extensive collection of manga and graphic novels, as well as a variety of art and design books, cookbooks, children’s books and more, both in English and Japanese. Kinokuniya at Uwajimaya is open daily.
