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Orca Books Co-op

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315 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501
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orcabooks.com

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About this place Orca Books Co-op

Orca Books is an independent bookstore at 315 5th Ave SE in downtown Olympia. It has been a local fixture for a long time and now runs as a community-owned co-operative with LGBTQ+ ownership. The stock leans towards queer, independent and small-press titles, and the shop's motto is "we're here, we're queer, we've got weird books." It hosts a Queer Open Book Club and other community events, so it is a good place to pick up local information as well as books. Google reviewers rate it 4.8 from more than 200 reviews.

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JaTavian Lusane
JaTavian Lusane Sep 2026
★★★★★

I'm just now getting into books, they had plenty of genres to choose from. I enjoyed searching around with the company of the store cats.

Caedyn Busche
Caedyn Busche Aug 2026
★★★★★

This is an absolutely stellar bookstore with both new and used books, modern and older, with phenomenal prices! There are also a ton of great chapbooks and zines from local authors and plenty of published books, also from locals. The two in-store cats were friendly and chill with the weekend crowd fawning over them. Support indie bookstores!!

CozyOly
CozyOly Aug 2026
★★★★★
Harry Denton
Harry Denton Jul 2026
★★★★★
Anonymous Person
Anonymous Person Jun 2026
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Timothy Jeter
Timothy Jeter Jun 2026
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Nicole Eason
Nicole Eason Jun 2026
★★★★☆

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Last updated on 16 October 2026

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