Mayday Books

Great bookstore for books you won’t find elsewhere - only allowing cash was a bummer in the age of tap to pay, but it keeps their prices lower. My partner complained that it was a bit smelly/dingy/warm

A mainstay in Minneapolis for a reason! Broad spectrum left books, including some good fiction and culture writing, with all the classics of anti imperialist/liberation writing. Also a clear hub for thinking and talking, and they had a great (union-made) t shirt.

Great selection of leftist books and periodicals, including some used books. Expect to find friendly and helpful people hanging out, if you're looking for conversation. They carry the classics of theory as well as some newer fiction and analysis. Highly recommended.

Not the best hours but great selection of books from high end theory to communist mantifestos. Good resource for philosophy books or studying politics

Such a large selection of progressive books. A nice selection of Marx as well as contemporary socialist thinkers. It also is a wonderful resource for getting involved in activism and such. Please dont buy books by Marx on Amazon. Come here and help support their efforts through buying from them.

Mayday Books is a pretty gnarly book store. I found lots of books and magazines there that I probably would not find anywhere else, and it is all interesting stuff. Weather you are interested in the labor movement, feminism, or the environment, Mayday has it all. basically any radical movement from the past hundred or so years is covered in their collection. I very much appreciate that this bookstore exists, and will be returning.

Mayday Books is THE left-wing bookstore for hundreds of miles in every direction. Because they operate at no profit, they sell new releases at 15 to 20% the cover price, and they sell books that no other bookstore would carry. If you believe in anything truly left-of-center, including social democracy, democratic socialism, traditional Marxism-Leninism or non-Leninist Marxism, anarchosyndicalism, and ecosocialism OR you are just curious about leftist politics, you should absolutely stop in and look around. Mayday Books is also a hub of progressive and leftist organizing, with groups regularly meeting up there to talk politics. Every time I stop in, there is always something new I want to read.