Urban Reader Bookstore

We're here to use our voice. We specialize in African-American authors. Specialty service: we order based on what YOU are looking for! Established in 2021. Books have helped us cope during some of the most difficult periods in life. Urban Reader to be more than just a Black bookstore; we are a space where people can embrace the culture, ask questions, and heal. Twenty years ago, our owner, Sonyah Spencer, was a college student trying to make some extra money by selling her old textbooks on Amazon. Now she has opened her own bookstore in Charlotte's University City.