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Store Hours
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
11 AM - 6 PM
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
10 AM - 8 PM
Sunday
10 AM - 5 PM
Welcome to Historic Downtown Wilmington!
Huxley & Hiro is Wilmington's premier locally owned and operated independent bookstore, located at 419 North Market Street next to La Fia Bistro.
Have you checked out the vibrant renaissance in historic downtown Wilmington yet? Come visit new local businesses, award-winning restaurants, and top destinations such as the Delaware Historical Museum and the Grand Opera House - all within a few blocks of Huxley & Hiro, your Delaware bookstore!
We sell books (fiction, non-fiction, children's), gifts (including puzzles, games, and candy), postcards, candy, art, Wilmington and Delaware souvenirs, local art and books, and a growing selection of LGBTQ+ books and memoirs. We also offer notary services. Please note, we do not buy used books.
Find out more about our "spokespets" (and their people)
Hours, directions, parking info... everything you need to plan a visit
Support the store with a purchase from Bookshop.org, EBooks.com or Libro.fm
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Upcoming Events
April 2025
Thursday, April 24, 6-8pm: Author talk with Betsy Small. Join us as Small discusses her new book "Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone", the inside account of a Peace Corps worker returning after decades to war torn Sierra Leone. Free, Registration Required.
Saturday, April 26: INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Come in for the swag, stay for the good company and events! Free advance copies of new releases, giveaways throughout the day, and fun surprises
9AM-2PM: Wake up with coffee and pastries from Dueling Rabbits Cafe
12PM-1:30PM: A Beginner's Guide to Birding with Joe Francis. Free (with book purchase), Registration Required. (At Annex)
1PM-4PM: Tarot Reading with Riley Whalen
3PM: Bookstore Cat Meet & Greet - Meet Lews, Tolstoy, and/or Huxley [as cat mood allows! Definitely Lews the kitten]
3:30PM: Bookstore Dog Meet & Greet - Meet Hiro
7:30PM-9:30PM: Concert: Progressive Acoustics presents Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt, reshaping traditional North American string music. Folk, acoustic. $25 (At Annex)
Wednesday April 30, 6:30-8PM: A Very Special Book Club with Author, Carl Siciliano. Free, Registration Required.
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