Downtown Wilmington's Independent Bookstore
One of Delaware's top bookstores... thanks to you!
Store Hours
Monday, Tuesdays & Wednesday
11 AM - 6 PM
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
11 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 books), 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. We do not buy used books.
Upcoming Events
April 2024
Thursday, April 11, 7 pm: Author Greer Firestone presents Alexei and the Mad Monk Rasputin, a gripping new book about the cataclysmic events surrounding the end of the 300-year Romanov dynasty of Russia. Pick up copy here (supports Huxley & Hiro).
Friday April 12, 7-9 pm: Don't Tell Comedy show! WILL SELL OUT!!
Wednesday, April 17
3 pm: Story hour with Tiffany Hammond
A reading and signing with the author of A Day With No Words (link supports Huxley & Hiro), a book that invites you into the life of a boy with autism. Huxley & Hiro extends an especially warm welcome to families of children who are neurodivergent and those with special needs.6:30 pm: Happy Hour Book Club at DE.CO - Wilton Barnhardt's "Western Alliances"