WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP
  • Welcome
  • Our History & Philosophy FAQ
  • Agatha Christie Albert Camus & His World Alistair MacLean Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator Anthony Burgess Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Arthur Conan Doyle Ayn Rand The Bronte Sisters Carl Hiaasen Charles Bukowski E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World Eric Sloane Georges Simenon Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism James Baldwin Joan Didion John D. MacDonald John Le Carré J.R.R. Tolkien Jules Verne and H.G. Wells Kurt Vonnegut Lee Child Loren Eiseley Louise Erdrich Louise Penny Lovecraft and Howard Malcolm X Margaret Atwood Marianne Moore and Her World Mo Willems Neal Stephenson Neil Gaiman Norman Mailer Octavia Butler Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation P.G. Wodehouse Philip Roth Rachel Carson Ralph Ellison Randy Watts Ray Bradbury Robert A. Heinlein Robert B. Parker Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar Shel Silverstein Stanislaw Lem Stephen King Toni Morrison Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort Wendell Berry Willa Cather Zadie Smith
  • Anarchism Ancient Egypt Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama Audiobooks: Nonfiction Baby Shower Sampler The Beat Generation Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories Books - New Fiction Books - New Fiction in Paperback Books - New & Notable Nonfiction Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama Books - Children's New & Notable Books in Original Languages or Translated from English Buddhism Carlisle Indian School Cats Civil War & Reconstruction Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains Cookbooks & Beverages Cricket Crosswords and Other Puzzles Dance Everyman's Library Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series Fishing French & Indian War Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales Graduation Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC The Habsburg Empire Harry Potter Holidays! International Mystery Islam and its World Korean War The Library of America Local Authors Past & Present Outdoors/Nature Pandemic Literature Pennsylvania Outdoors Pennsylvania Plain People Politics & Current Events US Presidents Revived Writers Russia and its World Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora Signed Copies Sports Staff Picks Tarot & Oracle Ukraine Vietnam War Vikings & Anglo-Saxons Westerns Western Mysteries World War I World War II Young Adult Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Boxed Notecards & Stationery Decomposition Notebooks DVDs Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys Games Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage Honey Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025 Notebooks Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces Puzzles for Children Vintage Radio
  • What Goes On Here . . . . New Events
  • Location & Directions
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

  • Welcome/
  • About Us/
    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
    • Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage
    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
    • Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories
    • Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more
    • Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces
    • Puzzles for Children
    • Vintage Radio
  • Events/
    • What Goes On Here . . . .
    • New Events
  • Location & Directions/
  • Blog/
  • Contact Us/
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WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

Independent Bookseller since 1985.

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WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

  • Welcome/
  • About Us/
    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
    • Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage
    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
    • Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories
    • Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more
    • Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces
    • Puzzles for Children
    • Vintage Radio
  • Events/
    • What Goes On Here . . . .
    • New Events
  • Location & Directions/
  • Blog/
  • Contact Us/
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east window

west window

west window

restocking

restocking

sale dvds and fiction

sale dvds and fiction

sale cds

sale cds

sale history

sale history

sale assorted nonfiction and children's books

sale assorted nonfiction and children's books

sale cookbooks and art

sale cookbooks and art

notecards

notecards

mulan superior

mulan superior

decomposition notebooks

decomposition notebooks

honey products and sale notebooks

honey products and sale notebooks

a colorful store

a colorful store

Out of Print t-shirts

Out of Print t-shirts

sale specials

sale specials

sale noir and more

sale noir and more

sale military history

sale military history

sale knitting books

sale knitting books

sale cookbooks

sale cookbooks

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Leanin' Tree card line and magazines

Leanin' Tree card line and magazines

biography and autobiography with Whistler supervisor

biography and autobiography with Whistler supervisor

register assortment

register assortment

children's books and puppets

children's books and puppets

happy reader

happy reader

thinker

thinker

mulan floor walker

mulan floor walker

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east window
west window
restocking
sale dvds and fiction
sale cds
sale history
sale assorted nonfiction and children's books
sale cookbooks and art
notecards
mulan superior
decomposition notebooks
honey products and sale notebooks
a colorful store
Out of Print t-shirts
sale specials
sale noir and more
sale military history
sale knitting books
sale cookbooks
DSC_1109.JPG
DSC_1111.JPG
DSC_1112.JPG
Leanin' Tree card line and magazines
biography and autobiography with Whistler supervisor
register assortment
children's books and puppets
happy reader
thinker
mulan floor walker
whistlestop bookshop
  • Welcome/
  • About Us/
    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
    • Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage
    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
    • Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories
    • Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more
    • Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces
    • Puzzles for Children
    • Vintage Radio
  • Events/
    • What Goes On Here . . . .
    • New Events
  • Location & Directions/
  • Blog/
  • Contact Us/

WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

Whistlestop Bookshop is an independent bookseller in Carlisle PA.  Founded in 1985, Whistlestop sells new and secondhand books  in all categories and a wide variety of sidelines, from magazines to puzzles, literary t-shirts to cds and dvds, from totes to local honey.  Our mission is to get the right books in the right hands at the right time.

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