The Official Bookstore for Grinnell College
Located in historic downtown Grinnell, Iowa. You may visit our store in person or shop in our online store. You can choose to have us ship to your home, deliver to the campus mailroom, or you can pick up your purchase in person.
For specials and announcements, watch our Facebook page and Instagram.
The College’s Bookstore
The Pioneer Bookshop is the official bookstore for Grinnell College. We feature Grinnell College clothing, school and office supplies, art supplies, consumer electronics, greeting cards, and gifts. It is the most reliable source to buy new, used, and digital textbooks. The bookshop also offers a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books and toys. We take special orders for books and don’t charge shipping fees.
Follow the Pioneer Bookshop on Facebook and Instagram.
Our reading groups are:
- Pioneer Bookshop Book Club
- Speculative Fiction Readers Group — Refer to the blog for details.
Reunion 2023 Author Event at the Pioneer Bookshop
On Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to noon, some of our alumni that have written books will be gathering at the bookstore to talk about their work. Many will have copies to sell and autograph.