The Island Bookstore - Historic Corolla Village

They have a wonderful selection of books. Over the years we have found some incredible reads. The employees are always nice. We very much recommend!

This bookstore is a hidden gem nestled in historic Corolla village. It's one of those perfect little local bookstores that is well worth the visit. If you are visiting OBX ditch Amazon and get a book for the beach here!

What a perfect local bookstore. I was impressed by the diversity of book selections. I was most impressed by the diverse youth books that were displayed. Any child can see themselves represented in their selections. I can say enough. Please go out and support this great bookstore!

The perfect bookstore, I could spend all day here - so I spent a morning one day and came back for an afternoon another day.Large fiction, nonfiction selection, and children's/youth. Postcards, puzzles, journals, and other cutesy knick knacks are placed throughout!

What a terrific, locally owned book store! I give the store 5+ stars for the selection, service and for their steadfast adherence to the current 'Masks ~REQUIRED~ policy (wisely) prescribed by the state of North Carolina. Shame on those who harass the employees! These tireless workers are required to enforce this simple and possibly lifesaving 'inconvenience'. Pffft...whatever, people. In my brief visit, I witnessed 3 groups of people become publicly agitated when asked to adhere to the simple-to-follow rules: Wear a mask and keep the store open to no more than 10 people at a time. The grief they gave one particular employee was infuriating! Not to mention names, but this young lady handled these unruly 'customers' quite...Gracefully. She should be commended - and given a raise. Good on the Island Book Store for hiring such capable people. I look forward to my next visit.

PROS: A quaint beach bookstore with a wonderful selection of books. They have some unique children's books, many about the beach and Outer Banks. This store is doing an excellent job of enforcing the mask and social distancing rules related to COVID-19. They also require that customers use hand sanitizer before entering the store.CONS: Unfortunately, I can only give this store two stars. I was hoping for a charming, cozy, beach bookstore experience....but instead was met by extremely rude employees and almost hostile atmosphere. The employees scolded us when we entered the store for not using hand sanitizer (even though we had just finished lathering our hands in the stuff), got upset that my infant son wasn't wearing a mask and asked he leave the store (even though infants are not required to wear masks as they are a suffocation hazard. I will give them this one, as it is their store and their right to refuse service...but the tone of this request was aggressively demanding), were annoyed when we asked for help, got frustrated when our credit card didn't read correctly initially, and followed one of us around the store like we were planning to steal something. I am all about supporting local businesses but, in this case, I will make my future book purchases on Amazon.

I found this bookstore by accident and was pleasantly surprised to find it extremely well-stocked for seemingly every interest and age range. I found several books and ended up going back with the kids the next day to let them wander the large children's section and pick some books out. This bookstore is definitely worth checking out.

A nice peaceful spot. Grabbed a vacation puzzle and a few beach books. Staff was pleasant and knowledgeable - selection of new and classic books was great. Puzzle selection surprisingly good!Ella Fitzgerald playing quietly in the background. Can't beat it.

Service friendly local hospitable Selection readable all types of litaracy people Value - no comment

Love love love this sweet little bookstore. This store helped me discover my love for reading. 15 years later and I'm back ready to buy another book. See you soon!