### [Urban Reader Bookstore](https://urbanfolk.io/listing/urban-reader-bookstore/)

**Published:** July 6, 2025
**Author:** Urban Folk Staff

**Content:**

We’re here to use our voice.
We specialize in African-American authors.
Specialty service: we order based on what YOU are looking for!

Books have helped us cope during some of the most difficult periods in life.

Urban Reader to be more than just a Black bookstore; we are a space where people can embrace the culture, ask questions, and heal.

Twenty years ago, our owner, Sonyah Spencer, was a college student trying to make some extra money by selling her old textbooks on Amazon. Now she has opened her own bookstore in Charlotte’s University City.

Established:

**Categories:** Bookstores

**Features:** Women-owned, Accepts Credit Cards, Accepts Android Pay, Accepts Apple Pay, Black-owned, Wheelchair Accessible, Open to All

**Regions:** North Carolina

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