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Store Hours

Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm

Saturday: 10am – 4pm

Sunday: 12pm – 4pm

Our Story

The Hockessin BookShelf is a new and used bookstore located in Hockessin, Delaware established in 2002. Like our state, the BookShelf, with 826 square feet of inventory space, is a small wonder. We stock a little bit of everything with our largest sections being fiction, mystery, romance and children’s books.

Jen Blab is the new owner of the Hockessin BookShelf. She has always been a reader and worked in bookstores for years, even managing one for a while. Then she switched to libraries, working at the Kennett Library for the past few years. Jen absolutely loves books and is thrilled to take over ownership of the Hockessin BookShelf as the prior owner, Rebecca Dowling, relocates to California.

Events have become an integral part of our store, in 2014 we completed renovations which allowed us to hold more events in house. We now host authors, both nationally and locally published, non-author events, book clubs and workshops. For us the Shop Local movement is a way of life and our store’s health is dependent on the health of our neighbors. Maintaining strong community partnerships is very important to us; story time at the Woodside Farm Creamery during the summer, Book Groups at local restaurants, Cookbook Club at Delaware Nature Society’s Coverdale Farm Preserve, and collaborations with local schools and teachers are just a few examples.

At the Hockessin BookShelf we are known for our customer service and a well-read staff — we love books and our reading habits are eclectic, covering all niches from genres to literature, biographies to children’s books. We have become the go to store for summer reading, book groups and fun in-store promotions.