Housmans is London's premier radical bookshop
We are a not-for-profit bookshop, specialising in books, zines, and periodicals of radical interest and progressive politics. We stock the largest range of radical newsletters, newspapers and magazines of any shop in Britain.
Ordering books from Housmans online
Use the button on the right to go straight to our online bookshop - the ethical alternative to Amazon, with over 500,000 titles - or click on one of the buttons below, which relate directly to the stock we hold in the shop.
Booklists at Housmans Housmans Specials
| Helps you browse some of our key areas of interest, showing a selection of the books we have in-store or which are available online. |
Housmans Top 5
1. Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere - Paul Mason
2. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class - Owen Jones
3. One Dimensional Woman - Nina Power
4. Debt - David Graeber
5. Savage Messiah - Laura Oldfield Ford
Latest Blog Post
Review: John Tirman, ‘The Death of Others: the fate of civilians in America’s wars’
John Tirman, The Death of Others: the fate of civilians in America’s wars
Oxford University Press, 2011, 416pp, £18.99
Click here to buy from Housmans
Review by Ian Sinclair
This review was originally published in Peace News
A big book in every sense, The Death of Others looks at the fate of civilians in American wars since 1945 – [...]
Peace Diary 2012
Every year we publish the world-renowned Housmans Peace Diary. This 59th
edition includes a World Peace Directory listing more than 1500 national and
international peace, environment and human rights organisations from around
the world. It also has special features looking at societal and political
control of the uses of technology, sparked by the 200th anniversary of the
Luddites.
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£1 Book Basement
Deep down in the Housmans basement we have a vast, diverse, and ever-changing selection of second-hand books at the truly bargain price of £1.
There are lots of great titles, primarily politics and fiction, but also a lot more besides. There's always new stock coming in, so do drop in regularly to get the best of the bunch.
Please donate your old books
Please support one of Britain’s last radical bookshops by donating your books to Housmans. Not only will you be keeping your books alive and in circulation, but also helping to support the shop.
Cash will be paid for uncommon and unusual titles, and we shall endeavour to collect from anywhere in the country.
Please contact Nik on 020 7837 4473 or at nik@housmans.com for more information.Thank you for your support.