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.
Introducing GrinnBooks!
GrinnBooks is a College-wide program providing students enrolled at Grinnell access to their required textbooks at the start of each term. Beginning in the 2025–26 academic year, the cost of textbooks will be included in the comprehensive fee.
GrinnBooks at a Glance
Through GrinnBooks, all required textbooks are covered as part of the comprehensive fee. This allows every enrolled student to access required materials on or before the first day of class. Electronic materials will be available through Canvas (Grinnell’s new learning management system) for all a student’s courses. Print materials can be picked up prior to the start of the term from the Pioneer Bookshop. Students should monitor their school email prior to the start of the term for more information on how to access their textbooks.
This campus-wide program seeks to ensure greater educational equity among students and to remove the cost of textbooks as a barrier to taking a class.