Eso Won Books

34°0′18.7″N 118°19′54.08″W / 34.005194°N 118.3316889°W / 34.005194; -118.3316889

Eso Won Books
IndustryBookseller, retail
Founded1988 (1988)
FounderJames Fugate, Tom Hamilton
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Number of locations
1 store
Area served
Los Angeles metropolitan area
ProductsNew books primarily about and written by African American people.
OwnerJames Fugate, Tom Hamilton
Websitewww.esowonbookstore.com

Eso Won Books, an independent bookstore located at 4327 Degnan Boulevard in the Historic Leimert Park Village neighborhood of South Los Angeles, was one of the largest Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. In 2021, Publishers Weekly awarded the business Bookstore of the Year.[1]

  1. ^ Green, Alex (31 May 2021). "Eso Won is PW's Bookstore of the Year". Publishers Weekly: 12–13.