Judging by the Cover: A Bookstore is Fresno’s premier independent bookstore and the 2025 Central Valley Choice Award silver winner for Best Specialty Store. We are proudly mission-driven, dedicated to uplifting historically marginalized voices in publishing. Our shelves spotlight books by BIPOC, Queer, and Feminist authors, independent presses, and titles in languages beyond English—making space for stories (and events) too often left out of the mainstream.
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