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Rainy Day Books, your community bookseller since 1975.
Welcome to Rainy Day Books. We're glad you're here.
Since 1975, Rainy Day Books has been located in the heart of Kansas City in the midtown suburb of Fairway, Kansas. Just five minutes west of The Country Club Plaza, Rainy Day Books is in the Fairway Shops, located at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road.
When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City. To our customers, thank you for your support.
Our Blog: The Weather Report
- Preview: Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom
- Your Community Bookseller, E-Books, and E-Readers
- Preview: Susan Casey's The Wave: In Pursuit of The Rogues, Freaks and Giants of The Ocean
- Bruce Cameron's A DOG'S PURPOSE - benefitting Wayside Waifs and Animal Haven
- The 2010 Edgar Award Winners
- The 2010 Young Adult Library Services Association Top 10 Nominations
- Join The Big Read: Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping
- The 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Just Added To Our Schedule
Big news for back to school:
Tony DiTerlizzi! The co-creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles appears for his new novel The Search For Wondla on Wednesday September 29 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza.Rick Riordan! The author of the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series appears for his new adventure Heroes Of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero on Friday October 15 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza.
Rob Scotton! The author of Splat The Cat and Russell The Sheep appears for his new Halloween story Scaredy-Cat, Splat! on Thursday October 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Village Presbyterian Church.


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