ADDRESS
4300 Speedway
Austin, TX 78751
HOURS
Coffee Window at 7 AM
9 AM - 9 PM - 7-Days a Week
ADDRESS
4300 Speedway
Austin, TX 78751
HOURS
Coffee Window at 7 AM
9 AM - 9 PM - 7-Days a Week
Books (and more books) all day.
First Light is a lovingly operated, independent book shop in Austin, Texas. It’s the bookstore, coffee shop, wine bar, cafe you didn’t know you couldn’t live without. Tucked in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in an old post office, we’ll be open seven days a week. See you there.
The 2026 Book Report
Our annual catchall of shop stats, member input, anecdotes, bestsellers, crazy cafe counts, and more.
READ HERE
Partita
Barbara Kingsolver
2026
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up
David Byrne
2026
Solace House
Will MacLean
2026
Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited
Tracy Daugherty
2026
Public Access Afterworld
Jane Schoenbrun
2026
The Floating World
Ben Eastham
2026
Music Against the Night
Yiyun Li
2026
first light years: a community
20% off all
book purchases
Free drip coffee
every day
Free book delivery
within a 5 mile radius
VIP access to author
events and special
member programming
Books (and more books) all day.
First Light is a lovingly operated, independent book shop in Austin, Texas. It’s the bookstore, coffee shop, wine bar, cafe you didn’t know you couldn’t live without. Tucked in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in an old post office, we opened our doors in August 2023 and are open seven days a week. See you at the shop.
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