Boxcar Books was a non-profit, independent bookstore, infoshop, and community center in Bloomington, Indiana.
Collectively run by volunteers, Boxcar Books was "one of the highest-volume zine sellers" in the United States.
The bookstore included a wide selection of new and used nonfiction books with a particular focus on gender studies and "green" lifestyles.
The bookstore held an annual fundraising event for itself and the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project called the "Rock n' Roll Prom.
"[8] Boxcar Books was the target of protests by a white supremacist hate group called the Traditionalist Youth Network.