October Books is a not-for-profit co-operative bookshop in the Portswood area of Southampton, UK. It was founded in 1977 as a left-wing political bookshop in Onslow Road, Southampton. The shop was originally staffed by volunteers and run by members of a Collective. In 1981, it became a neighbourhood co-operative, independent from any one political organisation, seeing itself instead as a community-based radical bookshop. It expanded its range of books to include gay, feminist, environmental, anti-capitalist, vegetarian/vegan, and disability rights issues.