Is HORSE BOOKS PLUS Woke?

What They Do

Horse Books Plus sells used, rare, and out-of-print books. By their own description, they have been "independent booksellers online since 1997." The specialty is children's books and horse sports, but the catalog runs much wider than the name suggests — the category list covers adult fiction, antiques and collectibles, architecture, art, biography, boating and maritime history, careers, cats, dogs, donkeys and mules, draft and working horses, dressage and eventing, driving horses, endurance and trail riding, cookbooks, dance, fashion, and more. As they put it: "We carry SO much more than horse books."

The most telling line on the site is that roughly "90% of our stock is out of print or hard to find." That is not a business built on volume. That is someone who knows books, hunts them down one at a time, and prices them accordingly — current listings include a Paul Brown polo title at $150 and a Thomas Hinkle collie novel at $48. The store is online only, reachable on the east coast out of Virginia from 10am to 6pm at (540) 547-4005. They will send additional photos of any book if you ask, and sales get announced to friends on Facebook.

Why There's No Political Footprint Here

There is no ESG report here. No DEI program, no HRC rating, no corporate PAC. We want to be precise about why: this is not a stand the owner took. It is what a business this size is. Corporate political activism is a function of scale — it takes an investor relations department, a compliance officer, a government affairs budget, and a communications team to announce the results. An independent bookseller with a phone line and a shipping table has none of that machinery and never will.

What We Checked

We reviewed the company's public website and searched for federal political contributions, lobbying filings, and corporate advocacy campaigns. We found none. At this size, that is the expected result rather than a discovery.

The Bottom Line

Money spent at Horse Books Plus goes to an independent bookseller in Virginia who has been at this since 1997 — not to a corporate political apparatus. We make no claim about the owner's personal politics. We don't know them, and it isn't our business. What we can tell you is that your money isn't funding anything.