6 Best Shopping in Baltimore, Maryland

AIA/Baltimore Bookstore

Mount Vernon

The AIA/Baltimore Bookstore carries all kinds of architecture books.

Atomic Books

Hampden

Atomic Books specializes in obscure titles and small-press publications, including independent comics and 'zines, along with videos. There's also a formidable selection of pop-culture toys such as lunch boxes, cookie jars, and stickers.

Barnes & Noble

Inner Harbor

Barnes & Noble, in the Power Plant complex at the Inner Harbor, is the city's largest general-interest bookseller.

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Book Thing

Waverly

Book Thing takes donations and gives away free books—as many as you like, as long as you promise not to resell them; it's open weekends 9–6.

Children's Bookstore

Roland Park

The Children's Bookstore is a cozy, well-stocked resource for current and classic children's literature.

Kelmscott Bookshop

Charles Village

The Kelmscott Bookshop is known for its enormous, well-preserved stock of old and rare volumes in every major category, especially art, architecture, American and English literature, and travel.