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Famous Bookstores
New York - The Strand / Shakespeare
S. F. - City Lights Portland - Powells D. C. - Politics & Prose Can anyone add more and fill in for: Boston Philadelphia Thanks. |
forgot to add: Chicago
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Elliott Bay Books - Seattle
Green Apple Books - San Francisco |
Kramerbooks -- DC
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Sarasota News and Books - Sarasota
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Chicago: Myopic Books
Dunno how famous it is, but it's pretty solid. |
In Boston area (Cambridge) Harvard Book Store
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Denver - Tattered Cover
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Portland, OR--Powell's
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Re Powells, it actually started on 57th St. in Chicago, in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and it is still there. It is, of course, much smaller than the Powells in Portland, which is humongous.
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Orcas--True:) Many people don't realize the history of it. Although it is a great destination right here in OR:)
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I don't think it's famous, but my favorite used book store in Phila. is the Book Trader across from Christ Church near 2nd and Market Sts.
In Sarasota, I like the Main Street Bookshop for their large selection of remaindered books. My favorite bookstore is the Strand in NYC. |
I didn't know that about Powell's starting in Chicago. I always make a beeline to Powell's when I'm in Portland. :-)
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Left Bank Books - St. Louis
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Prairie Lights in Iowa City
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I don't know that Philadelphia has any "famous" bookstores, but we do have some great places to browse and buy books:
- Joe Fox (traditional independent) - The AIA (American Institute of Architechts) - Giovanni's Room (LGBT) - Robin's (lefty politics and culture) - Wooden Shoe (even leftier) - the Reading Terminal Cook Book Stall - Garland of Letters (religion and spirituality) I won't even get into the fabulous used bookstores in Philadelphia. |
Joe Fox? You've... got mail.
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That occurred to me too!
And iamq, where is Green Apple Books (I've lived here for 35 years and have never heard of it)? |
iamq, I just looked it up (god I love the internet :) ), and realize that of course, I do know it. I just never knew its name.
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The Book Passage - Corte Madera, Marin County. I don't know of any other bookstore in the Bay Area that has more authors come and speak. Also terrific seminars and a great travel writing conference.
http://www.bookpassage.com/content.php?id=1 |
Hicklebee's in the Willow Glen District of San Jose, CA - exclusively children's books.
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MLTimes - tell me about your favorite used bookstores in Phila! I love used book stores.
I really like the Book Trader. I also like the bookstore of the Philadelphia Free Library behind the Central Library on Logan Square. There's also a nice used bookstore on Fairmount near Eastern State Peniteniary - the name escapes me right now! |
Giovanni's Room is probably the most famous bookstore in Philly. It is a gay bookstore, and if you are looking for some randy lad mags with photos of bears, this is the place for you, sweetie darling.
www. giovannisroom.com Thin |
Since folks are adding other cities...
Uncle Hugo's & Uncle Edgar's Bookstores in Minneapolis. Specialty science fiction and mystery stores in the same building. John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit. 5 floors with over 750,000 titles. Keith |
Best used bookstores in Philadelphia:
Book Corner, Book Trader of course Big Jar, just up from Book Trader Hibberd's, Bauman's and Last Word on Walnut at 13th, 16th and 40th, respectively And I just scored some great finds at the new used bookstore on 4th at Bainbridge in QV I really, really miss the Owl Bookshop on the campus of Bryn Mawr College and their sister store in DC called The Owl. Both stores funded scholarships at Bryn Mawr. |
Sam Weller's - Salt Lake City
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Blacktail Mountain Books, Kalispell, Montana
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