Riot Recommendation

What’s the Best Bookstore You’ve Ever Been To?

Amanda Nelson

Staff Writer

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

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What makes an excellent bookstore? Neat, easy-to-navigate-and-browse stacks? Piles of used books in no discernible order, inviting serendipity? A coffee shop? Overstuffed chairs? Anonymity, or helpful booksellers? Some magical, impossible combination of all of the above? Tell us the best bookstore you’ve ever visited in the comments below, and check back next week for your fellow readers’ recommendations!