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Argonaut Book Shop
Union Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesBetween the Gold Rush and the 1906 earthquake, the Mexican American War and the OJ trial, we say California has had more history than some centuries-old nations. Argonaut Book Shop is the unofficial keep of said history. The antiquarian book...
Arundel
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesDo you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as to not artificially bulk up their shelves with any...
Arundel
Downtown - Seattle, WA United StatesDo you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as to not artificially bulk up their shelves with any...
Ballenford Books on Architecture
The Annex - Toronto, ON CanadaWriting about music may be like dancing about architecture, but writing about architecture seems as natural as dancing to the music. At least if the sheer number of architecture titles as Ballenford Books on Architecture is any indication. What...
BookPeople
West End - Austin, TX United StatesFrom the exterior, BookPeople looks just like a generic book chain. In the interior, all resemblance is lost. The 3-floored behemoth is not only the largest bookstore in Texas, but is also indepedent through and through. Rather than a subdued...
Book Soup
West Hollywood - West Hollywood, CA United StatesLest you think that Los Angeles is devoid of culture enter Book Soup, a heady, vibrant space that looks more like an expansive personal library than a retail book store. Floor to ceiling shelves house books on every topic imaginable, but stress...
Builders Booksource
Fourth Street - Berkeley, CA United StatesWith the proliferation of home-improvement shows it seems that if you have a thousand dollars and a can of paint you can turn any room into a designer showroom. For anyone who is looking for a reality check or a house that doesn't involve...
Builders Booksource
Ghiradelli Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesWith the proliferation of home-improvement shows it seems that if you have a thousand dollars and a can of paint you can turn any room into a designer showroom. For anyone who is looking for a reality check or a house that doesn't involve MDF, stop by Builders Booksource. The aptly named...
City Lights
North Beach - San Francisco, CA United StatesWhen is a store not just a store? When it plays a pivotal role in a major American literary movement. Opened in 1953 by poet Louis Ferlinghetti, City Lights quickly became a favorite hangout of Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg....
Dashwood Books
NoHo - New York, NY United StatesDashwood Books covers the world of photography books in unparalleled depth. Young Japanese photographers, classic American photo-journalism, avant-garde German artists, if it's not at Dashwood Books then ask and they can probably find it...
David Mirvish Books
The Annex - Toronto, ON CanadaThere's a subtle art to picking the perfect coffee table book--it must be substantive, but easy to digest, intriguing, yet relatable. David Mirvish Books has about a thousand iterations of the perfect coffee table book. For those in the art...
Family
Fairfax - Los Angeles, CA United StatesThink of Family as the official library of a sprawling, makeshift family of artists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Tokyo. Here the staggering creative output of the talented group is cataloged and celebrated. Hard to come by art...
Flora & Fauna Books
Magnolia - Seattle, WA United StatesBecause we can't all have green thumbs. That appears to be the crying call of appropriately subterranean Flora & Fauna Books. For the horticulture enthusiast looking for more information or the novice that needs more than soil and seed...
Giant Robot
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
West LA - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
Haight - San Francisco, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
East Village - New York, NY United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
GR2
West LA - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Harvard Book Store
Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesWhen you open a book store across the street from the most heralded institution in American academics, it better be one damn fine shop. Fortunately, Harvard Book Store lives up to its high expectations. The store's high shelves stock a...
Hejfina
Wicker Park - Chicago, IL United StatesHejfina has elegant modern living down pat. For clothing expect avant-garde Japanese brands, ultra-exclusive New York brands, next to creative selections from Brazil, England and France. These are articles you certainly won't find anywhere...