11 Bookstores Worth Traveling For
Dennis Fischer <[email protected]> Sat, 5 May 2018 00:02:19 +0000
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------=_Part_66546_1571872133.1525478539333 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 11 authors recommend US bookstores worth traveling for FEATURED ARTICLELonely PlanetLonely Planet WriterSHARE=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Rea= ding material, whether destination-related or just a way to while away the = journey, is an essential packing list item. But cozy, well-curated independ= ent bookstores are often trip-worthy in their own right. We asked 11 best-s= elling writers to tell us which shops are worth a detour for book-loving tr= avelers.Whether you're having a wild weekend in=C2=A0Vegas=C2=A0or planning= a road trip down=C2=A0Maryland's Eastern Shore, you won't regret taking ti= me out to see these bookstores.Left Bank Books in St Louis is a community g= athering spot =C2=A9 Left Bank Books Left Bank Books in St Louis, Missouri Recommended by=C2=A0Curtis Sittenfeld, author of=C2=A0You Think It, I'll Sa= y ItWould you like to acquire a Black Lives Matters sign? Would you like to= buy a beautiful letterpress birthday card for your mom? Would you like to = pet the in-house cat? Or would you like to purchase or discuss the latest (= or some not-so-recent) novels, story collections and works of nonfiction? Y= ou can do all of this (and more!) at=C2=A0Left Bank Books=C2=A0in=C2=A0St. = Louis. Located in the elegant yet quirky Central West End neighborhood, Lef= t Bank is both a fearless supporter of progressive causes and a terrific pl= ace to find books. Whenever someone asks how to obtain an autographed book = from me, I tell the person to call Left Bank and order it, and I=E2=80=99ll= drop by. Then I stop in to sign the book and also to impulse-purchase seve= ral volumes worth of fiction, because they all look so irresistible on the = shelves and tables, displayed in the light from those big windows, with tha= t cat purring nearby.SPONSORED BY=C2=A0 Four ways to experience the beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel Once only the domain of locals and snowbirds-in-the-know, Fort Myers is fas= t becoming a destination in its own right. Whether you fancy nature, the be= ach,...=C2=A0BY=C2=A0BENEDICT WALKERLonely Planet Authorfollow Curtis Sitte= nfeld=C2=A0@csittenfeldWriters Block is a bookish oasis in Las Vegas =C2=A9= Krystal Ramirez The Writer's Block in Las Vegas, Nevada Recommended by=C2=A0Tayari Jones,=C2=A0author of=C2=A0An American MarriageA= ll the romantic, nostalgic words that people use to describe bookstores app= ly to=C2=A0The Writers Block. Yes, it is cozy, quiet, tidy and redolent wit= h that new book smell that is so much more heady than new car smell. It is = a bookshop of the old school, selling books almost exclusively. The owners = are almost always on the floor ready to hand-sell their new favorites as we= ll as classics. What makes this bookstore so special is its location. If yo= u have ever been to the=C2=A0Red Rock Canyon, you know that the natural spl= endor is amplified by its proximity to the garish neon lights of the Las Ve= gas strip. Well, the same is true for The Writers Block. Situated in old La= s Vegas, the bookstore is an oasis for the bookish and the analog. It offer= s clean lines, natural light, and a magnificently curated collection. As a = bonus, the store features a sanctuary for artificial birds and the bookstor= e "cat" is actually a 17-pound rabbit known as The Baron.follow Tayari Jone= s=C2=A0@tayari Liberty Bay Books in Pouslbo, Washington Recommended by=C2=A0Kristin Hannah, author of=C2=A0The Great AloneAsking a = writer to choose a favorite bookstore is like asking a mother to choose amo= ng her children. That being said, there is a unique shop in a small coastal= town in=C2=A0Washington State=C2=A0that will always have a piece of my hea= rt.=C2=A0Liberty Bay Books, in beautiful downtown Poulsbo, is very much the= "shop around the corner" that we all imagine visiting. Once inside, you=E2= =80=99ll find shelves full of books for all ages, each one hand chosen, rea= d and recommended by the vivacious and enthusiastic owner, Suzanne, who car= es as much for her community as she does for her business. Of course, there= 's a place to get a cup of coffee (it is near Seattle), but it's really the= love of books that matters here; it's what links everyone and makes us fri= ends from the moment we step inside.follow Kristin Hannah=C2=A0@belovung_bi= rdsBooks & Books in Miami is a cozy culture stop for Florida readers =C2=A9= Books & Books Books & Books in Miami, Florida Recommended by=C2=A0Brad Meltzer, author of=C2=A0The Escape ArtistIn 20 yea= rs, there=E2=80=99s only one bookstore that I=E2=80=99ve been to for every = single book I=E2=80=99ve written:=C2=A0Books & Books in Coral Gables. Let m= e be clear: I=E2=80=99ve been to stores all across the world. But this is t= he store I love most. It=E2=80=99s my home. There=E2=80=99s books, a caf=C3= =A9, more books and even an outdoor courtyard that has live music on the we= ekends. Plus, it has Mitchell Kaplan, the grand poobah of bookselling. Is= =C2=A0Miami=C2=A0known as a reading town? Of course not. People usually thi= nk of us for plastic surgery and tanning beds. But Books & Books fights aga= inst all that, bringing all our intellectuals into one cozy space. There=E2= =80=99s a reason everyone from Bill Clinton, to Junot D=C3=ADaz, to Neil Ga= iman, to=E2=80=A6well=E2=80=A6me...always makes it a stop. Come for the boo= ks; stay for the free music. You=E2=80=99ll thank me.follow Brad Meltzer=C2= =A0@bradmeltzer Mystery Loves Company in Oxford, Maryland Recommended by=C2=A0Laura Lippman, author of=C2=A0SunburnI have to be a hom= etown loyalist of sorts here and recommend=C2=A0Mystery Loves Company=C2=A0= in=C2=A0Oxford, Maryland. The store started in Baltimore, but owner Kathy H= arig moved to this picturesque Eastern Shore town several years ago. And be= cause Kathy has a very generous definition of "mystery," the store has titl= es that will make any reader of fiction happy. It even has store cats, name= d (inevitably) Nick and Nora. From Baltimore, it's about a 90-minute drive = on a good day, but don't even think of trying to get there on Friday aftern= oons in the summer, unless you really, really like traffic. If you're there= in August, stop at one of the local produce stands and buy some tomatoes o= r corn. Again, not to be a hometown loyalist, but they really are the best.= follow Laura Lippman=C2=A0@LauraMLippman Second Flight Books in Lafayette, Indiana Recommended by=C2=A0Terese Mailhot,=C2=A0author of=C2=A0Heart BerriesI love= =C2=A0Second Flight Books. Laura and Justin Kendall have made a place for o= ur community. Laura has endeared herself to me as a bookseller. She has hos= ted events for Roxane Gay, and employed emerging authors and, in February, = in the very front of the store, there was a full and beautiful aisle of rom= ance novels. I love that. They also mostly sell used books, because they=E2= =80=99re concerned about affordability and access. It=E2=80=99s not the sto= re itself that sells me, ever, but the people who believe in the power of b= ooks. There=E2=80=99s so much heart in that building, I die with excitement= every time I walk in.follow Terese Mailhot at=C2=A0@TereseMarieMAugusten B= urroughs reads to an enthralled crowd at Kepler's Books =C2=A9 Kepler's Boo= ks Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California Recommended by=C2=A0Taran Matharu, author of the Summoner SeriesMore often = than not, the most special bookstores are described as small, cozy and warm= , with the scent of old books in the air. This is not Menlo Park's=C2=A0Kep= ler's Books. It's special for the exact opposite reasons. The floor to ceil= ing windows fill the store with California sunlight, and the broad corridor= s within are lined with new books, crisp from the printers. The double door= s out front stay open all day, welcoming all comers =E2=80=93 no dusty scen= ts here, but fresh air. It's as close to an outdoor bookstore as you can fi= nd. I highly recommend giving it a visit.follow Taran Matharu=C2=A0@TaranMa= tharu1 WORD Books in Greenpoint, Brooklyn Recommended by=C2=A0NK Jemisin, author of=C2=A0The Stone SkyWORD Books=C2= =A0in=C2=A0Greenpoint=C2=A0is probably my current favorite. It's tiny and c= ramped, yet they consistently manage to have at least one book that I absol= utely HAVE to buy, every time I go there. And the downstairs event space ma= kes up for the tight fit upstairs; I had the launch party for=C2=A0The Fift= h Season=C2=A0there and it was lovely. There was even enough room for a hom= emade volcano! And readings, and talks and more. It's on a gorgeous street = with historic architecture and a little park, easily bike-able or train-abl= e. All they lack is a bookstore cat. Why don't bookstores do those anymore?= Oh, allergies. Well, it's perfect except for that.follow NK Jemisin=C2=A0@= nkjemisinThe massive Powell's location in Portland is a must-visit for true= book lovers =C2=A9 penjelly / CC-by-2.0 Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon Recommended by=C2=A0Vera Brosgol, author of=C2=A0Be PreparedPortland=C2=A0i= s packed with amazing independent bookstores (Green Bean Books is my favori= te dedicated exclusively to children=E2=80=99s books), but the granddaddy o= f them all is=C2=A0Powell=E2=80=99s. It=E2=80=99s an entire city block pack= ed with 1.6 acres of books, sweet books. There are nine color-coded rooms, = each holding a different genre. My personal favorite is the Rose Room, whic= h is where all the kids books are kept and where I beeline every time I vis= it. The used books are shelved right alongside the new ones, so you can oft= en find out-of-print treasures along with cheap copies of classics. I love = checking out the weird illustrated covers of old sci-fi paperbacks in the G= old Room, and browsing 20-pound art books in the Pearl Room. There=E2=80=99= s a caf=C3=A9 with great people-watching (and sketching) out the giant corn= er windows. Bonus: it keeps you out of the rain!follow Vera Brosgol=C2=A0@v= erabeeAuthor events are always on at Brookline Booksmith in Boston =C2=A9 B= rookline Booksmith Brookline Booksmith in Boston, Massachusetts Recommended by=C2=A0Tomi Adeyemi, author of=C2=A0Children of Blood and Bone= Brookline Booksmith=C2=A0is the most badass bookstore I know. There was a l= iteral blizzard with a declared state of emergency, and they still put on m= y event. They are the Braveheart of bookstores to me. Also you walk into th= at store and literally want to buy everything. Even books you already own. = So be careful!follow Tomi Adeyemi=C2=A0@tomi_adeyemi Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, California Recommended by=C2=A0Christie Ridgway, author of=C2=A0Almost ParadiseVisitor= s to=C2=A0San Diego=C2=A0come for the sunshine and stay for the near-perfec= t weather, but if you=E2=80=99re inspired by Comic-Con or need to dive indo= ors to give your sunburn a break, there=E2=80=99s a great independent books= tore stocked with your next beach read.=C2=A0Mysterious Galaxy=C2=A0(11 mil= es from the Convention Center, 9 miles from the seaside enclave of La Jolla= ) can take you far, far away with a science fiction pick or closer to home = if your jam is domestic thrillers. I like the many genres represented =E2= =80=93 including fantasy and horror =E2=80=93 the numerous handwritten staf= f recommendations and the knowledgeable salespeople. ------=_Part_66546_1571872133.1525478539333 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; f= ont-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font= -size:13px"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3.4rem; pad= ding: 0px; max-width: 129rem; color: rgb(59, 68, 79); font-family: "Be= nton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; = font-size: 18px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17171"><div style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 29.9844px; padding: 0px; float= : right; width: 960px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17172"><heade= r style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; m= ax-width: 74rem; position: relative; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px = 330px; padding: 0px; width: 960px; color: rgb(59, 68, 79); font-family: &qu= ot;Benton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-se= rif; font-size: 18px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17208"><div da= ta-post-date=3D"2018-05-02T20:00:20.000Z" data-pswp-uid=3D"1" data-gallery= =3D"[object Object]" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0p= x 0px 5.8rem; max-width: 63rem; position: relative;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1525473080302_17209"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padd= ing: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17210"><div style=3D"box-s= izing: inherit; margin-bottom: 4.2rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-size: 2= .8rem; line-height: 1.5;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17211">Read= ing material, whether destination-related or just a way to while away the j= ourney, is an essential packing list item. But cozy, well-curated independe= nt bookstores are often trip-worthy in their own right. We asked 11 best-se= lling writers to tell us which shops are worth a detour for book-loving tra= velers.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); fon= t-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15= 25473080302_17212">Whether you're having a wild weekend in <a href=3D"= https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/las-vegas" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/las-ve= gas" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-= line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.1rem dashed rgb(1= 91, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0px); transition: = color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302= _17213">Vegas</a> or planning a road trip down <a href=3D"https:/= /www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/maryland/eastern-shore" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/= maryland/eastern-shore" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67= ); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: = 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ= (0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_y= m19_1_1525473080302_17214">Maryland's Eastern Shore</a>, you won't regret t= aking time out to see these bookstores.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; margin-top: 1.7em; margin-left: 0; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.2= s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia= , Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: = 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); width: 107rem; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !importan= t; text-align: center !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17= 215"><a href=3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/left_bank_books_st= louis_travel_lonelyplanet-5ee330b1c899.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp= =3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1470" data-size=3D"1470x1127" style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.6rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-= line: none; background-image: none; position: relative; transition: color 0= .2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255)= 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px = 0px; display: block;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17216"><img src= =3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/left_bank_books_stlouis_travel= _lonelyplanet-5ee330b1c899.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib= =3D20&w=3D1470" alt=3D"exterior view of early 20th century brick buildi= ng in downtown St Louis, now home to a bookstore" style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; m= ax-width: 100%; display: block; width: 1070px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152= 5473080302_17217" data-id=3D"bb1e5b74-1cea-901c-ad05-fd2bf8644409"></a><spa= n style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; = font-family: "Benton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica= , Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 1.2rem !important; line-height: = 1.6 !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17218">Left Bank Boo= ks in St Louis is a community gathering spot =C2=A9 Left Bank Books</span><= /div><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1= rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; lin= e-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17219">Left Bank Book= s in St Louis, Missouri</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(4= 4, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Ti= mes New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3= _16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17220"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin:= 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17221">Recommend= ed by<span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; = padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17222"> <a href= =3D"http://www.curtissittenfeld.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: = rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradi= ent(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44,= 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color = 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255= ) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px= 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17223">Curtis Sittenfeld</a></= span>, author of </em>You Think It, I'll Say It</div><div style=3D"box= -sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: &= quot;Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif= ; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302= _17224">Would you like to acquire a Black Lives Matters sign? Would you lik= e to buy a beautiful letterpress birthday card for your mom? Would you like= to pet the in-house cat? Or would you like to purchase or discuss the late= st (or some not-so-recent) novels, story collections and works of nonfictio= n? You can do all of this (and more!) at <a href=3D"https://www.left-b= ank.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decora= tion-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, trans= parent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transpare= nt 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(= 255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255= , 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1525473080302_17225">Left Bank Books</a> in <a href=3D"https:/= /www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/great-plains/st-louis" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/g= reat-plains/st-louis" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67);= text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.= 1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0= px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1525473080302_17226">St. Louis</a>. 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letter-spac= ing: 0.06rem;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17242">Lonely Planet A= uthor</div></div></div></div></a></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; c= olor: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Time= s, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17243"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inher= it; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17244= "></em></div><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17245"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_172= 46">follow Curtis Sittenfeld <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/csittenfel= d?ref_src=3Dtwsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style=3D"box-si= zing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17247">@csittenfeld</a></em></span><div st= yle=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0; opacity: 1; transition: opacity= 0.2s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: "Miller Daily", Geo= rgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-heig= ht: 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); width: 107rem; margin-top: 6.6rem !importa= nt; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !important; text-align: center !important;" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17248"><a href=3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.i= mgix.net/2018/04/writersblock_lasvegas_lonelyplanet-c06bb326ce17.jpg?fit=3D= min&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1470" data-size=3D"1470x= 889" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.6rem; color: rgb(44, 54= , 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; position: relati= ve; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px = 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(= 255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px; display: block;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547= 3080302_17249"><img src=3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/writers= block_lasvegas_lonelyplanet-c06bb326ce17.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp= =3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1470" alt=3D"interior shot of bookshop with load= ed bookshelves and lamp post" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border-width: 0= px; border-style: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; disp= lay: block; width: 1070px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17250" da= ta-id=3D"8ac4cc41-9d7a-f9bd-41ba-23a37bb2ec5c"></a><span style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; font-family: "B= enton Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif = !important; font-size: 1.2rem !important; line-height: 1.6 !important;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17251">Writers Block is a bookish oasis= in Las Vegas =C2=A9 Krystal Ramirez</span></div><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: i= nherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); le= tter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17252">The Writer's Block in Las Vegas, Nevada</h3><= div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: &quo= t;Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; f= ont-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17= 253"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yu= i_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17254">Recommended by <a href=3D"http://= www.tayarijones.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67);= text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transp= arent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3p= x, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-= shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, = rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17255"><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; fon= t-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254= 73080302_17256">Tayari Jones</span>,</a> author of </em>An Americ= an Marriage</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; colo= r: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, = "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17257">All the romantic, nostalgic word= s that people use to describe bookstores apply to <a href=3D"http://ww= w.thewritersblock.org/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67= ); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, tran= sparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) = 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; tex= t-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px= , rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"y= ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17258">The Writers Block</a>. Yes, it is coz= y, quiet, tidy and redolent with that new book smell that is so much more h= eady than new car smell. It is a bookshop of the old school, selling books = almost exclusively. The owners are almost always on the floor ready to hand= -sell their new favorites as well as classics. What makes this bookstore so= special is its location. If you have ever been to the <a href=3D"http= s://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/red-rock-canyon/attractions/red-rock-canyon-na= tional-conservation-area/a/poi-sig/1348107/1006422" data-callout-slug=3D"us= a/red-rock-canyon/attractions/red-rock-canyon-national-conservation-area/a/= poi-sig/1348107/1006422" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 6= 7); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom:= 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translate= Z(0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_= ym19_1_1525473080302_17259">Red Rock Canyon</a>, you know that the natural = splendor is amplified by its proximity to the garish neon lights of the Las= Vegas strip. Well, the same is true for The Writers Block. Situated in old= Las Vegas, the bookstore is an oasis for the bookish and the analog. It of= fers clean lines, natural light, and a magnificently curated collection. As= a bonus, the store features a sanctuary for artificial birds and the books= tore "cat" is actually a 17-pound rabbit known as The Baron.</div><div styl= e=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-f= amily: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman"= ;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254= 73080302_17260"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px= ;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17261"></em></div><span style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152= 5473080302_17262"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0= px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17263">follow Tayari Jones = <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/tayari/media" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; = color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1525473080302_17264">@tayari</a></em></span><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: in= herit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); let= ter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _ym19_1_1525473080302_17265"></h3><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-= top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -= 0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547= 3080302_17266">Liberty Bay Books in Pouslbo, Washington</h3><div style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily= ", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem= ; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17267"><em style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1525473080302_17268">Recommended by<span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; fo= nt-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525= 473080302_17269"> <a href=3D"https://kristinhannah.com/" style=3D"box-= sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; backgr= ound-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54= , 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: rela= tive; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1p= x 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rg= b(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17270"= >Kristin Hannah</a></span>, author of </em>The Great Alone</div><div s= tyle=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); fon= t-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15= 25473080302_17271">Asking a writer to choose a favorite bookstore is like a= sking a mother to choose among her children. That being said, there is a un= ique shop in a small coastal town in <a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplan= et.com/usa/pacific-northwest/washington" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/pacific-n= orthwest/washington" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); = text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.1= rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0p= x); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1525473080302_17272">Washington State</a> that will always have a p= iece of my heart. <a href=3D"https://www.libertybaybooks.com/" style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none= ; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb= a(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); positi= on: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) = -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px= 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547308030= 2_17273">Liberty Bay Books</a>, in beautiful downtown Poulsbo, is very much= the "shop around the corner" that we all imagine visiting. 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padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; border-width: 0px; borde= r-style: initial; vertical-align: bottom;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254730= 80302_17278" title-off=3D""></iframe></div></div></div></div><div style=3D"= box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Dail= y", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2re= m; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17279"><em styl= e=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1525473080302_17280"></em></div><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; marg= in: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17281"><em st= yle=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1525473080302_17282">follow Kristin Hannah <a href=3D"https://twi= tter.com/belovung_birds" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, = 187); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17= 283">@belovung_birds</a></em></span><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; opac= ity: 1; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: &q= uot;Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;= font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); margin-top: 6.6= rem !important; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !important; text-align: center !impor= tant;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17284"><a href=3D"https://lone= lyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/coral_gables_books_and_books_lonelyplanet-7054= 02862175.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1470"= data-size=3D"1470x2205" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.6re= m; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: no= ne; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, = 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255= ) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px; display: block;" id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17285"><img src=3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix= .net/2018/04/coral_gables_books_and_books_lonelyplanet-705402862175.jpg?fit= =3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1470" alt=3D"wall lin= ed with mahogany bookshelves full of books from floor to ceiling in Books &= amp; Books in Miami" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border-width: 0px; borde= r-style: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; display: bloc= k; width: 630px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17286" data-id=3D"3= 84ed80c-a177-a661-6c11-21fc5d803ea7"></a><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit= ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; font-family: "Benton Sans= ", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important= ; font-size: 1.2rem !important; line-height: 1.6 !important;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17287">Books & Books in Miami is a cozy cultur= e stop for Florida readers =C2=A9 Books & Books</span></div><h3 style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rg= b(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17288">Books & Books in Miami, = Florida</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font= -family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman&qu= ot;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152= 5473080302_17289"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0= px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17290">Recommended by <a hr= ef=3D"http://bradmeltzer.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44,= 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0de= g, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67= , 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ea= se; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -= 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17291"><span style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1525473080302_17292">Brad Meltzer</span></a>, author of </em>The E= scape Artist</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; col= or: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times,= "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17293">In 20 years, there=E2=80=99s onl= y one bookstore that I=E2=80=99ve been to for every single book I=E2=80=99v= e written: <a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/miami/shopping/= books-books/a/poi-sho/1348923/361916" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/miami/shoppi= ng/books-books/a/poi-sho/1348923/361916" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; colo= r: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden= ; border-bottom: 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; tran= sform: translateZ(0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17294">Books & Books in Coral Gabl= es</a>. Let me be clear: I=E2=80=99ve been to stores all across the world. = But this is the store I love most. It=E2=80=99s my home. There=E2=80=99s bo= oks, a caf=C3=A9, more books and even an outdoor courtyard that has live mu= sic on the weekends. Plus, it has Mitchell Kaplan, the grand poobah of book= selling. Is <a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/miami" data-ca= llout-slug=3D"usa/miami" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 6= 7); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom:= 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translate= Z(0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_= ym19_1_1525473080302_17295">Miami</a> known as a reading town? Of cour= se not. People usually think of us for plastic surgery and tanning beds. Bu= t Books & Books fights against all that, bringing all our intellectuals= into one cozy space. There=E2=80=99s a reason everyone from Bill Clinton, = to Junot D=C3=ADaz, to Neil Gaiman, to=E2=80=A6well=E2=80=A6me...always mak= es it a stop. Come for the books; stay for the free music. You=E2=80=99ll t= hank me.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: = rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, &qu= ot;Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17296"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; ma= rgin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17297"></em= ></div><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17298"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit= ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17299">= follow Brad Meltzer <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/bradmeltzer" style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: no= ne;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17300">@bradmeltzer</a></em></sp= an><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1re= m; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-= height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17301">Mystery Loves Co= mpany in Oxford, Maryland</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb= (44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "= Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17302"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margi= n: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17303">Recomme= nded by <a href=3D"http://www.lauralippman.net/" style=3D"box-sizing: = inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-ima= ge: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.= 4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; tr= ansition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, r= gb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 2= 55, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17304"><span s= tyle=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px= ;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17305">Laura Lippman</span></a>, a= uthor of </em>Sunburn</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-t= op: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", G= eorgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-he= ight: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17306">I have to be a hom= etown loyalist of sorts here and recommend <a href=3D"http://www.myste= rylovescompany.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); = text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transpa= rent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px= , transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-s= hadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, r= gb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17307">Mystery Loves Company</a> in <= a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/maryland/easton-oxford" data-cal= lout-slug=3D"usa/maryland/easton-oxford" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; colo= r: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden= ; border-bottom: 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; tran= sform: translateZ(0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17308">Oxford, Maryland</a>. The store= started in Baltimore, but owner Kathy Harig moved to this picturesque East= ern Shore town several years ago. And because Kathy has a very generous def= inition of "mystery," the store has titles that will make any reader of fic= tion happy. It even has store cats, named (inevitably) Nick and Nora. From = Baltimore, it's about a 90-minute drive on a good day, but don't even think= of trying to get there on Friday afternoons in the summer, unless you real= ly, really like traffic. If you're there in August, stop at one of the loca= l produce stands and buy some tomatoes or corn. Again, not to be a hometown= loyalist, but they really are the best.</div><span style=3D"box-sizing: in= herit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17= 309">follow Laura Lippman <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/LauraMLippman= ?ref_src=3Dtwsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style=3D"box-siz= ing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17310">@LauraMLippman</a></span><h3 style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rg= b(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17311">Second Flight Books in Lafay= ette, Indiana</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67)= ; font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Ro= man", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1525473080302_17312"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padd= ing: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17313">Recommended by = ;<span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padd= ing: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17314"><a href=3D"http://w= ww.counterpointpress.com/authors/terese-mailhot/" style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: = linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0= px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; transi= tion: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(2= 55, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, = 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17315">Terese Mail= hot</a>,</span> author of </em>Heart Berries</div><div style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family:= "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", ser= if; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254730803= 02_17316">I love <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/SecondFlightBooks= /" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-li= ne: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent = 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px)= ; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 25= 5, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) = -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525= 473080302_17317">Second Flight Books</a>. Laura and Justin Kendall have mad= e a place for our community. Laura has endeared herself to me as a booksell= er. She has hosted events for Roxane Gay, and employed emerging authors and= , in February, in the very front of the store, there was a full and beautif= ul aisle of romance novels. I love that. They also mostly sell used books, = because they=E2=80=99re concerned about affordability and access. It=E2=80= =99s not the store itself that sells me, ever, but the people who believe i= n the power of books. There=E2=80=99s so much heart in that building, I die= with excitement every time I walk in.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inher= it; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Da= ily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2= rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17318"><em st= yle=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1525473080302_17319"></em></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; mar= gin: 2.11111em 0px 5em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17320"><div style=3D"box-sizing: in= herit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17321"><div data-google-query-id=3D"CLeQgZui7doCFSoD= rQYd8KADKg" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17322"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; = margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0pt none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254= 73080302_17323"><iframe title=3D"3rd party ad content" name=3D"google_ads_i= frame_/9885583/LonelyPlanet.com/Articles/in-content_4" width=3D"1583" heigh= t=3D"246.094px" scrolling=3D"no" marginwidth=3D"0" marginheight=3D"0" frame= border=3D"0" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-w= idth: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; vertical-align: botto= m;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17324" title-off=3D""></iframe></= div></div></div></div><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padd= ing: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17325"><em style=3D"box-si= zing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254730= 80302_17326">follow Terese Mailhot at <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/T= ereseMarieM?ref_src=3Dtwsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: no= ne;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17327">@TereseMarieM</a></em></s= pan><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0; opacity: 1; transiti= on: opacity 0.2s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: "Miller Daily= ", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem= ; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); width: 107rem; margin-top: 6.6r= em !important; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !important; text-align: center !import= ant;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17328"><a href=3D"https://lonel= yplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/keplers_augusten_burroughs_read_lonelyplanet_bo= okstores-dc48eca0586e.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&= amp;w=3D1470" data-size=3D"1470x980" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-b= ottom: 1.6rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; backgrou= nd-image: none; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shado= w: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(2= 55, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px; display: block;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17329"><img src=3D"https://lonelypl= anetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/keplers_augusten_burroughs_read_lonelyplanet_books= tores-dc48eca0586e.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&= ;w=3D1470" alt=3D"male author holding microphone speaks to audience in a bo= okshop" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border-width: 0px; border-style: init= ial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; display: block; width: 107= 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17330" data-id=3D"00e620b9-0151= -3aa2-e3b1-2205c572d2ae"></a><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0p= x; padding: 0px; display: block; font-family: "Benton Sans", &quo= t;Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size:= 1.2rem !important; line-height: 1.6 !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 525473080302_17331">Augusten Burroughs reads to an enthralled crowd at Kepl= er's Books =C2=A9 Kepler's Books</span></div><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: inher= it; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); letter= -spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1525473080302_17332">Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California</h3><div= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "M= iller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font= -size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17333= "><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3= _16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17334">Recommended by <a href=3D"http://aut= hortaranmatharu.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67);= text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transp= arent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3p= x, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-= shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, = rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17335"><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; fon= t-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254= 73080302_17336">Taran Matharu</span></a>, author of the Summoner Series</em= ></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44,= 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Time= s New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17337">More often than not, the most special books= tores are described as small, cozy and warm, with the scent of old books in= the air. This is not Menlo Park's <a href=3D"https://www.keplers.com/= " style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-lin= e: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 2= px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px);= position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255= , 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -= 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254= 73080302_17338">Kepler's Books</a>. It's special for the exact opposite rea= sons. The floor to ceiling windows fill the store with California sunlight,= and the broad corridors within are lined with new books, crisp from the pr= inters. The double doors out front stay open all day, welcoming all comers = =E2=80=93 no dusty scents here, but fresh air. It's as close to an outdoor = bookstore as you can find. I highly recommend giving it a visit.</div><div = style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); fo= nt-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman&= quot;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 525473080302_17339"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding:= 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17340"></em></div><span style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1525473080302_17341"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; paddi= ng: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17342">follow Taran Matharu= <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/TaranMatharu1" style=3D"box-sizing: in= herit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17343">@TaranMatharu1</a></em></span><h3 style=3D"= box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44= , 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17344">WORD Books in Greenpoint, Brookl= yn</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-fami= ly: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", = serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15254730= 80302_17345"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17346">Recommended by <a href=3D= "http://nkjemisin.com/books/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, = 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg= , transparent, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67,= 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s eas= e; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1= px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17347"><span style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1525473080302_17348">NK Jemisin</span></a>, author of </em>The Ston= e Sky</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb= (44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "= Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17349"><a href=3D"http://www.wordbookstores.co= m/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-l= ine: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent= 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transparent 0px= ); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb(255, 2= 55, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255)= -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152= 5473080302_17350">WORD Books</a> in <a href=3D"https://www.lonely= planet.com/usa/new-york/new-york-city/brooklyn-williamsburg-greenpoint-bush= wick" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/new-york/new-york-city/brooklyn-williamsburg= -greenpoint-bushwick" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67);= text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.= 1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0= px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1525473080302_17351">Greenpoint</a> is probably my current favorit= e. It's tiny and cramped, yet they consistently manage to have at least one= book that I absolutely HAVE to buy, every time I go there. And the downsta= irs event space makes up for the tight fit upstairs; I had the launch party= for <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17352">The Fifth Season</em> there= and it was lovely. There was even enough room for a homemade volcano! And = readings, and talks and more. It's on a gorgeous street with historic archi= tecture and a little park, easily bike-able or train-able. All they lack is= a bookstore cat. Why don't bookstores do those anymore? Oh, allergies. Wel= l, it's perfect except for that.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; ma= rgin-top: 1.7em; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily&qu= ot;, Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; l= ine-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17353"><em style=3D= "box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 525473080302_17354"></em></div><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: = 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17355"><em style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1525473080302_17356">follow NK Jemisin <a href=3D"https://twitter.co= m/nkjemisin" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187); text-d= ecoration-line: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17357">@nkjemi= sin</a></em></span><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0; opaci= ty: 1; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: &qu= ot;Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; = font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); width: 107rem; m= argin-top: 6.6rem !important; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !important; text-align:= center !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17358"><a href= =3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/powells_oregon_lonelyplanet_li= terary-travel-f2250e555e6a.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib= =3D20&w=3D1470" data-size=3D"1470x966" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; ma= rgin-bottom: 1.6rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; ba= ckground-image: none; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text= -shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px,= rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px; display: = block;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17359"><img src=3D"https://lo= nelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/powells_oregon_lonelyplanet_literary-travel-= f2250e555e6a.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D1= 470" alt=3D"exterior view of Powell's books in Portland, a single-story boo= kstore" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border-width: 0px; border-style: init= ial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; display: block; width: 107= 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17360" data-id=3D"dbe7471b-deda= -9226-7084-80e3c1045aef"></a><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0p= x; padding: 0px; display: block; font-family: "Benton Sans", &quo= t;Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size:= 1.2rem !important; line-height: 1.6 !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 525473080302_17361">The massive Powell's location in Portland is a must-vis= it for true book lovers =C2=A9 penjelly / CC-by-2.0</span></div><h3 style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rg= b(44, 54, 67); letter-spacing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17362">Powell's Books in Portland, = Oregon</h3><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-= family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525= 473080302_17363"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0p= x;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17364">Recommended by <span = style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0p= x;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17365"><a href=3D"https://www.ver= abee.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decor= ation-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, tran= sparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, transpar= ent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shadow: rgb= (255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 25= 5, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1525473080302_17366">Vera Brosgol</a></span>, author of </em>Be Pr= epared</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: rg= b(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "= ;Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yu= i_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17367"><a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplanet.co= m/usa/pacific-northwest/portland" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/pacific-northwes= t/portland" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-deco= ration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.1rem dashe= d rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0px); trans= ition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547= 3080302_17368">Portland</a> is packed with amazing independent booksto= res (Green Bean Books is my favorite dedicated exclusively to children=E2= =80=99s books), but the granddaddy of them all is <a href=3D"https://w= ww.lonelyplanet.com/usa/portland/shopping/powells-city-of-books/a/poi-sho/1= 133675/362093" data-callout-slug=3D"usa/portland/shopping/powells-city-of-b= ooks/a/poi-sho/1133675/362093" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44,= 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-b= ottom: 0.1rem dashed rgb(191, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: tra= nslateZ(0px); transition: color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3= _16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17369">Powell=E2=80=99s</a>. It=E2=80=99s an ent= ire city block packed with 1.6 acres of books, sweet books. There are nine = color-coded rooms, each holding a different genre. My personal favorite is = the Rose Room, which is where all the kids books are kept and where I beeli= ne every time I visit. The used books are shelved right alongside the new o= nes, so you can often find out-of-print treasures along with cheap copies o= f classics. I love checking out the weird illustrated covers of old sci-fi = paperbacks in the Gold Room, and browsing 20-pound art books in the Pearl R= oom. There=E2=80=99s a caf=C3=A9 with great people-watching (and sketching)= out the giant corner windows. Bonus: it keeps you out of the rain!</div><s= pan style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17370">follow Vera Brosgol <a href=3D"https:/= /twitter.com/verabee" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(41, 124, 187= ); text-decoration-line: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17371= ">@verabee</a></span><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: 0; opa= city: 1; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; visibility: visible; font-family: &= quot;Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif= ; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); width: 107rem;= margin-top: 6.6rem !important; margin-bottom: 6.6rem !important; text-alig= n: center !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17372"><a href= =3D"https://lonelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/brookline_booksmith_mass_lonel= yplanet_books-2027773ae000.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib= =3D20&w=3D1470" data-size=3D"1470x1268" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; m= argin-bottom: 1.6rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-line: none; b= ackground-image: none; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; tex= t-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px= , rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px; display:= block;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17373"><img src=3D"https://l= onelyplanetwp.imgix.net/2018/04/brookline_booksmith_mass_lonelyplanet_books= -2027773ae000.jpg?fit=3Dmin&q=3D40&sharp=3D10&vib=3D20&w=3D= 1470" alt=3D"facade of bookstore in strip mall with pedestrians walking pas= t" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; = margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%; display: block; width: 1070px;"= id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17374" data-id=3D"cae873dd-66fc-aab5= -9870-b68e851ae1a6"></a><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; pa= dding: 0px; display: block; font-family: "Benton Sans", "Hel= vetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 1.2r= em !important; line-height: 1.6 !important;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547= 3080302_17375">Author events are always on at Brookline Booksmith in Boston= =C2=A9 Brookline Booksmith</span></div><h3 style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; m= argin-top: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); letter-spac= ing: -0.02rem; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.4;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_= 1525473080302_17376">Brookline Booksmith in Boston, Massachusetts</h3><div = style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Mi= ller Daily", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-= size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17377"= ><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_= 16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17378">Recommended by <a href=3D"http://www.= tomiadeyemi.com/" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); tex= t-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparen= t, transparent 2px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 0px, rgba(44, 54, 67, 0.4) 3px, t= ransparent 0px); position: relative; transition: color 0.2s ease; text-shad= ow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(= 255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17379"><span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-we= ight: bolder; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_152547308= 0302_17380">Tomi Adeyemi</span></a>, author of </em>Children of Blood = and Bone</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1.7em; color: = rgb(44, 54, 67); font-family: "Miller Daily", Georgia, Times, &qu= ot;Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.8;" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302_17381"><a href=3D"https://www.lonelyplanet.= com/usa/boston/shopping/brookline-booksmith/a/poi-sho/377605/362022" data-c= allout-slug=3D"usa/boston/shopping/brookline-booksmith/a/poi-sho/377605/362= 022" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 54, 67); text-decoration-= line: none; backface-visibility: hidden; border-bottom: 0.1rem dashed rgb(1= 91, 194, 198); position: relative; transform: translateZ(0px); transition: = color 0.3s, border-bottom 0.2s ease;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525473080302= _17382">Brookline Booksmith</a> is the most badass bookstore I know. T= here was a literal blizzard with a declared state of emergency, and they st= ill put on my event. They are the Braveheart of bookstores to me. Also you = walk into that store and literally want to buy everything. Even books you a= lready own. 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I like the many genres repr= esented =E2=80=93 including fantasy and horror =E2=80=93 the numerous handw= ritten staff recommendations and the knowledgeable salespeople.</div></div>= </div></div></div></body></html> ------=_Part_66546_1571872133.1525478539333--