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Little Traveler heard about #SmallBizSaturday & thought it was #SmolBeanzCaturday. She's not the sharpest claw on the paw.
11/29/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Did you have to stash some of your books to make room for Thanksgiving guests? Do you have nice books you've finished? Want them out of the way?#BonnettsBooks accepts trade-ins!
#HappyCaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday
#Caturday
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"Officially," scary season is over. Here's a reminder of the other things you can find at #BonnettsBooks...
11/3/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
The scary is still around, if you're down. And, our Holiday selection has been here all along. Entertaining, cooking, baking, stories, & more! 🍂
Last night after work, took a quick trip with a friend to the Stoddard Pumpkin Glow in Grafton Hill.
10/28/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
I think tonight is the last night. Check it out after a stop at #BonnettsBooks! There were food trucks, an activities tent, & lots of great carvings! 🎃
Witch-themed 2025 #HauntfestOn5th is mere days away! Still time to find inspiration at #BonnettsBooks, costumes at #FeathersVintage & #ClashDayton, accessories at Goodwill, your #Halloween soundtrack at #OmegaMusic & #BlindRageRecords, & plan the night!
10/22/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
A message #BonnettsBooks stands by, 100%!
10/16/25 — Open 6-9p
I've been receiving mystery envelopes in the mail for a little while now. No regular schedule. Inside, positive missives, handsomely printed on cardstock.
I like the mystery and the advice.
Visit. Bring nice trade-ins! Read a book.
Dayton, Ohio's #HauntfestOn5th is just 10 days away!
10/15/25 — Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.
A little display from my living room, on a temporary storage tote table. My fave is the Invisible Man.
Stop in #BonnettsBooks to see how many monsters are hiding in the store collection! 😱🕸️🕷️🐈⬛🧹🧙🌛
What day did you say it was? I'm pretty sure it's Monday.
10/13/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Some had a day off. Not #BonnettsBooks. Nor my orthopedist's office.
Buy a book. Grab a bite. Enjoy a beverage. Do some recon for your potential visit to #HauntfestOn5th, under 3 wks away! 🎃🦇👻
What's scarier than moving to a new place, when your elbow is healing and you're under a deadline?
10/7/25 — Open 6³-9p. No open drinks, please.
Golden Age Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, & Louie having Halloween fun in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, number 98. Now at #BonnettsBooks!
Fun times in tomes for your little monsters at #BonnettsBooks!
10/3/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
We currently have a selection of Goosebumps – while they last. Don't miss out!
Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Percy Jackson, and more, plus table-top RPGs, classics, comics, manga, anime & DVDs!
Happy #Caturday! Stop lurking in the shadows. Tonight is the last day of the 20 purr-cent off sale at #BonnettsBooks!
9/27/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Scroll our timeline or click the #BonnettsBooks hashtag to shine some light on the wide variety of books you might find on our shelves
20% off Sale Extended thru Saturday!
9/25/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Here's a chance to take advantage of a super-rare sale at #BonnettsBooks.
Processed items only. No trade-ins or store credit. No rainchecks or holds.
Scroll my old posts to see what kinds of things you might find!
Have a little #HumpdayHorror!
9/10/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Recap: I shared some of these before. If you want interesting, unusual, creepy books lurking your pad this #SpookySeason, #BonnettsBooks can help, w/ novels, mags, comics, & DVDs, too!
Tomorrow's aim: #GoldenAge #Funnies!
If "birds" is slang for attractive women, reading adults-only men's magazines should be called "pornithology."
9/8/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Visit #BonnettsBooks, where the intercourse of facts, fictions, & fantasies may reveal wisdom or absurdity, depending what you bring with you.
Whatever happened to #POGs?
9/5/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
If you're feeling nostalgic, #BonnettsBooks is a good place for print time-travelers to get a fix.
Bring your caps & slammers. Maybe a POG* match will break out!
*POG is a Passion-fruit, Orange, Guava drink from Maui, HI.
I forgot to photograph books again. Here's a chipmunk I saw Monday while disc-golfing.
9/4/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
If you're gathering up books, like chippy is gathering food, #BonnettsBooks is a good place to find things you didn't know you wanted. Come, forage for your next read.
A couple of fresh trade-ins hit our "new" section last night.
8/28/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Trading with #BonnettsBooks is a great deal, saves money, & keeps your to-be-read pile fresh; time-tested here over 80 years!
There's no telling what might turn up next. Follow to find out!
New to the shelves tonight, more classics of American non-fiction & novels!
8/22/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
All of these are frequently requested and won't last long... In other words, hurry in or they'll be gone! Don't miss out these & much, much more at #BonnettsBooks!
A bunch of recently reshelved items whose potential buyers changed their minds in favor of other selections.
8/19/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Did Fate cause them put it back for you to find?
Perhaps your destiny awaits, at #BonnettsBooks!
2 new to our shelves & 2 from the stacks. Fun, facts, & fantasies!
8/13/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
My week started with a car that wouldn't. It's rolling again and ready to hit the humpday road.
Take a roadtrip of the mind in the finite-infinity conundrum that is #BonnettsBooks! ♾️☯️
Trying to open early today for the O.D. Groove Garden & Clash Dayton's Pistons & Pin-Ups 14th Anniversary show.
8/9/25 — Open ?-?p & 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Multi-hyphenate lifestyle photog Todd Selby won't be in attendance but, this & much more can be found today at #BonnettsBooks!
A common question...
"How long have you been here?"
#BonnettsBooks has been in the same location since 1939. Stop in!
8/2/25 - Open 6-9p.
No open drinks, please.
Don't mess up a good dirty joke with poor word power.
7/31/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Good grammar & vocabulary are key social skills, as are developing a good sense of humor & propriety.
😏 It's important to be a cunning linguist. #BonnettsBooks can help.
It's still Summer break. Little scholars can enjoy vacation and stay on track with these fun new arrivals at #BonnettsBooks!
7/28/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
The Berenstain Bears, LEGO City, Cinderella, The Princess and the Frog, The Incredibles, & The Little Mermaid, while they last!
Curious sorts want to know... What's new today at #BonnettsBooks?
7/26/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
You'll have to stop in to find out! Or, just have a scroll through the posts & see what it's like.
Thanks old friends & new for visiting #BonnettsBooks & sharing #BonnettsStamp love during #GemCityComicCon! Thanks to organizers for having another great show!
7/21/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Pictured is my sketch/signed "Art of Dave Aikins, Pop Culture Portrait Drawings, Volume One.🙂
#BonnettsBooks will be OPEN tonight after #GemCityComicCon! Visit the the Oregon District for dinner and come say Hello!
7/19/25 — Open 6-?pm. No open drinks, please.
Last night's Preview included many of these. There's more no one's seen except me!
Stop by to visit the #WorldsOldestComicShop!
CLOSED Friday 7/18/25 ahead of #GemCityComicCon. OPEN Saturday Evening 7/19/25.
7/17/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Cosplayers welcome!
I hope to visit the convention on Sunday. While you're in town, don't forget to stop at #BonnettsBooks, the #WorldsOldestComicShop, since 1939!
7/14/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks please.
Last night, at Dixie Drive-In (Est. 1957), I saw about half the characters from this portrait (ca. 1962) in the new Superman movie.
Visit #BonnettsBooks on 5th St., the #WorldsOldestComicShop, during #GemCityComicCon this weekend!
GemCityComicCon.com
Abstract paperback art...
7/10/25 — Open 6-9p.
I'll often click a book photo for later use as a background. I saved this last week when it sold & the front was too sexy to share!
I've not snapped any books lately so, y'all get this little secret instead, from behind-the-scenes at #BonnettsBooks.
Gettin' down to the real nitty gritty...
7/8/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Do you:
Long for Historic Fiction?
Hunger for Exotic Recipes?
Yearn for Pythagoras' Theorem?
Lust for Genre Fiction?
Pine for Vintage Erotica?
Get Hot for Oxford Commas?
#BonnettsBooks will get your heart thumping!🔥❤️
#GemCityComicCon is a large indie show. It outgrew Wright State University Student Union Hall long ago and eventually moved to the Dayton Convention Center. Alas, Dayton recently outsourced management of DCC to a 3rd party who care more for profit than Dayton's reputation. So, Gem City Comic Con has had to downsize & move. It's no longer a few walkable blocks away from #BonnettsBooks, the #WorldsOldestComicShop.
https://www.gemcitycomiccon.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/bonnettsbooks.bsky.social/post/3lsc4g7lark2h
Per recent requests, these vintage Spider-Man comics are currently available at #BonnettsBooks!
6/10/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
If you're swinging into Dayton you could visit the #WorldsOldestComicShop to see what other goodies you might find!
Happy First Friday Art Hop!
6/6/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Vintage paperbacks had great art. These excerpts are from sci-fi books that recently crossed the desk.
This is just a hint of what you might find, tonight or most any night, if you transport your explorers to #BonnettsBooks!🖖
🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
6/2/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
If you didn't know, #BonnettsBooks includes all the colors of the rainbow; all the way back to when most magazines were only printed in black & white. Feel free to drop in for a look around!
You've heard Gen-X drank water from garden hoses in Summer. Did you know Boomers did it naked‽ 😳
5/27/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
NATO meeting has left Dayton & Riverscape fountain is on. It's still chilly but, parks are open for picnics & disc golf, patios are already partying, drive-ins & pools are ramping up, & convention/vacation season is right around the corner. What'll you find exploring #BonnettsBooks?
Horror graphic-novel fun, a bit late for Halfway to Halloween.
5/16/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
If you like these you might also like Sanctuary, a monthly goth night, tonight at Next Door Dayton!
There's more where these came from, + horror books, movies & mags now at #BonnettsBooks!
Downtown Dayton, Ohio map in Hammond's "Great Cities of the World," from 1958.
5/15/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
I'm not putting this one out immediately but, many other fine volumes are ready and waiting at #BonnettsBooks.
Remembering Grandpa on his birthday.
5/12/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
Harold "Hal" Murray Bonnett was a pulp writer from the 1930s through the '60s and founded Bonnett's in 1939. #BonnettsBooks is now #DaytonsOldestBookStore & #WorldsOldestComicShop.
Stop in!
Photo by Walter Bonnett.
I switched my #BrimOnFifth hats yesterday, stowing the felt & breaking out the straw.
Brim's brick & mortar is undergoing repairs, but their online store is open 24/7 at brimonfifth.com. Check it out!
Meanwhile, at #BonnettsBooks...
Ready for Summer reads? We've got 'em!
4/19/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
I'll have the Food for Thought combo.
4/3/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
In 31 days it'll be 55 years since...
On May 4th, it's likely you'll see more about Star Wars than American history so, better to share them now.
Find History, Star Wars, comics, & more at #BonnettsBooks!
No foolin'... Before #GoldenAgeComics had the name, #BonnettsBooks was there.
4/1/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Can you find the #BonnettsStamp on these comics that once sold for 5¢ each? Hint–there are 4.
When in Dayton, OH, be sure to visit the #WorldsOldestComicShop!
Just one feature today, a bit of a rarity, for Ian Curtis/Joy Division fans.
3/27/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
This limited edition hardcover is a collectors item & intentionally has no ISBN, unlike the regular paperbacks I found online.
Just added at #BonnettsBooks.