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Best-loved Indie used/rare bookstores visited to date
Identified below are my favorite independent used bookstores that have been visited thus far. Not included are chains like Half-Price Books. Several of those listed are also sellers of rare and collectible books, as well. While many bookstores today sell some used/rare books, this list emphasizes those shops that primarily focus on used and/or rare books.
As more used/rare bookstores are visited both here and abroad, the treasured ones will be added to this list. Stay tuned!
Peace!
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Big Star Books & Music – Santa Fe, New Mexico – added 4/19/26
Big Star Books & MusicCurious Book Shop – East Lansing, Michigan
Defunct Books – Nashville (Five Points), Tennessee
Defunct BooksEast Nashville Books – Nashville, Tennessee – added 5/10/26
Grimey’s Preloved Music and Books – Nashville, Tennessee
Landmark Books – Traverse City, Michigan – books and vintage typewriters, oh my!
Open Door Bookshop – Roma (Trastevere), Italy – I love this store and my favorite outside the USA.
Open Door Bookshop Open Door BookshopLegatoria/Libraio Prampolini – Catania, Sicily, Italy – ‘literally’ an Italian institution
Quirky Used Books – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Second Story Books – Durango, Colorado – none better in the USA. Two floors of absolute perfection. So much charm and uniqueness, including books displayed in three old vaults. An absolute gem! – added 3/24/26
One of three vaults in Second Story Books View of the second floor at Second Story BooksUnder Charlie’s Covers – Albuquerque (Bernalillo), New Mexico – sadly closing in May 2026 due to a substantial rent increase.
#books #bookshops #booskstores #browsing #cities #culture #fun #geography #history #Italy #landUse #ThirdPlaces #tourism #travel #usedBooks -
Best-loved Indie used/rare bookstores visited to date
Identified below are my favorite independent used bookstores that have been visited thus far. Not included are chains like Half-Price Books. Several of those listed are also sellers of rare and collectible books, as well. While many bookstores today sell some used/rare books, this list emphasizes those shops that primarily focus on used and/or rare books.
As more used/rare bookstores are visited both here and abroad, the treasured ones will be added to this list. Stay tuned!
Peace!
_______
Big Star Books & Music – Santa Fe, New Mexico – added 4/19/26
Big Star Books & MusicCurious Book Shop – East Lansing, Michigan
Defunct Books – Nashville (Five Points), Tennessee
Defunct BooksEast Nashville Books – Nashville, Tennessee – added 5/10/26
Grimey’s Preloved Music and Books – Nashville, Tennessee
Landmark Books – Traverse City, Michigan – books and vintage typewriters, oh my!
Open Door Bookshop – Roma (Trastevere), Italy – I love this store and my favorite outside the USA.
Open Door Bookshop Open Door BookshopLegatoria/Libraio Prampolini – Catania, Sicily, Italy – ‘literally’ an Italian institution
Quirky Used Books – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Second Story Books – Durango, Colorado – none better in the USA. Two floors of absolute perfection. So much charm and uniqueness, including books displayed in three old vaults. An absolute gem! – added 3/24/26
One of three vaults in Second Story Books View of the second floor at Second Story BooksUnder Charlie’s Covers – Albuquerque (Bernalillo), New Mexico – sadly closing in May 2026 due to a substantial rent increase.
#books #bookshops #booskstores #browsing #cities #culture #fun #geography #history #Italy #landUse #ThirdPlaces #tourism #travel #usedBooks