Bookstore bucket list

I’ve mentioned this before, and now I’ve actually written it! Here it is, my bookstore bucket list! I’ve also included famous bookstores I have already visited (it always feels better when you write a to-do list and include some things you’ve already done just to cross them off – we all do it). The criterion for bookstores I included on my “visited” list was whether or not the bookstore was ever featured on any sort of “Bookstores you need to see” lists (which I read often). Also, I made sure that the stores on the to-visit list are attainable – because let’s face it, I probably won’t make it to too many foreign countries in my lifetime. Without further ado:

To-visit:

• Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France
• Basically the entire town of Hay-on-Wye, Wales
• The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, California
• Bart’s Books, Ojai, California
• Powell’s City of Books, Portland, Oregon
• Strand, New York City, New York
• John K. King Used and Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan

Visited (links are to posts I wrote about the store):

• Brattle Book Shop, Boston, Massachusetts
• Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Mr. B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath, UK
• Prairie Lights Books, Iowa City, Iowa
• City Lights Books, San Fransisco, California
• The Tattered Cover, Denver, Colorado
• Wild Rumpus Books for Children, Minneapolis, MN

There’s probably a lot of gems out there I don’t know about, so let me know what I should add!

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