Los Angeles, CA Area Bookstores

General Bookstores Childrens Bookstores Specialty Booksellers Distant Booksellers Book-Related Links

The Nordell Online Bookstores Group

Maison d'Etre Philosophy Bookstore
and Beatnik Coffeehouse

BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
'Readers of the Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Spirit of America Bookstore

General Booksellers
in Los Angeles & Orange counties

Acres of Books [est. 1934] in Long Beach, CA
Alias Books [est. 1959] in West Los Angeles, CA
Angel City Bookstore & Gallery in Santa Monica, CA
The Archives Bookshop in Pasadena, CA
Beyond Baroque [art/ideas space & bookstore; est. 1969] in Venice, CA
Book Carnival in City of Orange, CA
Bookman Used & Rare Books in Orange County, CA
The Book Shop [est. 1981] in Covina, CA
Dawson's Book Shop & Gallery [est. 1905] in Larchmont [Los Angeles, CA]
Dutton's Beverly Hills Books
Dutton's Brentwood Books in Los Angeles, CA
Equator Books - publisher & bookstore [est. 1998] in Venice, CA
Heritage Book Shop & Bindery [est. 1963]
Hollywood Book City
Iliad Books in North Hollywood, CA
Johnny's Used Books, 1743 Westwood Blvd. in Westwood
Legends Fine & Rare Books in Pomona, CA
Midnight Special Books [est 1970; reopened Nov 2003; closed July 2004] in Santa Monica, CA
San Fernando Book Co. {4 locations}
Skylight Books in Los Feliz [Los Angeles, CA]
Small World Books in Venice, CA
Vagabond Books [est. 1975] in Brentwood [Los Angeles, CA]
Village Books in Pacific Palisades [Los Angeles, CA]
Williams' Book Store [est. 1910] in San Pedro, CA

Mystery Bookstores

Crime Time Books in Alhambra, CA [no website]
Mitchell Books [mysteries] in Pasadena, CA
Mysteries To Die For in Thousand Oaks, CA
Mystery & Imagination [scifi & mystery] Bookshop [est 1975] in Glendale, CA

Specialty Booksellers

A Different Light [gay/lesbian] Bookstore in West Hollywood, CA
Abril Armenian Books [est. 1977] in Glendale, CA
Barnaby Rudge [antiquarian] Booksellers in Laguna Beach, CA
BloodPage Books, Los Angeles 90031
Bodhi Tree Bookstore [est. 1970] in West Hollywood, CA
Broccoli Books USA [manga & anime] in Culver City, CA
Cultura Latina Bookstore in Long Beach, CA
Dangerous Visions [scifi/fantasy] Books [est. 1981] in Sherman Oaks, CA
Dark Delicacies [horror] Bookstore in Burbank, CA
Education 2000+ Bookstore in Long Beach, CA: "Just Read"
Esowon Books, Los Angeles 90016
Bookstore at the J. Paul Getty Museum in West Los Angeles, CA
Hennessey + Ingalls Art & Architecture Bookstore in Santa Monica, CA
Heritage Source [books of Japan] Online [est. 1994] in Santa Clarita, CA
Hi De Ho Comics & Books [est. 1975] in Santa Monica, CA
Larry Edmunds [cinema] Bookshop in Hollywood, CA
Sabor de Nuestra Tierra Bookstore in Sylmar, CA
Take One! [cinema] Bookshop [est. May 2002; closed Jan 2004] in West Los Angeles, CA

Childrens Bookstores

A Whale of A Tale in Irvine, CA
Balkatha Online Books from India [est. 1999] in Cerritos, CA
Children's Book World in West Los Angeles, CA
Every Picture Tells A Story [books & art] in Santa Monica, CA
Once Upon A Story Books [est. 1996] in Long Beach, CA
Mrs. Nelson's Toy & Books Shop in La Verne, CA

Selected Distant Booksellers

The Book Orphanage {online bookseller} in Rialto, CA
Book Passage Bookstore [est. 1976] in Corte Madera, CA
Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland, CA
Isla Vista [CA] Bookstore [est. 1965]
The Book Den [est. 1902] in Santa Barbara, CA
Phantom Online Bookshop [est. 1995] in Ventura, CA
Russo's Books (4 locations} in Bakersfield, CA
Warwick's Books [est. 1896] in La Jolla, CA
Mysterious Galaxy Books in San Diego, CA

Murder by the Book [est. 1980] in Denver, CO
The Philosopher's Stone Bookstore in Covington, LA
Red Lodge Bookstore in Red Lodge, MT
Remember The Alibi Mystery Bookstore in San Antonio, TX
Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop, New York City

Book-Related Sites & Events

West Hollywood [CA] BookFair [Sept 2003 = #2]
BookWorm radio program [Thursdays 2:30pm on KCRW] in the Los Angeles, CA area
Southern California Booksellers Assn.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books [April 2004 = #9]
California Intl. Antiquarian Book Fair [Feb 2004 = #37]
California Literacy [est. 1956]
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California [est. 1966]
Reading Is Fundamental [est. 1966]
Screen Actors Guild Foundation 'Book Pals' Program

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