Featured Bookstore: Thank You Books, Birmingham, AL

October 15, 2020 Susan

One of my favorite discoveries of 2020—and truly, one of the things that has gotten me through the isolation of this year—is Thank You Books. Even while Thank You Books was closed to the public earlier this year, their easy, contactless curbside pickup helped Birmingham keep reading and able to support local small business. Like most bibliophiles, I was dying to get to walk around a bookstore again, but Thank You Books made the waiting bearable and kept people feeling hopeful when we all needed it.

Featured Bookstore: Star Line Books, Chattanooga, TN

July 31, 2019 Emily

Once a year, my family meets up in Chattanooga, TN to chat, enjoy each other’s company, and yes, usually we wander around in downtown Chattanooga to pick up a cup of coffee and see a movie. It wasn’t until more recent trips that I was able to add shopping at Star Line Books to my list of yearly activities in downtown Chattanooga. Star Line just opened their doors in August of 2015, and they are a welcome addition to Chattanooga’s charming downtown area.

Featured Bookstore: Lemuria in Jackson, MS

January 5, 2019 Mary

Even though I’ve lived in Mississippi for the past few years, I’ve only been to Jackson once on a school trip. I’ve heard about Lemuria from friends, but never actually been there until a few weeks ago, when I invited myself on a trip to drop someone off at the Jackson airport.

Featured Bookstore: The Strand, NYC

December 7, 2018 Kelli

If you’re a book person and you’ve been to New York, this month’s featured bookstore is probably not going to be a new discovery for you.

The Strand Book Store, home to 18 MILES of books, is arguably the most popular bookstore in New York City, and shows no signs of slowing down in its 90th year of existence.

For my first two featured bookstore picks, I went with shops in Brooklyn that are a little more off the beaten path, but if I’m being realistic, the place I frequent the most (and drag visitors to the most) is definitely the Strand. Part of the reason for this is that it’s located very close to where I work, part of it’s that they have a large selection of gently-used — and therefore cheap — books, and part of it is because the store is legitimately intoxicating. When I leave, I feel drunk. This is the only explanation for the amount of money I end up spending there when I already have a full bookshelf of unread material at home.

Read on for more info about this magical place, and if you’re so inclined, click through the book links on our homepage to purchase your next #BSG read from the Strand!

Featured Bookstore: Ernest & Hadley Booksellers - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

November 1, 2018 Susan

When you hear “bookstore” in a college town, you typically picture one of those mega-corporate university stores filled with fan gear and running light on actual books. I was so pleasantly surprised to discover Ernest & Hadley Booksellers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This shop is everything you could want in an indie bookstore (including our absolute favorite thing: shop pets!).