It's almost Valentine's Day, and love is in the air — and on the shelves — at Read My Lips, an all-romance bookshop in downtown Birmingham. Store owner Nikki Odom stocks her store with the hottest, ...

Portsmouth police are investigating after a man was found seriously injured outside the Antiquarian Bookstore on Lafayette Road. Officials said they received a call from someone passing by the ...

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Tiana Skinner said she was destined to own a bookstore. She grew up in a Navy family, and her parents would take her to libraries and bookstores whenever they moved. “The public library environment of ...

A New York City bookstore is going viral for allowing customers to donate books in exchange for pickles. Sweet Pickle Books, a used bookstore located in the Lower East Side, was started in 2020 by ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Reading has always been a source of comfort for Stephanie Emelander. Now, she’s creating a physical safe space for readers who feel the same way. Emelander celebrated the grand opening ...

Barnes & Noble will open four new bookstores in the Chicago area by summertime, including a flagship location downtown on State Street, part of a national move to revive its brick-and-mortar retail ...

As winter settles in and daylight fades early, Americans long have turned to books for comfort, curiosity and company. The good news this holiday season is that the bookstores which make that habit ...

The small American bookstore is back. Over the last five years, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. jumped by 70%. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American ...

Across Maryland, Black-owned independent bookstores serve as community spaces where reading, conversation and culture intersect. These shops highlight Black stories, authors and creators while hosting ...

The brand-new bookstore is like a magical wardrobe, seemingly petite until you cross the threshold. Then the shotgun layout pulls you in through a series of warm, millworked micro-worlds (courtesy of ...

Bird’s Bookstore, which opened in September, was designed with plenty of cozy nooks and crannies by the Dallas firm MMaison Interiors. Allison V. Smith / Special Contributor Drew and Emily Dawson ...