Bookstore

The oldest Black-owned bookstore in New Orleans was started by a substitute teacher on a mission.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

Instead of sermons, this church became home to millions of books.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.