Literary Site Type: Indie Bookstore

Lemuria Bookstore is both an online bookseller and an independent bookstore in Jackson, Mississippi. Its physical and digital shelves are filled with first editions and other rare books and the physical store contains a warehouse-style event space for author readings, signings, and special events.

Photo by Ken Murphy.

Garden District Book Shop resides inside the historic property called the Rink at the corner of Washington Avenue and Prytania Street, in New Orleans’s Garden District. They carry a large collection of new and used regional titles; design, art, and gardening books; fiction and non-fiction; and signed first editions and limited editions by many regionally and nationally acclaimed authors.

BookSmart is a small general bookstore which fills many retail needs including books and educational toys and greeting cards, but the most rewarding thing is finding just the right book for that reluctant reader that turns them into an avid reader! They work with local school districts and the homeschooling and private school markets in order to source books and classroom products for schools around the Bay Area.

Auntie's Bookstore opened in 1978 in the Spokane Flour Mill under the name of “The Book and Game Company” and has been selling books ever since. Auntie’s moved to its current location in the Liberty Building in 1994. The store carries both new and used books, cards, t-shirts, Spokane specialty items, and other gifts. A full-service independent bookstore, this venue holds events, readings, signings, storytime, and more throughout the year.