Buying books in Los Angeles

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... it can't be done, can it?

― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

You should check out Iliad Books in North Hollywood posthaste. And if you're on the westside, Alias Books on Sawtelle near Santa Monica is a good small bookstore.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

This is a joke, right? Of course you can buy books here - it's a silly question; sorry.

There's Duttons both in Beverly Hills and Brentwood; Skylight Books in Los Feliz; Book Soup in West Hollywood; Vromans in Pasadena; Equator Books in Venice; and on and on and on ...

― Mark Sarvas, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

dutton's brentwood is my favorite bookstore in the world.

― dan (dan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

Acres of Books in Long Beach is worth the trip for a huge used selection.

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

The Mystery Bookstore in Westwood Village.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Friday, 29 April 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

http://www.iliadbooks.com

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 29 April 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

there's this fantastic used bookstore--the name of which escapes me--in Venice on Abbott-Kinney that unfortunately has the caveat of being horribly overpriced.

Also, Brand Bookshop on Brand Ave. in Glendale. And Counterpoint Books and Records on Franklin, near Bronson.

― gear (gear), Monday, 15 August 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

I can't wait!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 15 August 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

I just moved right near Skylight books. Goodbye, budget.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

When you're at the beach, check out Small World Books on the Venice boardwalk, especially for the mystery section.

― late adopter, Monday, 22 August 2005 06:45 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

remy lives in my neighborhood?

also: my favorite bookstore in L.A.--Iliad Books in north hollywood--is moving to another location somewhere in noho. rent increase. awesome store, if y'all haven't been there.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 28 January 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

Dutton's in Brentwood is the weirdest bookstore I've ever been in. Spread out over several separate rooms/floors in a sort of minimall. The books are crammed into the shelves, making browsing a challenge. And this one guy who works there, OMG, he starts these intense literary monologues with every customer. Actually that's what I was like back in my record store days come to think of it.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 28 January 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

there's this great bookshop i just discovered right across the street from brand books in glendale. i think it's called bookfellows? friendly staff, pretty good prices, all used books, tons of sci-fi and mystery.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 28 January 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Seconding Acres Of Books in Long Beach (which is my fave book store in all of Southern California. It's directly opposite the Long Beach Blvd. station on the Blue Line so no one has an excuse not to go.

Also be sure to check out Koma Books on 7th St. - it's the second/third generation of the old Amok store that used to be on Hyperion (and later Hillhurst) back in the day.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

Book'Em Mysteries in South Pasadena is a great detective/mystery specialty store too.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:28 (nineteen years ago)

remy lives in my neighborhood?

have I seen you hanging out in psychobabble?

― remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 3 February 2006 06:33 (nineteen years ago)

i've been there! some of the "regs" bug me out, like that weird dude who dresses like a founding father, but it's got free wireless. mostly i'm at bourgeois pig, because i'm an asshole.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 4 February 2006 00:35 (nineteen years ago)

In absolute seriousness, he is sitting next to me on the couch right now and reading Wind Up Bird Chronicles.

― remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 4 February 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

that bro scores MAD tail, every time he's in there he's talking up some smoking chick.

― gear (gear), Sunday, 5 February 2006 04:21 (nineteen years ago)

five years pass...

well i see Acres of Books in LB has closed, too bad. Anything good in Hollywood? (I won't be driving, and will have limited chauffeuring.)

― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 May 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)

Thank god L.A. still has access to the internet and UPS.

― Aimless, Saturday, 14 May 2011 00:16 (fourteen years ago)

When I was there last summer, the Barnes & Noble in downtown Santa Monica actually had a few clearance carts worth of miscellaneous, mostly out-of-print, really interesting books (many art books) for a few bucks each.

― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Saturday, 14 May 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)

Morbs: Book Soup in West Hollywood is good, if not too different from any top-notch indie bookseller.

― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Saturday, 14 May 2011 16:57 (fourteen years ago)

Multiple posts, but I'll just say that one thing I loved about book-browsing in Pasadena a while ago was all of the actual paper screenplays for sale in a few used bookstores. (This was '98, before they were on-line.)

Also, I really love Bart's Books, an hour to the north, in Ojai:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4810464363_372fd9b91d.jpg

― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Saturday, 14 May 2011 16:59 (fourteen years ago)

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