This is a fine collection of real names of bookstores along with a few book publishers. This should inspire all of the aspiring bookstore entrepreneurs in their pursuit to come up with their on catchy bookstore name.
A Likely Story – Located in Urbana IL
A Novel Idea – Located in Sarasota FL
Aladdin’s Lamp – Located in Falls Church VA
All Booked Up – Located in The Villages FL
All That’s Fit to Print – Located in St. Petersburg FL
Antigone Books – Located in Tucson AZ
Bananafish Books – Located in New Holland PA
Banbury Cross – Located in Narberth PA
Bibliowha? – Located in Beverly Hills CA
Bookberries – Located in New York NY
Bookworm & Silverfish – Located in Wytheville VA
Bound to Please – Located in Sidney NY
Brillig Books – Located in Philadelphia PA
Chapter Eleven Discount Bookstore – Located in Atlanta GA
Charing Cross Bookshop – Located in Tulsa OK
Charlotte’s Web – Located in San Francisco CA
Chase the Bookseller – Located in Boulder City NV
Cheshire Cat Book Shop – Located in Kennett Square PA
Cheshire Cat Books – Located in Sausalito CA
Clothespin Fever Press – Located in La Mesa CA
Copperfield & Twist – Located in New Springfield OH
Cow Puddle Press – Located in Sunset TX
Cyrano’s – Located in Anchorage AK
Daily Planet – Located in Frisco CO
Dark and Stormy Night Books – Located in Newburyport MA
Deliberate Literate – Located in Memphis TN
Detecto Mysterioso – Located in Philadelphia PA
Eclectibles – Located in Tolland CT
Elastic Press – Located in UK
Fahrenheit 451 – Located in Laguna Beach CA
Fantastic Planet – Located in Plattsburgh NY
forWORDS – Located in Torrance CA
Foul Play – Located in Columbus OH
Frabjous Books – Located in Calgary AB
Frozen Lava Lamp – Located in Brooklyn NY
Galatea – Located in Chalfont PA
Gigantic Hound – Located in Tucson AZ
Gulliver’s Books – Located in Fairbanks AK
Half Halt Press – Located in Boonsboro MD
Hanging Loose Press – Located in San Francisco CA
Hobbit Hall – Located in Roswell GA
Jabberwocky Bookshop – Located in Newburyposrt MA
Jabberwocky Children’s Bookstore – Located in Fredericksburg VA
Kitchen Sink Press – Located in Princeton WI
Klunky Monkey Coffee, Books and More – Located in Colorado
Klutz Press – Located in Palo Alto CA
Laffing Cow Press – Located in Saratoga WY
Leaves of Grass – Located in Willits CA
Left For Dead Books – Located in University Park MD
Listen, My Children – Located in Cathedral City CA
Literate Raven – Located in Colfax CA
Little Dickens – Located in Oakmont PA
Little Dickens’ Book Shoppe – Located in Mount Pleasant MI
Little Shop on the Prairie – Located in Mendota IL
Loompanics – Located in Port Townsend WA
Mad Cow Press – Located in Eugene OR
Madwoman Press – Located in Northborough MA
Maida’s Book Store – Located in Tampa CA
Marco Polo & I – Located in Tucson AZ
Middle Earth Books for Children – Located in Downey CA
MonkeyBrain Books – Located in Austin TX
Mother Goose Bookstore – Located in Santa Maria CA
Mount Oread Bookshop – Located in Lawrence KS
Much Ado About Books – Located in Redlands CA
Mud Puddle Inc – Located in NYC
Munchkin Book Store – Located in Swanton OH
Munchkin Bookery – Located in Lufkin TX
Murder for Fun – Located in Raleigh NC
Murder, Mystery and Mayhem – Located in Farmington Hills MI
Mysteries to Die For – Located in Thousand Oaks CA
Narnia Children’s Books – Located in Richmond VA
Nevermore Used Books – Located in Ridgefield Park NJ
Nick’s Knacks and Books – Located in San Gabriel CA
No Starch Press – Located in San Francisco CA
Novel Hovel – Located in Redlands CA
Out of Your Mind and Into the Marketplace – Located in Tustin CA
Paraclete Book Center – Located in New York NY
Parnassus – Located in Astoria OR
Parnassus – Located in Ketchikan AK
Peanut Butter Publishing – Located in Seattle WA
Pendragon Books – Located in Dallas TX
Pickwick Books – Located in Akron OH
Pinocchio Bookstore for Children – Located in Pittsburgh PA
Pinocchio’s, The Children’s Bookplace – Located in Memphis TN
Pleasure Bound – Located in Sedona AZ
Plutonium – Located in Pyrmont, Australia
Pooh Corner – Located in Madison WI
Pookatales Press – Located in Meridian ID
Poor Richard’s Almanac – Located in Salinas CA
Poor Richard’s Bookseller & Stationers – Located in Easley SC
Poor Richard’s Bookshop – Located in Flemington NJ
Prince and Pauper – Located in Rapid City SD
Purplefishbooks – Located in Evanston IL
Red Wheelbarrow Books – Located in Portland ME
Rohan Book and Game – Located in Saskatoon SK
Rubberstampede – Located in Berkeley CA
Run for Cover! – Located in Brooklyn NY
Runcible Spoon Press – Located in Sacramento CA
Sapsucker Books – Located in Grafton VT
Scuzzydog Books – Located in Houston TX
Secret Garden – Located in Burbank CA
Shakespeare Books – Located in Dallas TX
Shelf Indulgence Books – Located in San Francisco CA
Snooty Literary Society – Located in Hillsborough NC
Soft Skull Press – Located in NYC
Squid Ink Books – Located in Tucson AZ
stevethefish – Located in Leeds UK
Tempest Book Shop – Located in Waitsfield VT
Thackeray’s – Located in Toledo OH
The Cerebral Deli – Located in Dunseith ND
The Constant Reader – Located in Albert Lea MN
The Dancing Goat Bookshop – Located in Norfolk UK
The Happy Booker – Located in San Bernardino CA
The Little Read Book – Located in Wauwatosa WI
The Miller’s Daughter – Located in Haydenville MA
The Old Curiosity Shop – Located in Old Greenwich CT
The Owl and the Pussycat – Located in Lexington KY
The Perfect Crime – Located in Modesto CA
The Pied Piper – Located in Yakima WA
The Poisoned Pen – Located in Scottsdale AZ
The Prints and the Paper – Located in Eugene OR
The Scholar Ship – Located in Stafford VA
Toad Hall Children’s Books – Located in Austin TX
Toad’s Haul – Located in Merced CA
Tome Raiders – Located in Charlotte NC
Twice Read Tales – Located in Kennesaw GA
Twice Sold Tales – Located in Red Bank NJ
Twice Told Tales – Located in Gloucester VA
Twice Told Tales – Located in Houston TX
Upstart Crow – Located in San Diego CA
Verbatim – Located in Foley AL
Waiting for Godot Books – Located in Hadley MA
Walden Pond – Located in Oakland CA
Westside Stories – Located in Santa Cruz CA
What the Book? – Located in Seoul Hannam-dong, Korea
What the Dickens – Located in Auckland, New Zealand
White Rabbot, The – Located in La Jolla CA
Worm, The – Located in Sedona AZ
Writ & Wisdom – Located in Pittsburgh PA
Yellow Book Road, The – Located in La Mesa CA
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