A Guide of Romance Bookstores and Where to Find Them
By Seth Betzler
Shop this article (*affiliate links): https://bookshop.org/lists/romance-readin-magazineFor your perusal, dear reader, here is a list of romance bookstores across the world! These are places where you will find novels ranging from contemporary swoon-fests all the way to dark, gritty romances. May this list help you find independent stores to support and perhaps inspire a road-trip (in which you will meet your book boyfriend, obviously).
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ALASKA
Beauty and the Book - 4240 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99503
The Ivy Bookshop - 545 2nd. Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701
CALIFORNIA
Heartbound Bookshop - 122 W Broadway, Unit B, Anaheim, CA 92805
Knotty Novels - Located on the 3rd floor of Capitol Books at 1011 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814
Meet Cute Bookshop - 8235 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942
The Ripped Bodice, LA - 3806 Main St., Culver City, CA 90232
Smitten Bookstore - 365 E Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001
CONNECTICUT
Montgomery & Taggert - 26 Water Street, Chester, CT 06412
FLORIDA
Bookish Boutique - 456 Harrison Ave, Panama City, FL 32401
New Romantics - 3018 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
Steamy Lit - Deerfield Beach: 161 NE Second Ave, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Tampa: 2832 S MacDill Ave, Unit C, Tampa, FL 33629
Wanderlust Book Boutique - 210-A N 2nd Street, Fort Pierce, FL 34950
GEORIGA
All The Tropes - 27 Doyle Street SE, Suite 1, Atlanta, GA 30317
IDAHO
It’s A Love Story - 8927 N Hess St, Suite A, Hayden, ID 83835
ILLINOIS
The Last Chapter Book Shop - 2013 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618
Love’s Sweet Arrow - 17200 Oak Park Ave, Suite 103, Tinley Park, IL 60477
IOWA
HEA Book Boutique - 1026 7th Avenue, Marion, IA 52302
KANSAS
Blush Bookstore - 2721 E Central Ave, Suite 121, Wichita, KS 67214
KENTUCKY
A Novel Romance - 10512 Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY 40299
MAINE
Grump and Sunshine - 159 High St, Belfast, ME 04915
MASSACHUSETTS
Lovestruck Books - 44 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
MICHIGAN
Love and Other Books - 251 E. 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI 48220
Pages and Grapes - 1760 44th St SW, Suite 6, Wyoming, MI 49519
Read My Lips - 131 W Washington, St Suite B, Marquette, MI 49855
MINNESOTA
Tropes and Trifles - 2709 E 38th St., Minneapolis, MN 55406
MISSOURI
Open Door Romance (Next Door to The Novel Neighbor) - 7905 Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63119
Under The Cover - 607 E 31st Street, Kansas City, MO 64109
MONTANA
Good Girls Bookshop - 230 E Idaho Street, Suite B Kalispell, MT 59901
NEW JERSEY
Kiss and Tale: A Romance Bookshop - 688 Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108
NEW YORK
Afterglow Books - 501 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
The Ripped Bodice - 218 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
NORTH CAROLINA
Beach Read Books - 902 Castle St, Wilmington, NC28401
Trope Bookshop - 1516 Lyon Court, Charlotte, NC 28205
OREGON
Grand Gesture Books - 814 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sweeter Than Fiction - 204 King St, Charleston, SC 29401
TENNESEE
Good Girls (Mobile Store*) - Knoxville, TN
*They participate in pop-ups and you can shop online as well
TEXAS
Blush Bookstore - 432 W 8th St, Dallas, TX 75208
UTAH
Lagg Bookstore - 51 E Main St, Lehi, UT 84043
Lovebound Library - 145 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Under The Umbrella - 511 W 200 S, Suite 120, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
VIRGINIA
Friends to Lovers - 108 N St Asaph St, Alexandria, VA 22314
Novel Grounds - 1501 Cedar Rd, Unit 120, Chesapeake, VA 23322
WASHINGTON
The Romance Era - 608 N. Devine Road, Vancouver, WA 98664
ONLINE (US BASED)
Burn Bright Books (Rochester, NY)
In Bloom Bookery (Temecula, CA)
Roaming Romance (Pop-Ups in NY, Audiobooks via Libro.Fm)
Wildflower Fiction (Washington State)
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Book Lovers Bookshop - 6 Melville Terrace, Edinburgh, UK EH9 1ND
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Books Ever After Shop - Shop 4, The Grand Arcade, 291-297 Bong Bong Street Bowral, NSW 2576
The First Chapter Bookshop - Level 2, Unit 2, 15 Sturton Road, Adelaide, South Australia 5111
Shelf Lovers - 1 Dickson Street Wooloowin QLD 4030 Australia
Wildhearts Bookshop (Online)
Well, now this chapter has come to an end. Be sure to keep your eye out and support them because many of our fave romance authors partner with these stores with preorder campaigns so you can get exclusive goodies!
If you know of a store that is not on the list, please let us know so we can keep this as up-to-date as possible for our dear readers.
