book shops

Where novels await

Book shops are retail stores that sell books.

The two-word spelling is more common in British English, while Americans typically write it as one word: bookshop or bookstore.

I spent the afternoon browsing the book shops on Charing Cross Road.

Related

reading nook · bookstore · authors · remainders · bargain bin · literature · retailers · title · shelves · publishing · genres · secondhand · browsing · mysteries · thrillers · biographies · editions · stack

Opposites
ownership model

book shopslibraries

Public book lending institutions

public libraries · lending libraries · free libraries · library systems · bookmobiles

commerce type

book shopspublishers

Firms producing printed works

content medium

book shopsstreaming services

On-demand video delivery platforms

Family

bookshop

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G