bookstore
noun
book·store
ˈbu̇k-ˌstȯr 
: a place of business where books are the main item offered for sale
called also bookshop
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Taylor Capizola, general manager of the Culver City location of romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice also told the outlet that Heated Rivalry has been a bestseller since 2019.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Browse a selection of new and used books at Pressed LKDL, a cafe and bookstore.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Taylor Capizola, the manager at the Los Angeles outpost of the specialty romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice, tells Vanity Fair that Reid’s series was already one of the store’s most popular titles.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
When my father bought his paperback copies of The Lord of the Rings at the Cornell University bookstore in 1969, the three volumes came with a free poster of the Map of Middle-earth, also illustrated by Remington.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Browse a selection of new and used books at Pressed LKDL, a cafe and bookstore.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Taylor Capizola, the manager at the Los Angeles outpost of the specialty romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice, tells Vanity Fair that Reid’s series was already one of the store’s most popular titles.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
When my father bought his paperback copies of The Lord of the Rings at the Cornell University bookstore in 1969, the three volumes came with a free poster of the Map of Middle-earth, also illustrated by Remington.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Bookstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookstore. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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bookstore
noun
book·store
-ˌstō(ə)r
-ˌstȯ(ə)r
: a store that sells mainly books
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