Los Angeles
Bookshops worth finding in person.
Places to Wander · Issue 001Bookshops, drawings and reading.
From The Corporate Artist.Bring the book. Open here ↓
Roads: US Census TIGERweb · Coast: Natural Earth · Address locations: Esri. Orientation map, not a walking route. Branch and entrance checks remain in progress.
Skylight Books
You can’t miss the tree. It rises between Skylight’s shelves, with a circular bench around its trunk.
Fiction, arts publishing and literary magazines fill out the room. A good place to let one book lead to another.
1818 N Vermont Avenue
Take a closer look Visit the shop ↗Have the book with you?
Try Every Role Has a Medium (Your Craft) for a different way to look at what you do.
Or turn to Nothing Is Wasted and Rightsizing Importance. Begin with the title that catches you.
Arcana
Books on the Arts
Art · Photography · Architecture · Cinema · Fashion
New, rare and out-of-print books, with plenty of room for subjects to overlap. Arcana says only part of its stock appears online. Some browsing still requires showing up.
8675 Washington Boulevard
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A shelf beyond your usual subject.
Reparations Club
Fiction, history, art and music share the shelves at Reparations Club, with Black literature at the center.
Author conversations and gatherings give the books a life beyond the page.
3054 S Victoria Avenue
Take a closer look Visit the shop ↗Now Serving
For a different sense of taste. Now Serving brings together cookbooks, food writing and culinary magazines in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza.
Come with a dish in mind, or leave with an entirely different appetite.
727 N Broadway · Unit 133
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A view toward the plaza. A closer look at the table.
Stories Books & Café
New books, used books and a café on Sunset Boulevard. Literary fiction and the arts anchor the selection at Stories.
The coffee gives you a reason to stay a little longer.
1716 W Sunset Boulevard
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Field Note · reserved in this draft
A firsthand observation belongs here.
No visitor account has been supplied. This space will carry a real, attributed note before publication.Iliad Bookshop
The giant books outside are a fairly good clue. Iliad’s shelves are filled with used books, with literature and the arts among its specialties.
Start with a familiar author. See who’s keeping them company.
5400 Cahuenga Boulevard
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Malik Books
Author events bring readers together at Malik Books. African American literature and culturally diverse children’s books are central to its shelves.
A bookshop where meeting the person behind the book is part of the draw.
Branch selection in progress
Take a closer look Visit the shop ↗Under editorial review: final inclusion, branch and portrait remain undecided.
The Last Bookstore
The former bank still has its columns and vaults. The Last Bookstore fills it with new, used and rare books, alongside vinyl and art.
The building gets your attention before you’ve opened anything.
453 S Spring Street · Ground floor
Take a closer look Visit the shop ↗The Pop-Hop
Local authors and artists contribute publications and objects to The Pop-Hop’s mix of new and used books.
A Highland Park shop with room for work you might not already know to look for.
5002 York Boulevard
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Bring that attention
back to work.
The Corporate Artist: The Art of Working Beautifully
By Morgan Sage Norman
The Corporate Artist: The Art of Working Beautifully is Morgan Sage Norman’s book about bringing your creative self to everyday work. It explores how the roles we play, the conversations we have and the decisions we make can become creative practice.
Buy The Corporate Artist ↗Selected for browsing and discovery. Inclusion here does not mean a shop carries The Corporate Artist.
Prefer to buy locally? Check a bookseller’s listing or ask whether they can order ISBN 9781544552910. Ordering options vary; used-only and specialist shops may not offer this service.
Turn to Every Role Has a Medium ↑