Books & Reading

Bookstores

Local

Antigone Books

Located in Tucson's unique Fourth Avenue shopping district, Antigone Books is a zany bookstore with a feminist slant. Browse the selection of books or laugh at the bumper stickers. The Web site features local authors such as Byrd Baylor, Brad Lancaster, Susan Cummins Miller and Mark Zepezauer. You can search for items by title, author, format, subject category and ISBN.

Bookmans

Almost every type of used printed and recorded entertainment can be found at one of Bookmans' six locations in Arizona, including three in Tucson, and one each in Phoenix, Flagstaff and Mesa. Bookmans does not have an on-line searchable list of products, nor does it accept on-line product requests. However, it does purchase used books at its trade counter.

Book Stop Used Books

214 N. 4th Ave., Tucson, 520-326-6661

The store offeres a wide selection of used and out-of-print books. After 40 years in its Campbell location, the store is moving and will re-open in late August or September 2007.

Clues Unlimited

Clues Unlimited stocks more than 15,000 titles in mystery and detective fiction, including the latest releases, hard-to-find and unusual titles, collectors' editions and signed firsts and an extensive backlist of books you haven't read yet and won't find at the airport or chains.

Friends of the Pima County Public Library

The Friends of the Pima County Public Library receive over 350,000 books each year. For any given sale there are 150,000 – 250,000 books. Because the sales floor is only able to hold 50,000 books, volunteers continually restock. The sales floor is brimming with bargain-priced new and used books, records, CDs, audio books, software, puzzles, sheet music, videos and more. Visit the Web site for sale dates and locations.

Mostly Books

Mostly Books offers a selection of new and used books, including books on handwriting analysis, questioned document and typology books.

Rainbow Gardens Bookshop

This bookshop specializes in cacti and succulents, ferns, bromeliads, miscellaneous greenhouse and propagation books, magazines, catalogs, etc.

University of Arizona Press

The University of Arizona Press is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. It publishes the work of scholars, concentrating upon scholarship that reflects the special strengths of the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University.

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Children's

Kid's Center

The Kid's Center offers a wide selection of children's books and toys, as well as free programs, book and toy reviews and more.

Mrs. Tiggy-Winkles

4811 E. Grant Road, Tucson, 326-0188.

Mrs. Tiggy Winkles offers a selection of unique, thought-provoking books for children of all ages, as well as toys, costumes, free programs and more! A new Web site is currently under construction.

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Southwest

Grand Canyon Association Bookstore

These books and other products are published or copublished by GCA to bring readers in-depth information on Grand Canyon. Net proceeds from sales at GCA's six bookstores in the park and from the Web site are donated to the National Park Service at Grand Canyon to support education, conservation and research programs.

The Old Book Shop

The Old Book Shop specializes in out-of-print, gently used hardbacks, selected both for their content and condition. It tries to avoid book club editions, ex-library books or "hurt" books.

Singing Wind Bookshop

Owner Winn Bundy offers an inventory of tens of thousands of mostly newer books, many of them by local authors and about Southwest topics. In 2007, Bundy received the Lawrence Clark Powell Lifetime Achievement Award.

The bookshop is off the beaten path in Benson. From Tucson, go east on Interstate 10 and take Exit 304. Then go north on Ocotillo Road about 2.5 miles to a right turnoff for Singing Wind Road. Follow the narrow dirt road about a half-mile east to the bookshop on the left. For more information, call 1-520-586-2425.

Tortuga Books

19 Tubac Road, Tubac, 520-398-2807 or booksattortuga.com

Tortuga Books is a general bookstore offering the unusual and exceptional in books, cards and music. It offers a selection of literature, children's books and other topics with a focus on the southwest.

Western National Parks Association Tucson Store

The Western National Parks Association's Tucson Store offers hundreds of publications on national parks and the Western United States, including field guides, maps, trail guides, hiking equipment, children's books and more.

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Hard-to-Find Books

AbeBooks.com

(2004) Whether it's new, used, rare, or out-of-print, you can find it here, through AbeBooks' community of over 13,500 independent booksellers selling 100 million books from around the globe. You can search for books by author, title, keyword, ISBN or publisher. You can also use the Rare Bookseller Directory to search a listing of rare and antiquarian booksellers by name.

AdventurousTraveler.com

(2004) Looking for books and maps focused on travel and outdoor recreation? You can search for books by destination (US, Europe and elsewhere) or by outdoor activity (biking, fishing, hiking, etc.).

Alibris.com

(2004) Alibris connects people who love books, music, and movies to thousands of independent sellers around the world. It offers more than 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books to consumers, libraries, and retailers. You can search sellers of books, movies and music, or you can search for materials by title, ISBN, author or artist and subject or genre.

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

The mission of the ABAA is to promote ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade, to encourage the collecting and preservation of antiquarian books and related materials,to support educational programs and research into the study of antiquarian books, and to facilitate collegial relations between booksellers, librarians, scholars, and collectors.

The site allows buyers to search for books by author, title, description, price and publishing date. You can also search for booksellers by the bookseller's name, business name, city, state or specialization, or a combination thereof.

Book Sale Finder

Search for public book sales in all 50 states.

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