Los Angeles: Books
Acres of Books 240 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach tel 562/437-6980. LA's largest, and most disorganized and confusing, secondhand collection - well worth a trip down the Blue Line.Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood tel 323/659-3110. Packed to the gills with an eclectic selection, this shop is as good for spotting celebs as it is for browsing.
Either/Or 124 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach tel 310/374-2060. Known for its fiction and New Age sections, and once the haunt of Thomas Pynchon. Open until 11pm nightly.
Hennessey and Ingalls 1254 Third St Promenade, Santa Monica tel 310/458-9074. An impressive range of expensive, hard-to-find art and architecture books, plus rare posters and catalogs.
Koma Books 1764 N Vermont Ave, Hollywood tel 323/665-0956. Mayhem, true crime, fanzines and loony conspiracy theories; everything the others are too shocked to sell. A small shop with a large mail-order clientele, favored by tabloid TV researchers. Now publishing its own authors.
Larry Edmunds Book Shop 6644 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood tel 323/463-3273. Stacks of books on every aspect of film and theater, plus movie stills and posters.
Midnight Special 1318 Third St Promenade, Santa Monica tel 310/393-2923. Excellent for lefty politics, social sciences and general fiction and literature; open late.
Norton Simon Museum Bookstore 411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena tel 626/449-6840. Inexpensive prices for art books, given the pricey LA market. Good selection, too.
Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop 7623 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood tel 323/876-0570. Famed for its performing arts selection, the best in town, with a prime selection of cinema books as well.
Sisterhood Bookstore 1351 Westwood Blvd tel 310/477-7300. Westside landmark selling music, cards, jewelry and books, pertaining to all aspects of the women's movement.
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