San Francisco: Books
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St tel 415/863-8688. Good general Haight-Ashbury bookstore with an excellent stock of countercultural titles.Borders Books and Music 400 Post St tel 415/399-1633. Massive, emporium-style chain stocking over 160,000 book titles as well as a music department with over 60,000 choices. It's a day's work getting through this lot, but there's a café within the store to refresh yourself.
Bound Together Book Collective 1369 Haight St tel 415/431-8355. Haight-Ashbury store specializing in radical and progressive publications.
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave tel 415/362-8193. America's first paperback bookstore, and still San Francisco's best. The range of titles includes house publications.
A Different Light 489 Castro St tel 415/431-0891. Well-stocked and diverse gay bookstore.
Good Vibrations 1210 Valencia St tel 415/974-8980. A comfortable, decidedly unsleazy place to buy sex books and erotica, specializing in women's sexuality. Also sells a bewildering array of sex toys, condoms and the like.
Green Apple Books & Music 506 Clement tel 415/387-2272. In the heart of the Richmond district, this relaxed and welcoming store features new and used books (rare out-of-print volumes as well as standards) plus a well-priced selection of CDs and vinyl recordings.
Modern Times 888 Valencia St tel 415/282-9246. Alternative community bookstore in the Mission. Good selection of Latin American literature, women's issues and hard-to-find contemporary cultural studies.
Rand McNally 595 Market St at 2nd tel 415/777-3131. Travel guides, maps and paraphernalia for the person on the move.
Stacey's Booksellers 581 Market St tel 415/421-4687. A big store with a big selection, yet dedicated to independent booksellers and the community. The store sponsors author events and can order anything that you can't find yourself. Also features a large selection of magazines.
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