Top 10 bookstores in Columbus
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5Cover to Cover Children's Books
2116 Arlington Ave, Columbus, OH 43221-4314
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7Prologue Bookshop
787 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215
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8The Book Loft
631 S 3rd St, Columbus, OH 43206
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9Blue Couch Bookshop
1445 Grandview Ave, Columbus, OH 43212
Of the 37 bookstores listed in Columbus, 33 give a phone number, 5 publish opening hours and 24 have a website. 6 are branches of national chains — Barnes & Noble (4), Half Price Books (2); the remaining 31 are independent. By what they offer: 6 focus on children's books, 4 are comic book stores, 3 sell used books. Most often named on their own websites: author signings (3), storytimes (3) and comics (2). The longest-running is Bargain Books, in business since 2001. The nearest bigger selection is Cincinnati with 47.
All 27 other bookstores in Columbus
By ZIP code: 43201 (1) · 43202 (3) · 43203 (1) · 43206 (1) · 43212 (1) · 43214 (6) · 43215 (2) · 43219 (3) · 43224 (1) · 43228 (2) · 43230 (1) · 43231 (1) · 43235 (2) · 43240 (1) · no ZIP (1)
ZIP 43201 1
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Longs Bookstore
1598 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
ZIP 43202 3
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Clintonville Books
3286 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202-1141
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Phoenix Books
3110 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202-1110
ZIP 43203 1
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Zawadi Books
1500 Mount Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH 43203-1616
ZIP 43206 1
ZIP 43212 1
ZIP 43214 6
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Hoffman Books
4167 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
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Karen Wickliff - Books
3527 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
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Cover to Cover Bookstore
3560 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
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Half Price Books
5070 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43214
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Bookletters Llc
4041 N High St Ste 401, Columbus, OH 43214-3253
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Outreach Christian Books & Music
4352 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH 43214-2224
ZIP 43215 2
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Appendix
144 E State St, Columbus, OH 43215-0015
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Tell Her She's Beautiful
333 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215-2738
ZIP 43219 3
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Barnes & Noble
Town Center, 4005 Townsfair Way, Columbus, OH 43219
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Zawadi books | Columbus OH
2017 Maryland Ave, Columbus, OH 43219
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Barnes & Noble
4005 Townsfair Way, Columbus, OH 43219
Mon-Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 11am-7pm
Author signings · Storytimes
ZIP 43224 1
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Iqra Bookstore
3252b Cleveland Ave #11, Columbus, OH 43224
ZIP 43228 2
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Shava Tv columbus Ohio
3823 Sullivant Ave, Columbus, OH 43228-2135
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Maktabatu Sunna Islamic Bookstore
3823 Sullivant Ave, Columbus, OH 43228
ZIP 43230 1
ZIP 43231 1
ZIP 43235 2
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Comic Town
34 Dillmont Dr, Columbus, OH 43235-6424
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Village Bookshop
2424 W Dublin Granville Rd, Columbus, OH 43235
ZIP 43240 1
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Collector Supreme
1500 Polaris Pkwy ste 2008, Columbus, OH 43240
No ZIP listed 1
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Sandbox
Columbus, OH