DALLAS — It’s winter and what better way to stay warm than curling up with a book, particularly one from one of Dallas’ beloved locally-based bookstores.
Dallasites have plenty of locally owned spots to find their next read and many of them have options to grab food or drinks for book lovers to sit and stay a while with their books.
Here are some of Dallas’ most beloved local bookstores. Have any other favorites? Let us know!
Half Price Books
Any discussion of the most popular bookstores in North Texas has to include Half Price Books. The chain, which sells used books, movies, music and more, started as a family-owned used bookstore at a former Dallas laundromat in 1972, according to their website.
The flagship Half Price Books remains open at 5803 E. Northwest Highway in Dallas. It now has about 120 locations in 19 states, including about 40 in Texas, according to their website.
Last year, La Casita Bakeshop, the coffee shop and bakery by James Beard-nominated pastry Maricsa Trejo, opened in the flagship Half Price Books store.
Interabang Books
The popular Preston Hollow bookstore, whose logo combines a question mark and an exclamation point, is co-owned by Nancy Perot, Lori Feathers, and Catherine Rose.
It opened in 2017 at the southeast corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane in Preston Hollow. After the original store was gutted by a tornado that tore through the Preston Hollow area of Dallas in October of 2019, Interabang reopened in the Pavilion on Lovers Lane shopping center at 5600 W. Lovers Lane #142.
“One thing that distinguishes an independent bookstore like Interabang Books is knowledgeable and experienced booksellers,” their website reads.
The Wild Detectives
The independent bookstore and bar offers a little something for everyone.
It’s located in the Bishop Arts District at 314 W. 8th Street and offers books, plenty of beverages whether you’re looking for coffee or a cocktail, and regular live music from its patio outside.
Deep Vellum
Beyond a place to buy books, this shop in Deep Ellum is also a book publisher that’s grown into the largest publisher of literature in translation in the country, according to their website.
Deep Vellum originally began publishing in 2013 and opened the bookstore at 3000 Commerce St. at the corner of Walton in 2015.
Deep Vellum is also a good spot to find a book club to join, get coffee or, if you’re invited, catch a private concert on the roof.
“We’ve got a little bit of everything, a lot of literary fiction, and an underrated poetry section,” their website reads. “Our shop is small, but we contain multitudes.”
