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America’s Greatest Independent Bookstores (Photos)

America’s Greatest Independent Bookstores (Photos)

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Courtesy of Fountain Books
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From Powells in Portland to Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi to the Strand in New York, a gallery of America's greatest independent bookstores.

Courtesy of Fountain Books
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Courtesy of Anderson's Books
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Courtesy of Book Passage
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Deborah Cannon / AP
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Robert Mora / Getty Images (left); Courtesy of Book Soup
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Michele Sandberg / ZUMA Press
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Courtesy of Chapter One
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Manny Crisostomo / Sacramento Bee-Landov
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Courtesy of The Corner Bookstore
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Ted S. Warren / AP
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Courtesy of Explore Booksellers
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Greg Ward / Rough Guides-Newscom
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Courtesy of Fountain Books
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JB Reed / Landov
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Courtesy of Left Bank Books
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Melina Mara / The Washington Post-Getty Images
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Don Ryan / AP
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Courtesy of Prairie Lights
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Courtesy of Quail Ridge Books
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Courtesy of Square Books
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Ed Andrieski / AP
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Seth Wenig / AP
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Courtesy of Three Lives Books
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