Book People

Upcoming Events

Sunday, February 7, 3 - 5 PM
Book Swap

Meet, greet, talk books with fellow book lovers. Exchange books if you wish. The Book People Book Swap takes place every first Sunday of the Month.

For further information, please call us at 804-288-4346.

Saturday, February 20, 2 - 4 PM
Book Signing
George Nixon
The Boy Who Lived In Only Green Land

George Nixon signs his children's book, The Boy Who Lived In Only Green Land.

Saturday, February 27, 2 - 4 PM
Book Signing
Mair W. Conrad
My Virginia Gentleman

Richmond author Mair W. Conrad signs My Virginia Gentleman, the sequel to her first memoir, On the Golden Stairs. The sequel chronicles the post-World War II lives of Mair and Ernest Conrad in Richmond VA.

Saturday, March 6, 3 - 5 PM
Book Signing
Langhorne Gibson, Jr.
For the Love Of Greenwood

Langhorne Gibson Jr signs his memoir of growing up in Greenwood VA, For the Love Of Greenwood.

About Book People

We are an old–fashioned book shop which has been serving readers around the world from the West End of Richmond, Virginia for nearly 30 years. Visitors to the store are free to explore our four rooms and browse through 20,000 titles in stock—half new and half a combination of used and collectible volumes—all within a 1200 square–foot house. We offer...

PERSONAL SERVICE, above all else
New and Used books
Fiction and Non–Fiction
An extensive Foreign Language section
Special Orders from publishers large and small
Out–of–Print Book Search
Domestic and international Mail Orders

Book People is located just south of the corner of Granite and Patterson Avenues with ample parking to the side of the store.

We special–order books, read books and have an excellent track record of locating out–of–print books for our customers. Both in–store shoppers and telephone orders are welcome. We delight in face–to–face transactions, but attend to domestic and international phone–in mail orders promptly as well. Our inventory is NOT computerized, apart from around 1,400 collectible titles listed with AbeBooks. We are proud to rely on our brains instead.



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