We are an old–fashioned book shop which has been serving readers around the world from the West End of Richmond, Virginia for over 20 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...

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.