“Whether in mysteries or memoirs, travelogues or true-crime tales, romances or rom-coms, horror or history, bookstores can be more than just passive backdrops. Bookstores can be actors. Bookstores, even the little ones, can shape the world around them. They already have.” ReadingBooksBookstoresBookshops Book:The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Source: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore