You don’t expect to see many independent bookstores anymore, which makes it doubly surprising when you find one on the Venice boardwalk. Tucked away among the souvenir stands and colorful street performers is Small World Books.

Dip in for a meditative moment. Browse. If they have Bukowski’s Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, go to page 70 and read the LA poet’s wild account of a night spent impersonating Allan Ginsburg in a local Venice bar, incensing the other patrons so much they piled off their bar stools and chased him along the surf line.

Book Soup
Samuel French Bookstore
Circus of Books
Hi De Ho Comics & Books
Mystery Pier Books
Barry Levin Sci-Fi Books

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