bookstore
noun
book·store
ˈbu̇k-ˌstȯr 
: a place of business where books are the main item offered for sale
called also bookshop
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Historical-romance authors love the British peerage system so much that bookstore shelves groan with many, many more dukedoms than the two dozen or so that actually existed in the United Kingdom of the 19th century.
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Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.
—JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
Acclaimed Minnesota authors Sarah Stonich and William Kent Krueger are guest speakers at the first anniversary of Story Line Books bookstore and Stories at the Station reading series.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The bookstore continues to have a section called African American History, featuring such books as Henry Louis Gates’s collection of nineteenth-century slave narratives.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.
—JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
Acclaimed Minnesota authors Sarah Stonich and William Kent Krueger are guest speakers at the first anniversary of Story Line Books bookstore and Stories at the Station reading series.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The bookstore continues to have a section called African American History, featuring such books as Henry Louis Gates’s collection of nineteenth-century slave narratives.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Bookstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookstore. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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bookstore
noun
book·store
-ˌstō(ə)r
-ˌstȯ(ə)r
: a store that sells mainly books
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