I travel regularly for work and so, being the book junkie that I am, I naturally seek out bookstores in the area I'll be visiting--especially used or independent stores. On a recent trip to the Dayton, OH area, I found two great stores you should definitely check out. Both had amazing selections of pulp paperbacks that I couldn't resist.
The Bookery
I didn't have time to browse the large cases of comic back issues in the second shop as my time was short, but I had a good time digging through the paperbacks and picked up some Fritz Leiber whom I rarely see on the shelf in stores.
Dark Star Books
I was staying in the quaint little town of Yellow Springs at a beautiful newly renovated hotel called The Mills Park Hotel. While on an early morning walk for some coffee I found Dark Star Books down the street from the hotel. This shop is jam-packed with great stuff. Near the entrance is a connoisseur's selection of graphic novels which I noticed included many indy titles. Dark Star also had a fantastic scifi & fantasy paperpack section wherein I found even more Leiber. Dayton, OH is paydirt for genre fiction book hunting!
The store also has a good selection of occult books if that's your bag. I had an interesting conversation with the proprietor about the difficultly of finding Aleister Crowley books. I've been looking for a physical copy of Moonchild for awhile.
All in all I scored eight Fritz Leiber paperbacks, including the first six books of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. I've read the first volume already (it is great!); when I get a bit further in I'll post a review here.
Bookery
16 West Main Street
Fairborn, OH 45324
Website
Dark Star Books
237 Xenia Ave
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Website
I am glad to hear that there is another book lover in the world. In the days of smartphones and ebooks it starts to feel a little lonely out here sometimes...
Ditto. Great username btw.
Thanks, I've had that for a couple of decades.