Barnes &amp; Noble

Great books and service and value. Happy place to be! Will definitely come back again soonread more

I visited twice in one day. There is a large range of genres and many interesting vintage finds to…read moreconsider so the first time i just checked it out and identified a few books i liked. The second time i purchased two books and also connected with the owner on a shared interest and had a great conversation. I'll stop by again next time I'm in town.

4.9 mi•North Valley/Los Ranchos

One of the rows of books

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Bookworks

4.2(57 reviews)

Oh how I love this bookstore. It's on Rio Grande and the options are endless. Staff pics, a great…read morekids section and great and helpful staff. The selection of books is great! So many options to choose from. There are great stickers, awesome puzzles, unique cards, bookmarks too. Nicely priced, great discounted area generally outside.

Such a cute little local bookstore. Has chairs and spots to sit and flip through books.read more

Cards and other options-support local

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Organic Books

4.1(26 reviews)

9.3 mi•Nob Hill

I love a cute book store - bonus points if they have a unique selection and older books as well !!…read more This shop is just off the Main Street but worth stopping at. They have an amazingly curated selection and everything from recent publications to kids books to New Mexico specific books. They also have some great deals (with books in boxes under the tables being discounted)

I have walked by and driven by this precious bookstore so many times. On my Sunday stroll with my…read moreboyfriend, we decided to come in. It is a very cute and cozy store. There is a floral mural on the back wall of the bookstore that really bring your eyes up to the ceiling. The place is so artfully decorated it is a pleasure to be in the store. Although I didn't have any questions or need any help, the lady at the counter helped a patrons while I was there. She helped them find exactly what they were looking for! If you are looking for a bargain, they have some $1 bins under the tables in the middle of the store. The cutest bookstore, I must recommend a stop by for a little browse. A little something here for everyone!

A local artist created the mural.

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Harvest Moon Books

5.0(2 reviews)

9.1 mi•Nob Hill

The selection of books found at Harvest Moon Books is always delightful, but I specifically love…read moresifting through the used book options. They have a setup at both And Stuff in Nob Hill and Montage Coffee in Los Ranchos. I think the And Stuff location tends to have more of a used selection but Montage is such a fun space. Over the years I have purchased a good amount of books from Harvest Moon and even when I'm out of room on my bookcase, they always have such interesting options, highly recommend checking them out. Plus there is no such thing as a bad excuse to go to Montage.

Charming, sunlight-filled bookstore in the And Stuff collective, in the old Disco Display House…read morebuilding. Excellent fiction and nonfiction collection, particularly for a small shop, with a focus on socially relevant reading. Comfortable reading nook for browsing. The collective includes a plant shop and a café, and the combination of bookstore, beautiful plants, and coffee is quite enticing. A lovely place to spend an afternoon and pick up some excellent reading material.

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Title Wave Books

4.6(27 reviews)

8.9 mi•Uptown

Of all the bookstores in all the world, this had the friendliest, most helpful bookstore curator…read moreever. Patient and kind and helpful. Pablo found a book he had been searching for over the last few years, I got some good classics and Books of Blood from my old friend Clive Barker. The shelves were meticulously in order. The only thing missing was a cat sleeping in the science fiction area. The prices were excellent so a great VFM stop all round.

Wonderful selection of books and the layout is superb. Staff…read moreare very helpful and know their stuff . I particularly enjoyed the sub genres last d out in mystery and science fiction. The Halloween picks were pretty awesome too.

3.9 mi•North Valley/Los Ranchos

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Books on the Bosque

4.7(20 reviews)

Stopped in to kill some time. I like the layout, it's nice and spacious between all the shelves…read more The selection was good too. Lots of books in my preferred genre (history) that I hadn't seen before. There's a little cafe for drinks and snacks too.

Very welcoming, spacious and love that they also sell beverages. The staff are friendly!read more

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Page 1 Books

4.1(59 reviews)

8.3 mi•Eastside

I used to love bookstores. I Lurked in them all the time. But between digital books, storage issues…read moreand living on an Island I sort of got out of the habbit. I've been trying to do more bookstore lurking since I moveed here but there aren't that many good stores here. I love the Friends of the Library way up in Rio Rancho but that's a long drive. But I had a doctor appointment which happened to be a block from here so I checked it out. The first thing is that you know this is a book lovers book store with staff favorites right in the front. The main thing is how many stacks and categories they have. If you're looking for books about NM and the South West they have multiple shelves. But they also have tons of speciality shelves like Pulp Fiction and Romantasy. It's a great place to spend hours lurtking the stacks. I've been twice since I discovered it.

This is a great bookshop, among the best in Albuquerque. Definitely worth regular visits. I love…read moreit. I don't feel, however, that I can recommend that anyone sell books to them. They offer a pittance. It is really insulting, actually. A couple of years ago, I brought a couple of boxes of books to them (the kinds of books you routinely see on their shelves, so nothing strange) and accepted their offer out of what I later came to see as a misplaced sense of politeness: their offer had left me so stunned that I just went along with the whole thing and accepted it. Almost immediately I felt ripped off, taken advantage of. Later, I had to go through and clear out a dead relative's library. It took a long time to sort through, but at the end of the day I had around 40 boxes of books. I'd taken out the valuable things to sell online, I admit, as you should never sell the really valuable things to a used bookstore when it's easy enough to do so online. These were things like signed first editions and presentation copies and other rare books. There were a few boxes of those. There were also about 15 boxes of books that would have gone down well at Page 1, given what I know of what they have on their shelves. And the rest were rather more obscure. But I remembered how I had felt a couple of years ago when I had sold books to Page 1, and I decided simply to give all of the dead relative's books, minus the particularly valuable ones, to the public library. They always benefit from selling them, and I felt I'd done something good toward protecting one of the few remaining institutions that is still a purely public good. So, while technically I didn't get any money, I ended up feeling better, cleaner. Thank God for our public libraries! You should of course do what you want, but, when you take a box of books into Page 1 and inevitably feel horrified and sullied by the humiliating price they offer you--perhaps thinking you'd get more out of the books by burning them in your fireplace in winter to save on heating costs--, remember that you can just say "no" and instead donate them to the library and help make the world a better place for everyone.

9.1 mi•Midtown/University

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The Book Case

3.9(16 reviews)

the lady was very nice and easy to talk to! I enjoyed lookong through the books and the prices were…read moregreat

Pablo really thought this was great. He missed finding anything on his specific list but said the…read morephilosophy section was good. The later was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.

An autographed book

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers

3.3(62 reviews)

8.4 mi•Uptown

This is a good place to come for books if you're near Coronado Mall. We are members of their…read moreloyalty scheme too, as we buy lots of books. If you are like us in that sense, the loyalty scheme is good value. There are two reasons we are not fans of their coffee shop: first, they have one of those "dark pattern" card payment devices. It makes it very hard when you are paying to leave no tip. You have to keep hitting the damn "no tip" part of the screen over and over for it to work. You should know that this is a deliberate choice on the part of the management. When they buy the card readers, they can choose ones that make it hard for someone NOT to leave a tip. It's a dark pattern you can investigate on YouTube. And it's a really evil thing to do. Shame on the sleazy manager who made that decision! It should be illegal and they should be punished. Second, and this is a problem going back YEARS, if you get a hot drink, it is very likely it will be super hot, like nuclear hot, practically burning through the cup. It will be at least twenty minutes before it's a safe temperature to drink. You think I'm kidding? I'm not, and you've been warned. PLUR, baby! Bonus complaint: My God in heaven, they interrupt with harsh and seemingly unnecessary messages for staff over the loudspeaker very, very often. I know it's not a library, but it is a bookstore. And people are trying to engage with books. Shhhhhut up, already!

The staff at Barnes & Noble Booksellers was very helpful on November 26, 2025 when I inquired about…read morethe location of a new book. The first young person who helped me directed me upstairs. Perfect. I found one lone copy, but where are the other 39 that she mentioned? I needed 3 copies, 2 as gifts for Christmas and an upcoming birthday. I looked high and low. Nothing. So I approached the older man upstairs. He finally exclaimed, "Ohhhh, the rest of these are being retained for a class, so what I can do is order for pickup for you." I appreciated the kind service, but I had to head back home to the southeastern part of the state soon. It's two stories and quite spacious even with many others shopping. The cafe towards the back was super loud. This is a nice location in what is referred to as Uptown Albuquerque, NM, at the Coronado Center Mall.

9.5 mi•Midtown/University

Banned books display.

Halloween display.

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Quirky Used Books & More

4.7(6 reviews)

Decent selection of used books, reasonably priced. Clean restrooms and good service. This store is…read morean asset to the city.

Like to read? Hitting a local retail bookstore for new books can get expensive. Here's a less…read moreexpensive alternative. You're probably not going to find something currently on the NYT Best Seller list. But most likely some that were on it. Most genres are represented on well stocked shelves. All of the books are donated and the money goes towards helping homeless women. Looking at the amount of books waiting to be gone thru more selection coming soon

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Value and service needs improvement and I hope things will change in the future. Customer service is the key and I think they could improve on that read more

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Big book store. Very helpful staff.

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