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    Book Barn

    3.7 (27 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Dan R.

    This is the Downtown Book Barn, one of the four locations in the Book Barn line-up. This is a jam packed store right on Main Street in the heart of lovely downtown Niantic. It really is a book lovers dream come true - you can browse around here for hours. I wanted to look at audiobooks, and this is the only BB location that sells them. I picked up a $4 audiobook about Ron Guidry and Yogi Berra hanging out together in Spring training. I have to say a word about the super nice and very funny guy working here today. He was a hoot and made the BB experience even better!

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    George H.

    First of all, the address of this location is listed as East Lyme. We used the gps and it led us to the wrong place, on account of the wrong location registered for this business! We had a rather difficult time finding this store. Secondly, I was browsing for books on Tibetan Buddhism and there is not much of a selection aside from the 15 books of the same title. This seems to be more the store to look for Books on Christianity. Also, they had very little on books by Stephen Hawking. So, much as I loved the concept, I found very little at all to interest me. And the stereo/sound system kept giving trouble? One moment it was too loud, the next it could barely be heard, the sound kept phasing in and out which was very distracting and annoying while one was trying to browse the titles of the books.

    One of the signs that gave me a chuckle, and also lured me into coming to the store posted by a friend.
    Claire G.

    An amazing place to go if you love books! My friend posted a picture via Instagram showing a sign of "dolla books" so I decided to check out the page before going, since it is almost an hour away from me. The website was very detailed showing all about the store(s) they have, and what the main objective of the main store is. The main store is probably one of the most hidden finds I have ever found and I absolutely love it. I was so overwhelmed with how many books there were and how much time I could actually spend rummaging through each building. I definitely got lost s few times in my own little world, but I was just going to check it out, and then I would return. I was wrong, I spent 2 hours there and it felt like about 2 minutes. The setup is very organized where each building/cart has its own meaning, ranging from new arrivals to romance novels to fiction to a whole building of non fiction. Outside of all the books, they have gardens everywhere, a huge playground for kids, games around and about like basketball, chess, and some stone game, and most importantly to me, goats. Two feeding machines for a quarter each, the goats will love you so much! Without any hesitation I will be returning, the staff was so nice because it was my first time, they were able to help, and even offered to call the other stores for a book request I had. Despite the drive, this is definitely a new hidden treasure I have found and I will be returning to get lost in the book world.

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    Excellent selections at this location and I loved the shelving heights this will be our new go to BB locale for sure for the summer!

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    8 years ago

    Had more fun at the cinemas. You go to a place called the book barn. A singular term to find out its 5 in 5 locations.

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    They have an amazing selection of sci fi/fantasy books here, mostly paperback so a buck a piece.

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