I love this shop! Right when you walk in there is such a cute and cozy and welcoming vibe! The…read moreowners are very sweet and helpful. There is even the cutest little event space up top!

So happy to have a book bar near my house!! They don't yet have their liquor license but I think…read moreeventually they will have wine and such. Their selection of books is pretty much the entire NYT best sellers. So you will find what you want! The inside is so cozy and the beautiful. They're in a prime and walkable location. Can't wait to go back soon!

Local black-owned bookstore in downtown Ypsi. As soon as you walk in, you are welcomed by a…read morewonderful aroma and chill music. The shop is small but stocked with a nice variety of books for the casual readers and those readers who want to dig into some deeper, intellectual, or political material. They also have art, apparel, jewelry, music, incense, and body care products for sell.

The store is a BLACK book store. It is meant just to be that. It's purpose is to get books to US…read morethat may not be available in main stream stores. For Charmaine to give a three star review based on the fact the book store is purposefully not catering to those outside of this is an issue to me. More than not things are catered to everyone BUT us. We have someone who opened a store to do this and you get someone non melanated who wants to criticize. Do like we do and MOVE ON, it's not catered for you, accept that and keep it moving. I LOVE this bookstore and the owner, Carlos as well. I find what I need/want, and also can grab body oils that smell so nice. In fact seeing Charmaine's review makes me know I need to get my but in there this week and make a visit. This store prospers just fine without you Charmaine. It has been around for years. We know where to go. KRS-One and J Prince found it great enough to come visit, and drop some knowledge. Had you bothered to ASK you would have seen, what you were looking for wasn't there he can order and get. Instead you leave a mediocre review.......darn shame. I guess the name of the book store did not give a clue...BLACKstone Bookstore and CULTURAL Center. Did you really think it was your culture that he was speaking of with this name?

Hedger Breed, owner of White Raven Books, is one of kind. Highly recommend that you call him when…read more you are moving and show him the books you may need to give away. He picks out books that you may not realize have market value and takes them away to (hopefully) appreciative new readers. I had a very good experience interacting with him--and even made some money on my books!

White Raven is the best place in Ypsi for rare, collectible, scholarly and other hard-to-get books…read more The store is located at 117 Pearl Street, but is open by appointment only. If you don't call ahead, there definitely won't be anyone at the store when you get there, so don't just show up and knock on the door. Hedger Breed is an interesting character and he knows a lot about books. One day I walked in and asked him where he keeps the old stuff, and he showed me a book printed on a Gutenberg-type press, and another book almost as old with copperplate engravings of the destruction of Sodom. Text was in Italian, so I couldn't read it, but holding books that old in your hand, and feeling where the movable type bit into the vellum, it's a little bit sublime. Didn't have enough cash on me to buy those books--still don't. But fortunately, Hedger always keeps boxes of $2 books around, and those are worth going through.

The staff here are very kind and the selection is pretty decent for a cute little downtown…read morebookstore. I love to purchase the shelves and find something new, although I found the layout slightly confusing, and I found various books and multiple locations. The little tags that talk about unique aspects of the book are a really nice touch. I did find it to be slightly biased politically, but I'm not sure what you can expect in downtown Ann Arbor. They did have a beautiful special version of a book that my best friend from Australia loves, so I was able to pick up that copy. I can't wait to send it to her. When I told her about it, she cried. The book is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much Literati for stocking such lovely products! Sidenote - this bookstore used to have delicious oat milk, lattes and unfortunately, they do not the café upstairs anymore. I do like that they got rid of all the tables where people would sit for hours on their computer computers. Now there is more room for books and I enjoy their selection of YA, cookbooks, and other genres. This is the same bookstore. We brought our Canadian friends too to browse, and it was very fun also. Thank you so much Indie bookstores. We love to stop in!

What a fun little bookstore. They have mostly new offerings, two levels, pretty decent selection at…read moretypical prices. Very well-organized. I love the staff notes scattered throughout the shop and having a typewriter out on the lower level was pretty cool. They also swell swag.

What a cute bookstore! I just happened upon it while walking the street and stopped in. There are a…read moreton of books and not a lot of space to walk. But things look generally well-organized. I love the collection of Easton Press books, vintage books, and signed/rare books as well. They have a pretty good selection. They also sell postcards and other small things, and have a discount cart outside.

Tons of books at great prices. I didn't realize Ann Arbor had so many bookstores and this was the…read morefirst of I believe 5 we stumbled across. There were carts outside the front of the store with books for $1 each, and inside was fun decor, tons of books (obviously), plus postcards and posters. As we walked around there were some books on the floor and it could be hard to get around books and people at times.

This place is a wonderful resource for book lovers. Whether you are looking for a specific genre,…read moreor a specific author, a book can be found here. If you are a book lover, this is your place. This place also accepts books whether it be a childhood book, a recent find, an old favorite, a college textbook. I found out that audiobooks are also accepted for sale but go very fast as purchases due to commuters especially in the Ann Arbor area.

From the owner: Family owned Used and Rare Bookstore with over 100,000 books in stock. In business since 2000.read more

Nice atmosphere, fun to browse, but they didn't really have the selection in the genres I'm…read moreinterested in.

This is the best used book store in Ann Arbor. When I was here, I would visit weekly with my…read morefamily. The owner is great and will curate things for you, in a tasteful helpful way.