Parnassus welcomes you with a cozy feeling the moment you step inside. It's absolutely gorgeous and…read morejust the kind of place you want to linger in! The shelves are filled with a large selection of books, all organized by genre. There's a section for stationery, puzzles, totes, and other fun things as well! The dedicated children's section has the most whimsical little door where you may catch grown-ups slipping through from time to time.... While you're there you may see one of the many shop dogs they have as well! Parnassus is very involved in the community. They host events like author talks and book clubs. They have lots of book signings too. Just a great spot!

Super cute bookstore in a great location. It's located in Green Hills right across from the mall…read more There is plenty of parking, restaurants and other stores in the area. I have been here in the past but came over the weekend with my kids. They have a cute kids section where you can sit and read books. The employees were all helpful, kind and patient with my young family. They were having a book reading event the night we were there that looked like it would be a fun time. It's a small locally owned bookstore and the prices reflect that. Not surprising for a small bookstore but it's very progressive. Something to note if bringing in kids.

Oh my goodness, how I love this store! It brings me such joy that real brick and mortar bookstores…read morestill exist, even though they are extremely few and far between. I grew up an avid reader, and as a pre-teen I remember begging my parents to take me to the local Barnes & Noble on a Saturday night. Looking back I'm sure they were so relieved that's where I wanted to hang out, so it makes sense now why they took me nearly every time. It's just a special place and feeling to be in a store surrounded by imagination and basically anything you wish to explore. Happy to learn that there is a surviving store in Cool Springs near where I work. I come here on my lunch break about once a month. Even if I don't buy, it's great to walk the aisles and see what is available. The staff is kind, encouraging of everyone to explore. They keep it very clean. Huge parking lot. You won't find me with any negative comments. Please stay open forever!

This Barnes and Noble anchors a shopping complex at the corner of Mallory Lane and Moores Lane, and…read moreis a classic location that has all the good stuff plus a great café that serves Starbucks! I have been here on more than one occasion solely for the café, but I do find myself wandering the store browsing for a good book from time to time. Most of my purchases here have been books for my nephews and a few corporate/career-based books. The store is always well stocked, well kept and clean. Service is beyond friendly, and they are always so helpful! I legit look lost each time I go in, so I ask for directions and they make sure I get to where I am going in the store. Overall, cool to still have Barnes & Noble brick and mortars around, especially this location!

Helpful staff, great selection, clean and open vibe! This is a great bookstore located right across…read morefrom Target and Panera. I love that the majority of their books are sorted by author and therefore very easy to navigate. There are a few fiction subsections but for the most part all fiction is placed together. The staff are incredibly kind and helpful. I really enjoy coming here for books.

Great selection of books and the prices are really affordable. What I love too is that they also…read morehave a large variety of items not just books, such as puzzles, CDs, vinyl records, figurines, cards, etc. The check out process is very quick and easy, there was no long line pilled up. The workers are very helpful too if you need to find a specific book or author.

Such a cute little shop located in the cutest little community in Franklin! Love that this store…read morestocks books by local authors as well as more popular options. There are seats inside and outside to dive into your read as soon as your purchase. They host author events and the staff is so sweet and helpful! Parking is great as there is a lot right outside. I loved looking around here and chatting about books with the team members.

Very nice bookstore with a good selection of books we were looking for. My husband found Ray…read moreBradbury's, The Martian Chronicles (1950), at long last.

What a genuine bookstore offering hard-to-find books as well as collectibles. The display of…read moreleather-bound classics was worth perusing just for the scent. We came for one book in particular--and found it right away. And the price was very reasonable. We saw a group of high schoolers oo-ing and ah-ing over books in Latin and English.!something for everyone. Congrats on the 20th anniversary in Franklin--with the shopping available and them not right in the square, that saying a lot!

Great service and incredible selection. A book can be found for anyone and everyone!…read more street parking only which fills up fast.

Yesterday was my first time coming in, and I loved it! They had every book on my look out for list,…read moreand then some. A total of sixteen books, not sorry lol. All my friends I was with were very happy with their findings as well. The only negative thing I could possibly say about this awesome place was the young guy with glasses that rang me up at cash register two. After setting my basket down and getting out my credit card, I realize he must be waiting for me to get the books out, so no problem, I'm not above that. He waits for me to get all my books out, scans them, and that's it. Doesn't give me a bag to put my all my books in, or even help put back in the basket. No words to indicate the interaction is over until I awkwardly realize it on my own. He was very off-putting. I will still be back because this place, otherwise, is amazing and I want to bring some family members and friends who I know will have fun too.

The daughter being done with her Master's program at Vanderbilt was looking for a place to…read moreoffload/sell her nursing textbooks. She found McKay's online and it seemed to be the best place to do that. Wow -- we were not prepared for the massiveness of this super, super busy place! Being our first time and not knowing how it all worked, it didn't take us long to figure out where to go and what to do. There wasn't much of a line when we started. We placed her books in a bin, then waited to be called by a greeter. Our greeter quickly explained the process, gave the daughter a claim ticket, then we waited. In the 40 minutes it took for her claim number to come up on the screen, we were able to walk through most of the sections and pick out a couple things to buy. I was quite surprised to find so many things beyond books -- DVDs, VHS, vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, clothing, Pokémon cards, instruments, game consoles, accessories, Legos, toys, comic books, etc. It was seriously amazing. My daughter decided to take her sale in trade which gave her about 50% more to spend. For the books they didn't buy she was given the option to take them back or donate them there. She chose to donate. The husband loves old movies, art and music -- he will absolutely enjoy McKay's. I can't wait to bring him here! The parking lot is as massive, so I don't think there's ever an issue with that.

The customer service is rude. There are ways to politely say you are closing and speaking to…read morechildren in a gruff manner telling them to "get out" is not OK. Do not recommend and if I could give no stars I would

They had a HUGE selection of squishes and the prices were good as well. The employees were really…read morenice and patient. We will be coming back!

After shopping at Five Below, I headed to my rental car to put away my purchases. This…read moreBooks-A-Million store next door caught my attention. I had never been to one. I returned to check it out. I love a good bookstore. I am known to spend at least a good hour leafing through books and looking at whatever merchandise it has. This store is a gem. As someone who likes stationery, gift ideas, and collectables, this store has everything. I have a natural inclination to head to the discount book section. You can find everything from fiction to cookbooks. I loved it. Not that I need any more notebooks or planners, but there are some nice ones here. I liked the hedgehog one with spiral binding. I nearly died happy in the Star Wars section. The number of Grogu items felt infinite. I ended up getting a set of Grogu measuring cups and spoons. I had never seen them before and they were lightweight to bring back home. I stood in front of the book holders section for the longest time. You can place these holders on a notebook or book to store your reading glasses, pens, cell phone, and more. They were practical and cool. There were gigantic Squishmallows towards the back of the store. It made me so happy seeing them. I had thought about driving back home with them in the backseat, but it would have been an extremely expensive road trip. I also wanted a pair of typewriter bookends. They looked classy and neat. They were so heavy, though. Instead, i have a photo to remind me of their coolness. I went to pay for my Grogu items at the counter. I had a nice man help me out. There was a problem, though. He couldn't find the barcodes for my measuring cups and spoons. They weren't on the packaging. He consulted with his colleague. Apparently, the tags with barcodes were inside the cups and spoons, within their plastic packaging. Okay, how ridiculous is that move? The man had to cut open both items in their packaging to get to the tags to scan them. Thankfully, these items were for me, so it didn't matter that they were out of their packaging. Perhaps it would matter for a diehard collector who wants items in pristine condition, or a germaphobe who neither wants this man's fingerprints on the merchandise, nor mine. Anyway, all was great once both barcode tags were scanned. I paid for my items with a credit card. All was great. This store has a program called Millionaire's Club. Since this was my first time ever seeing this store, I didn't opt into it. You can get discounts on your orders here. If you do shop here often, it's worth your while. It was great finding this bookstore and spending an hour looking at everything. I loved it. If I'm ever back in this area, I'd return and check out the other stores at Nashville West Shopping Center, too. (286)

I was in this location on July 4 weekend. The employees here were extremely friendly, helpful, and…read morekind in helping us locate numerous books. This store operates efficiently and is well stocked. A great experience all around. Large selection at a fair cost.

This is a marvelous and humungous bookstore. It's modern, neat and so nicely organized. The first…read morefloor is full of amazing Vanderbilt merchandise like apparels, bags, bottles, cups, caps, stationary and so many other types. They also some sports specific ones like golf and basketball. Prices are much higher as it is for all university products. I found their merchandise excellent quality and very well designed. The branding is spot on. On the second floor they have thousands of books. The shelves are divided by genre and subjects. The escalator to second floor was broken when we were there, but we took the elevator. My daughter found a children's book that she really liked. It was only $6. Checkout had a line, but we didn't take more than 10 minutes. Staff members were friendly. Overall we enjoyed wandering around the bookstore.

The good: lots of selection of books, clothing, and Vandy swag…read more The bad: everything seems to be really pricey, and staff seemed to be busy with stocking and returns instead of helping customers.

Randy is a great guy. Don't listen to bad reviews. Those people are mental. Probably the best book…read morestore in all of nashville especially if you like antiques. I've been going for years and I've never been disappointed. He's very helpful. Maybe some people just have a bad attitude or they take him the wrong way and get their little fragile feelings hurt. Just disagree with his opinions if you don't like it and move on. Some people are way too judgemental, if you wanna spew your political opinions then open your own store. Anyway, he can drive a hard bargain for some books but he's often willing to come down on the price and make deals. I've never had a bad experience.

called and asked about a certain book I was looking for and I gave the gentleman the title and he…read morenever bothered to look to see if he had it, he just flatly said " I don't believe we have it" and said goodbye. Not to be rude but if you're that too damn lazy to take the time to make sure you don't have it then Maybe just maybe you shouldn't own a business that requires taking the time for your customers. I took the time to call Nashville from upstate N.Y just to get someone on the phone who acted like he could give two shits if he found what I was looking for or not . I really want to thank this putz for his time and attention.