Bookstores named for books, stories, characters, or poems

Listed below are existing bookstores (and one comic book store) around the globe whose name is based on or reflects a book title, a story, a character, or a poem. The names are based on personal knowledge, collected through a search of bookstores on google.com, as well as by utilizing gemini.google.ai.

As can be seen by the list, the word “Raven” derived from Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem is the most commonly utilized name for bookstores in this category with 14 examples when including “Nevermore.” “Fahrenheit” from Fahrenheit 451 has five, which followed by “Ulysses” and variations of “Argonaut” which tied in third place with four examples each.

Every populated continent is represented on the list except Africa. As always, any additions, suggestions, or corrections are most welcome.

Peace…and Happy Father’s Day!

Argonaut Books – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Argonaut Book Shop – San Francisco, CA

Argos Book Store – Grand Rapids, MI

Argosy Book Store – New York City, NY

BookXcess Fahrenheit – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Brave New Worlds – Philadelphia, PA

Casa Fahrenheit 451 Libreria Cafè – Barcelona, Spain

Copperfield‘s – Santa Rosa and nearby cities, CA

Fahrenheit‘s Books – Denver, CO

Fahrenheit 451 Books – Carlsbad, CA

Fahrenheit 451 Books – Rome, Italy

Gatsby‘s – Catania, Sicily, Italy

Lilliput Books – Chicago, IL

Man of La Mancha Books – Panama City, Panama

NeverMore Books – Beaufort, SC

Nevermore Bookstore – Newport, VT

NeverMore Used Book Store – Toledo, OH

Odyssey Books – South Hadley, MA

Poor Richard’s Bookstore – Colorado Springs, CO

Raven Books – Bryan, TX

Raven Book Haven – Fleetwood, PA

Raven Book Store – Dublin, Ireland

Raven Book Store – Lawrence, KS

Raven‘s Book Shoppe: Used and Rare – Twentynine Palms, CA

Raven‘s End Books – Winnipeg, Canada

Raven Used Books – Northampton/Shelburne Falls, MA

Robinson Crusoe 389 – Istanbul, Turkiye

Rosebud Bookshop – Porto, Portugal

The Iliad Bookshop – Los Angeles, CA

The Jumping Frog – Hartford, CT

The Mad Hatters Bookshop – Melbourne, Australia

The Raven‘s Heart Bookstore – Sayre, PA

The Raven‘s Nook – Waco, TX

The Raven‘s Perch – Modesto, CA

The Siren & The Sea Books – Rochester, NY

Treasure Island Comics – Fremont, CA

Ulises Libreria – Santiago, Chile

Ulysses Book Store- Trumansburg, NY

Ulysses Rare Books – Dublin, Ireland

Ulysses Srl Library Books – Bologna, Italy

Walden Books – London, England, UK

Walden Pond Books – Oakland, CA

Westside Stories – Buffalo, NY

White Raven Books – Ypsilanti, Michigan

White Whale [Moby Dick] Bookstore – Pittsburgh, PA

The nights are cool and I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water, cool water
And with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
And carry on to water
Cool, clear water
—Bob Nolan

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