At Bookshop on the Avenue

At Bookshop on the Avenue

Lynchburg, VA

Earlier this month, on a warm and sunny Springtime day, I decided to take a trip down to Lynchburg and visit 'Bookshop on the Avenue', at 3407 Memorial Avenue. 

This store is housed in a rambling house, with a warren of shelving extending from the attic all the way down into the basement. If you are tall, you are going to need to negotiate the interior of the Bookshop on the Avenue with considerable care.

There are sections of paperbacks in the mystery, western, and romance genres. 

The science fiction and fantasy section is in the basement and it's a sizeable collection. There are lots of hardbacks along with lots of paperbacks. Most paperbacks are in 'good' to 'very good' condition, and sell for $1.50 to $2.50. Although the majority of titles I saw on the shelving were printed after 1990, there is a good representation of older books (such as DAW yellow-spines), too.

Inevitably, the sci-fi and fantasy shelves have much material from Piers Anthony, Andre Norton, Terry Brooks, David Webber, A. E. Van Vogt, Mercedes Lackey, Jo Clayton, etc., I wound up getting a nice little batch of lesser-known, old-school titles in a variety of genres.

If you are in the greater Lynchburg area, and have an hour or two to spare, stopping by the Bookshop on the Avenue is well worth your time.