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Literary Shopping

Find unique gifts and support reading by visiting literary landmark shops. Each offers distinct and meaningful gift ideas for the book lovers, teachers, librarians, and history buffs in your life. (Author Adventures receives no compensation from these inspiring stores other than pure delight.)

• Charles M. Schulz Museum Shop (CA): https://schulzmuseum.org/shop
• City Lights (CA): https://citylights.com
• Edgar Allan Poe House (VA): https://shop.poemuseum.org
• Ernest Hemingway House Shop (FL): https://www.hemingwayhome.com/store
• Faulkner House Books (MS): https://faulknerhousebooks.com (Personalized Book Subscription Service)
• Frederick Douglass House Bookstore (DC): https://shop.americasnationalparks.org/store/home/3081/Frederick-Douglass-Home-National-Historic-Site
• Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch (NM): https://www.ghostranch.org/trading-post
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Store (MA): https://store.jfklibrary.org
• King Center (GA): https://king-center-bookstore.myshopify.com
• King’s Books (WA): https://www.kingsbookstore.com
• Larry McMurtry’s Booked Up (TX): https://www.bookedupac.com
• Library of Congress (DC): https://library-of-congress-shop.myshopify.com
• Louise Erdrich’s Birchbark Books (MN): https://birchbarkbooks.com/collections
• Mark Twain House (CT): https://marktwainhouse.org/shop
• National Steinbeck Center Store (CA): https://www.steinbeck.org/shop
• Norman Rockwell Museum (MA): https://store.nrm.org
• Plimoth Patuxet (MA): https://plimoth.org/explore/museum-shops
• Powell’s Books (OR): https://www.powells.com
• Prairie Lights (IA): https://www.prairielights.com/home
• The Strand (NY): https://www.strandbooks.com
• Tattered Cover (CO): https://www.tatteredcover.com

And don’t miss UneekDollDesigns, whose miniature dolls of famous writers appear on several pages of authoradventures.org. An example is here: Emily Dickinson.

Patricia Smart