66 bookstores on route 66

Howard's Books is the quintessential neighborhood used bookstore close to Northwestern University. If a book has been in the store for more than a year it's half price.

Just down the road from Howard's, this store also offers CDs and DVDs, and has been around for 20+ years.

Small but packed with books. Literature, history, anthropology, women's studies, books on tattoos and more.

A treasure trove of collectible books. You’ll see amazing books priced in four and five figures.

Expect the unexpected in this quirky store. Lots of beautiful but highly uncommon books.

A little bit of everything including rare recordings. Parking around the back.

Established in 1927, this general used bookstore offers a hefty dose of rare magazines and ephemera. Check out the specialist section for mystery, science fiction and horror.

Walk in and the shelves seem to go on and on. Used books galore from first editions to affordable paperbacks.

Offers rare and collectible books, particularly in history, art, Arthurian history and literature, Napoleonic biography and poetry. Closed Sundays.

It’s impossible to be in Chicago without visiting Powell’s in Hyde Park where you will find a vast array of scholarly books. They have another store on the University of Illinois Chicago campus.

Established in 1988, the founding principle of this store is to provide quality collectible history books at affordable prices. Lots of American history with a strong focus on military history

Open on Fridays and also by appointment only. Since 1994, Brain Snacks has specialized in mystery, science fiction and fantasy, and romance.

Located in a busy shopping center, Bookhunters, which opened in 2012, combines comics and graphic novels with books on religion, theology, philosophy, literature and scholarly subjects.

Used books and quirky media, and lots of science fiction and fantasy. This shop is not dull and look out for the bright yellow Bobzbay van.

From Bloomington, take a short detour to Decatur and see Novel Ideas where you will find more than 20,000 books in a store that’s been open for over 25 years.

In business since 1973 and at this location since 1992. Approximately 250,000 books, documents, manuscripts, posters, prints, comics, collectibles, magazines, postcards and more.

About 20 miles south of Springfield. They opened in 1993 and today it consists of three buildings full of used and collectible materials.

This independent bookstore specializes in children's books, mysteries, books about Illinois, and books for reading groups.

This St. Louis store has been around for 30 years. Lots of rare, used and out-of-print books plus a huge library of paper articles on subjects from the 1850s to 1960s.

Housed in a former gallery, Dunaway Books caters for scholars, collectors and readers. Lots of small press titles and local literature.

This shop is housed in an old department store building in the historic business district of downtown Maplewood. You will find an eclectic mix of rare, out-of-print, new, and used books.

Keith and Nancy Patten offer around 50,000 quality used books. Open Tuesday to Saturday in the suburbs of St. Louis.

A small community bookstore dedicated to reading and the literary arts in St. Louis. They specialize in high quality literature for adults and children.

Established in 1989, ABC offers more than 100,000 new and used books, including textbooks. Closed on Sundays.

New and used books covering romance, westerns, sci-fi, cookbooks, history, classics, horror and mysteries.

Another one in Springfield. More than 100,000 used, rare and out-of-print gems. Located in the Village Shopping Center behind Andy's Frozen Custard. They have another location in Ozark.

A small, friendly store stocked with over 30,000 books but a strong focus on paperback fiction.

In business since 1999, Sleepygirl started out online but expanded to a physical store in 2003 which was destroyed by a tornado in 2011. Like true survivors, they bounced back with a new store.

Used books and a Cuppa Joe. A good place to spend a few hours after touring the nearby Pea Ridge National Military Park. Contains a separate children’s room.

Oklahoma’s largest used bookstore, Gardner’s has approximately 23,000 square feet of books, comics, DVDs, CDs/records, video games and collectibles.

Lots of books about Oklahoma, the early days of the American West as well as plenty of first editions.

One of America’s largest collections of occult, New Age and metaphysical books. Also carries herbs, stones, crystals, incense, runes and tarot cards.

A cozy little bookstore offering, children’s books, cookbooks, Western Americana, and science fiction and fantasy.

Established in 1989, Archives is a pioneer of online bookselling. Pop into their store for a huge array of used book bargains.

The largest used bookstore in the Oklahoma City area (250,000 books) and a full service comic book store, including Manga and graphic novels.

New books, modern first editions, children's books, cookbooks, and mysteries from this picture-perfect small town store in New Mexico’s Las Vegas.

A wide selection of general used and antiquarian books with a specialty in Latin Americana and Western Americana. Located at the Traveler's Market inside the de Vargas Mall.

Located close to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum on the historic Santa Fe Plaza, this is a boutique bookstore specializing in old, rare and collectible books.

From the outside, this building looks like a storybook house but this small white and blue bookstore is filled with used books.

Located in the Sanbusco Marketplace, op.cit carries new and used books, and modern first editions, and a great selection of remainders. Ideal for early risers, this place opens at 8am.

Forty minutes north of Albuquerque. Lara Harrison named this shop after her father, a journalist who always wanted to open a bookstore. Charlie's dream never came true but his collection became the basis for Lara's bookselling business.

A small used bookstore with an interesting selection of children’s books.

Inside the Mountain Run Shopping Center, Page 1 Books is the largest independent bookstore in New Mexico, and offers new and used books.

This bookstore specializes in alternative spiritualties, primarily Wicca and pre-Christian paths, as well as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. They also offer books on astrology, alternative self-help and health.

Title Wave offers everything from literature to cooking, children's books to political science - 100,000 books in 400 categories. Open Tuesday to Saturday.

This family-owned bookshop, which opened in 1970, offers more 200,000 paperbacks and hardcovers.

Located in an antique mall, Pinon Tree Books offers an outstanding selection of books on regional history.

A metaphysical and spiritual bookstore located on a busy little street between a burger joint and a clothing store.

Quality used books and a wide selection of titles on the Southwest ranging from children’s books to natural history.

A small bookstore next to a yoga studio.

Twenty miles east of LA, Brad and Jen Johnson’s store has more than 40,000 books covering topics from California and the west to literature, military history, cooking, children's titles and science.

Janet Jarvits' legendary store contains more than 30,000 used, rare and out-of-print cookbooks. Chaotic but fascinating, this is a must-stop place for foodies.

Founded in 1992, this is a general used bookstore (offering 50,000 books) with a large selection of art, architecture, and photography books.

A theological bookstore that carries more than 75,000 new and used theological books covering religious studies, philosophy, theology and biblical studies.

This store offers a wide and eclectic selection of books and music plus clothing and jewelry from local artisans, and live music too. Spanish language books too.

A small highly organized store offering used books and new magazines. Also does events and has signed books and first editions.

Owned by Malcolm and Christine Bell, this store has offered books on mystery, detective, science fiction, fantasy and horror since 1975. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Located in the heart of Atwater Village, Alias Books carries a wide variety of used books with an emphasis on literature, film and the arts.

Located at The Brewery, an artists' colony, in Lincoln Heights near Chinatown. Used and out-of-print art, photography and design books. Also LPs. Open Thursday to Saturday.

Below the Hollywood sign. Books on the arts, literature, poetry, film, stage, and philosophy with a wide variety of other categories. Also lots of classical, jazz and rock records.

This shop opened in 1995 and offers hard-to-find, out-of-print, used and rare books. Closed Sundays.

World famous and beautiful. This is where celebrities buy their rare books. Pop in and you might be rubbing shoulders with Johnny Depp. Signed, modern firsts, crime and mysteries.

Near UCLA, Alias Books has been a West LA fixture since 1959 - Alias Books East is its sister store. Thousands of titles covering art, literature, academic and scholarly books.

New, rare and out-of-print books on 20th century art, architecture, design, fashion, cinema and photography housed in a modern, sleek store.

Located in a blue building for the past 30 years, this famous bookstore offers a wide selection of used books with plenty of history.

Founded in 1963 and dedicated to the visual arts, this store is filled with used, rare and out-of-print books about art, architecture, design, fashion and photography.