The Last Bookstore
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22,000 sq. feet of unexpected nooks of funkiness. We have antique vaults & ghosts. Oh, & we also have tons of books. Tons. OPEN 11am - 8pm
453 S Spring St. LA, CA 90013
Joined February 2010
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Spain-based artist,
#AliciaMartin
's sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid, feature approximately 5,000 books shooting out a window. Known as
#Biografias
, translated as Biographies, the books' loose pages are free to blow and rustle in the wind.
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We’re grateful to have called this beautiful building home for the past 10 years, and for the insanely talented artists and staff who contributed their time, skills and creativity.
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Our June true crime selection...Michelle McNamara's amazing I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK! You couldn't read more timely
#TrueCrime
work. We meet 6/5 - tix here-->
#bookclub
#goldenstatekiller
#truecrimecommunity
@pattonoswalt
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“It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.” - Agatha Christie
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Here’s what a curated surprise book bundle looks like... email orders.lastbookstore
@gmail
.com with your favorite authors & genres and we’ll make one for you, too. Curbside pickup, shipping & delivery available.
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Rest In Peace, Beverly Cleary & Larry McMurtry, may your words live on forever ❤️
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“Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.“
– Malala Yousafzai
#InternationalWomensDay
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The Last Bookstore is now open for browsing! 11am-7pm, 7 days a week.
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Bring your furry friend to the bookstore! We even have a secret stash of treats behind the counter, just ask a bookseller-we’re happy to help.
📸:
@tyrabengx
#losangelespets
#catsofinstagram
#dogsofinstagram
#bookstorecats
#furryfriends
#indiebookstores
#bookstagram
#la
#d
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“As you ascend the stairs into the appropriately named “labyrinth”, we recommend you begin by turning right and traveling along the balcony to best discover hidden, themed rooms and alcoves. The labyrinth is as much a work of art as it os a bookshop; Here you’ll find the
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If you opened a bookstore tomorrow, what would you name it? 📚🧐
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It might still be the dog days of summer, but fall is right around the corner and with it comes all things spooky and scary! Stock up on all things horror, true crime, and generally weird in the vault on our second floor. 💀🦇🕯
📸:
@andreasrandompenguins
#horrorvault
#
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Happy Birthday James Baldwin!
“It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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Right this way, please...
.
#thrillers
#mystery
#westerns
#paranormal
#horror
#fantasy
#scifi
#westerns
#springartscollective
#thelastbookstore
#dtla
#losangeles
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Almost all our staff has spooky stories to tell, especially the guards and the grave-night shelvers.
Considering we’re housed in a 100-year-old historical bank building, there’s a lot of weird stuff that goes on around here. Would you ever knowingly work in a haunted bookstore?
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Come get lost in our labyrinth of books! We are open everyday from 11am - 7pm
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Let us surprise you! Order a curated personalized book bundle based on your reading interests... (starts at $25) orders.lastbookstore
@gmail
.com. And yes, we ship!
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We’ve never seen the tunnel quite like this before- Awesome! Tag us on your unique photos of the store to win a $50 gift card to spend in-store or online. See you this weekend 11AM - 8PM and don’t forget to buy some books 🙏📚
.
.
📸🏆: WINNER
@neljaen_photos
#books
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Fall is FINALLY here! Time to throw on a sweater, get yourself a hot coffee and curl up in the couch with a good book 🍂 Not in the LA area? Click the link in our bio for a curated book bundle made just for you 📚
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Your search for finding the perfect gift for your Valentine ends here ❤️
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TONIGHT, 6PM: We've got
@steveaoki
& new book, "Eat Sleep Cake Repeat", a glimpse of his past 10 yrs on the road!
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FTR, though we *sell* books, we're 100% in favor of PUBLIC libraries (
@LAPublicLibrary
ftw): indispensable community resources & where we 1st fell in ♥️ w/ reading. That jackass who thinks amazon should replace libraries is a- oh damn, already said it. Recap: he's a jackass.
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“Visit the Last Bookstore! Take the Red or Purple Line to Pershing Square Station, or hop on Metro Bus 16 to 5th and Spring”
-
@metrolosangeles
▫️
📷:
@briandaoo
▫️
#GoMetro
#LoveMetroLA
#indiebookstore
#dtla
#bookstore
#bookstagram
#booktunnel
#losangeles
#thelastbookstore
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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” - Roald Dahl
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In better days, we used to hold sold-out events featuring the greatest artists, musicians & authors around. We hope to get back there someday... What are some special events you’d like to see here once it’s safe to gather again?
.
📸: Greg Doherty for
@gettyimages
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We couldn't improve on
@PennyRed
's feminist scifi list, so we just lifted it. It's stellar (<-- get it?)
#NationalScienceFictionDay
@thebafflermag
#WhatFuture
#feminist
#scifi
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Scalzi continues to crush things (spaceships, empires) in his writer-y mitts
#scifi
#bookreview
@scalzi
@torbooks
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Creaky floors, dim lighting… If that classic old book smell is your thing, check out our antique book vault just past the children’s section. You enter through a historic bank vault door from the early 1900’s. Just make sure it doesn’t close behind you…
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Our reading goal for 2022. What’s yours?
For wonderfully chaotic stacks that might collapse on you at any moment, visit
@pickwick_bookshop
in NY.
📸:
@cafeaucloud
#indiebookstores
#bookstore
#pickwickbookshop
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We will read a story to even just ONE kid. Magic Carpet Story Time: Tues & Thur, @ 11 & 2, all summer.
#storytime
#lastbookstore
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” - Mark Twain
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Get lost in this sea of books 📚 What book have you discovered in our store that’s become a staple on your bookshelf? ✨
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“This bookstore was cool. ps. my favorite thing about books is they take you to hundreds of places and you don’t even have to leave your bed.” -
@lyviandao
What is your favorite thing about books? 📖
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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” - Roald Dahl.
.
We’re open this weekend for in-store shopping 11am -8pm.
📸:
@jafinkofficial
#indiebookstore
#thelastbookstore
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Happy National Book Lovers Day! How are you bookworms celebrating? Come spend your sunny Sunday with us surrounded by our walls of books 📚
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With LA schools shut down for fall, books are more important than ever before. We are still open from 11am-7pm! Let us know how we can be there for you 📚
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Happy Halloween 👻 We have tons of new spooky finds available in our Horror Vault today! Come and see us today from 11am - 8pm 🎃
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Whether you’re looking for the biggest titles, something obscure, or something you’ve never heard of before, we’ve got it. Come by from 11am - 7pm to find that one book you’ve been needing 📚
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“I always read. Do you know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I am like that. If I stop reading, I die.“
-Patrick Rothfuss
📸:
@modernlifeplanner
#read
#bookstore
#bookstagram
#indiebookstore
#dtla
#LA
#thelastbookstore
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TOMORROW, 8/6: Join
@todgoldberg
,
@echochorus
&
@RiderStrong
for a live recording of Literary Disco!
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We have our shelves packed from top to bottom this week after our full store restock! Come and see what you can find from 11am - 8pm ✨
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We're so pleased the LA launch for the anthology
#goodgirlsmarrydoctors
is taking place right now. It features such talented people.
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We've got
@steveaoki
& his new photography book, "Eat Sleep Cake Repeat", a glimpse of his past 10 yrs on the road!
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We just added a ton of new Book Bundles & 1st Editions to our shop!
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Lucky lucky horror book club - Reading
@TananariveDue
's THE GOOD HOUSE - We zoooom; join here -->
#horror
#bookclub
#hauntedhouse
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Damn right. LA.
"Angelenos will continue to lead with strength, conviction, compassion, and open arms." - Mayor Garcetti
Statement→
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Looking for new and used vinyl? Come by to check out our selection of hand selected vinyl to add to your collection
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The great
@TananariveDue
's THE GOOD HOUSE is up in The Thing in the Labyrinth
#horror
#bookclub
. Join our intrepid crew, led by
@mckat30
- We ZOOM & you can eat any snacks you bring yourself.
#scarylit
#blackhorror
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Until the end
#thelastbookstore
.
📷:
@johnmwu
.
#indiebookstore
#bookstore
#booksandrecords
#booklovers
#LosAngeles
#DTLA
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The creepiest room in our bookstore has only gotten creepier with the mysterious addition of an old radiator shaped like an armchair right in the middle of the Horror Vault. Sit at your own risk, and don’t forget to browse our collection of new and classic horror novels, true c
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Gotta love DTLA for this! Photo by Daina Beth Solomon (
@dainabethcita
).
#readafuckingbook
#losangeles
#DTLA
#books
http://t.co/Ct8qEIp81o
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WINNER!!🏆📸 We love shots like this by
@mikhaearl
, who captures an interesting perspective of our Annex wall. This room is dedicated solely to signed copies, first editions, & rare collectibles.
Tag us on your photos for a chance to win a $50 gift card or curated book bundle.
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@Bombonitos
@sewellchan
@latimes
We have an entire LA/CA section, fiction on one side, non-fiction on the other.
Also, Bukowski.
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We are currently selling Limited Edition $50 Book Bundles! These 1/1 bundles are first come, first serve so there’s no time to hesitate 🎉 We will be posting new Genres everyday on our new shop, and you can buy your favorite in just a few clicks 📚
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One of our favorite new additions are these autographed copies of “Crying in H Mart”
@jbrekkie
signed for us before her show
@RegentTheaterLA
. They’re almost gone, but if you’re interested in tender, lyrical writing about family, food, loss, & music, we can’t recommend it enough.
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The one on the left? She’s crankin’ — and the other one’s on deck. AC, folks. If you haven’t been in LA recently, you don’t know how big a deal this is. ❄️🔥❄️
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“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
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Annnnnnd book signings are back!!! Join us next Friday August 27th from 6pm - 8pm for an in-store signing of “The Gilded Ones” by
@NewYorkTimes
Best Selling Author
@NaminaForna
! Pre-order your copy today through
@shopthelastbookstore
, see you soon!
#naminaforna
#thelastbookstore
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Two stories full of all your favorite books 📚 You never know what you will find!
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We’ve been sketched ☺️ How lovely is this ❤️
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“Books bring life in all forms. Whether they’re sitting on a shelf or being read, they bring something to the space. Their existence alone gives off an energy. As long as books are being appreciated in some way, I’m happy they’re there.”
- Last Bookstore co-owner
@jenna
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Happy 45th Birthday to Josh Spencer, owner, creator and mastermind behind The Last Bookstore! 🎂 🎁 🎉 He works day and night to ensure your experience is a memorable one, hand-selecting every book that goes onto the…
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This is the line to have your book signed by Roxane Gay (
@rgay
)! Thanks to everyone that came out & packed our store!
http://t.co/E6gAcbHaYZ
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Win big like
@ljmphotoz
who just received a $50 curated book bundle for posting this epic pic of our tunnel. Thanks for posting and remember to tag
#thelastbookstore
!
#bookstagram
#photocontest
#thelastbookstore
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Who needs to revamp their living room or office with a color library? We’ve got you covered starting at $2.99! 🌈📚
.
📸:
@torstenwoywod
.
#indiebookstore
#colorlibrary
#interiordesign
#bookdecor
#thelastbookstore
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how about maybe we just put up a small plaque
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We ❤️ LA
Muslims & Latinos unite during Ramadan, breaking fast with tacos at mosques during first Taco Trucks at Every Mosque
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We are celebrating the birthday of the great Ernest Hemingway today! What is your favorite book by him?
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“Whether it be creating a calm space for readers, adapting a historical building to your bookstore’s needs, or having an entire chain reorganize, the science of bookstore design continues to evolve”…
@BookRiot
Visit us today 11AM - 8PM
#indiebookstore
#thelastbookstore
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Several employees over the years have reported spooky happenings and unexplained events, especially on the night shift. Haunted? We think so.
#hauntedbookstore
#thelastbookstore
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Through those gates you’ll find artist monographs, one-of-a-kind photo books, out-of-print kitschy paperbacks, ephemera, and rare first editions. These treasures are in-store only. If you’re looking for something special, this is where you’ll find it.
#rarebooks
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Not about books, but important
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Y'all know this was a book before it was a movie, right? And that it was a real life thing before it was a book? Time for an IRL remake.
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FYI - We’re in the middle of (finally) having AC installed. It’s a “mammoth” undertaking, but something to look forward to, yes?
In the meantime, stay hydrated— especially if you’re doing any reading this weekend. 🌞📚🔥
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“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing” - Socrates
📸:
@iamauthoret
.
#dtla
#booktunnel
#thelastbookstore
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Studies show that reading to your pet for 10 minutes a day greatly reduces stress levels for both of you.🐾📚
Come to the bookstore and pick out your next read together. (We have treats at the back counter!)
📸:
@tyson_s13
#dogsofinstagram
#bookstagram
#petsandbooks
#booksto
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Let us surprise you with a Curated Bundle of books personalized just for you based on your specified reading interests. You can approve the selections in advance or opt to be surprised (which would you choose!?) All…
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Nothing to do w/ books, but it’s some fine ass writing.
The Fine AF 1999 Toyota Corolla, wasn’t going to put this on twitter but the guy took it off of Craig’s list so I felt the need to keep the story alive😂
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Here's a surprise bundle order we're about to ship out... Think they'll like it?
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A thing we couldn't do before the interwebs: Hang out with
@Gabino_Iglesias
in
#horror
#bookclub
and talk about his profound & genre-melding Coyote Songs, while at home in our jimjams drinking adult bevs
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Come spend your Sunday in our oasis of vinyl, books, and so much more!
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“The man who never reads lives only once.” - George R.R. Martin
.
Come visit our Annex full of 1st Editions and out of print collectibles. We’re open today and everyday 11am - 8pm
#losangeles
#dtla
#thelastbookstore
#shopthelastbookstore
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TONIGHT: Join
@todgoldberg
,
@echochorus
&
@RiderStrong
for a live recording of your favorite podcast Literary Disco!
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Down the street neighbors. Where they filmed Blade Runner. We ❤️ DTLA
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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." - Martin Luther King, Jr. ✌️…
http://t.co/WVrZ0aXcJs
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Thanks to Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Wes Anderson for dropping by our bookstore today! Hope…
http://t.co/kTSUonBNtl
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We're reading GIDEON THE NINTH from
@tazmuir
in Queer Book Club, led by
@cblee_cblee
- Come join our intrepid band of bookish adventurers-->
#queer
#bookclub
#lgbtqia
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