The Definitive List of Romance Bookstores
The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn is at the top of my list of 47 romance bookstores in North America.
Current Count: 47 romance bookstores stores and growing!I keep a document on my computer of all the romance bookstores that have sprung up in North America. It’s a kind of bucket list—I’d like to visit them all.
Then I suddenly realized… why keep this great bounty to myself? Surely the rest of you would love to know about all these shops. Many of them opened within the last year.
Note: Did I miss one? Please write us at admin @ sarinabowen.com and we’ll add it!East Coast & Southeast
The Ripped Bodice Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY - The east coast edition of the O.G. romance bookstore! I love this store with all my heart.
Lovestruck Books - Cambridge, MA - Geographically this one is closest to me. And it’s so beautiful! I love visiting Lovestruck.
Grump and Sunshine - Belfast, ME - I haven’t been able to visit yet, but this lovely store helped with the preorder campaign for Good Boy in 2024. Thank you!
Burn Bright Books - Rochester, NY
Montgomery & Taggert - Chester, CT
Kiss and Tale - Collingswood, NJ
Cupid's Bookshop - Philadelphia, PA
The New Romantics - Orlando, FL
Wanderlust Book Boutique - Fort Pierce, FL
Steamy Lit Bookstore - Deerfield Beach, FL
Trope Bookshop - Charlotte, NC
Sweeter than Fiction - Charleston, SC
Novel Grounds - Chesapeake, VA
Romance Landia - Centreville, MD
Good Girl Books - Knoxville, TN
Shelf Love - Austell, GA
Flame and Fable - Lakewood, OH
Friends to Lovers - Washington, DC
Hopeless Romantic Books - Toronto, CA
West Coast & Mountain States
The Ripped Bodice CA - Culver City, CA
Meet Cute Bookshop - San Diego, CA
Smitten - Ventura, CA
Knotty Novels - Sacramento, CA
Flutter - Austin, TX
Hardcovers Romance Bookstore - Mill Creek, WA
The Romance Era Bookshop - Vancouver, WA
Love Story Books & Café - Hayden, ID
Lovebound Library - Salt Lake City, NV
Beauty and the Book - Anchorage, AK
The Ivy Bookshop - Fairbanks, AK
Lagg - Lehi, UT
Spicey Librarian - Denver, CO
The Bookish Shop - Gilbert, AZ
Grand Gesture Books - Portland, OR
Midwest & Central States
Tropes and Trifles - Minneapolis, MN
Love's Sweet Arrow - Tinley Park, IL
The Last Chapter Book Shop - Chicago, IL
Under the Cover - Kansas City, MO
Blush Bookstore - Wichita, KS
Pages and Grapes - Wyoming, MI
Love and Other Books - Ferndale, MI
Mon Couer - Canton, MI
The Well Red Damsel - Wauwatosa, WI
Thirst Books - Milwaukee, WI
Slow Burn Books - Garrett, IN
A Novel Romance - Louisville, KY
The Plot Twist - Denton, TX
