8 shops · 5 districts
The Record & Book Edit.
Eight shops for bookshops and record stores worth an afternoon, across 5 parts of ATL: Ponce City, Inman Park, Little Five, Va-Hi and Decatur. Picked from the 176 shops we list, one location each.
- 1Books · Ponce CityPosman BooksIndependent bookstore that opened at the market in 2016, selling new fiction, nonfiction and children’s books alongside cards and gifts.
- 2Books · Inman ParkA Cappella BooksIndependent bookstore open more than 30 years, selling new, used and antiquarian books with handwritten staff picks, author events, special orders and
- 3Records & music · Little FiveWax 'n' FactsRecord store open since 1976, selling new and used vinyl across every genre plus CDs, cassettes, turntables and tees; owner Danny Beard also revived its DB Records label.
- 4Records & music · Little FiveCriminal RecordsIndependent record and comic shop on Euclid Ave, open 35 years, with new and used vinyl, comics, posters and band tees, plus in-store performances and talks.
- 5Records & music · Little FiveMoods MusicRecord shop for soul, neo soul, acid jazz, rare grooves, house, hip-hop and global grooves, with a dedicated vinyl LP room plus CDs and concert DVDs.
- 6Books · Va-HiVirginia Highland BooksTwo-story independent bookstore opened in 2021 in a 1900 brick building, stocking new fiction and nonfiction plus puzzles, games, journals and gifts,
- 7Books · DecaturLittle Shop of StoriesIndependent bookstore on the square for kids, teens and adults, with signed books, staff picks and local authors, storytime Tuesdays and Thursdays at
- 8Books · DecaturCharis Books & MoreFeminist and LGBTQ+ bookstore, now on the Agnes Scott College campus, with booklists on queer fiction and social justice, gifts, college merchandise a
Ponce City · Inman Park · Little Five · Va-Hi · Decatur
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