A independent bookshop and press in Canada, Biblioasis is run by Dan and his merry band of booksellers. They talk about what they’d add to the store if they could and why janitors and taxi drivers are better customers than academics

Opened in 1977 as a space for two aspiring writers to pen their Great American Novels, The King’s English in Utah is now a full-time labour of love, home to knowledgeable booksellers and a children’s room in a treehouse

Providing nooks and crannies for booklovers to read in for half a century, Farley’s Bookshop is home to knowledgable booksellers – and a cat called Butter

After 20 years working in publishing, Joelle Herr opened Her Bookshop in East Nashville in mid-2016 – and already can’t recall life before bookselling

Since it first opened in 1879, the original Blackwell’s shop in Oxford has grown to fit 125,000 books, four floors and a room certified as the world’s largest single display of books

Named after La Place Blanche in Paris, White Square Books is an active little Massachusetts bookstore that holds writing workshops, an annual Bloomsday lunch and has a basement full of rare and collectible tomes

A huge store found in the San Francisco Bay area, Green Apple Books has a ‘circus, magic and hobos’ section and a wealth of stories, on everything from proposals, deaths and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

After deciding that Faulkner’s hometown – Oxford, Mississippi – needed a bookstore, a husband and wife team opened Square Books in 1979. Its booksellers speak about their strangest regular and the one time they washed a customer’s car...

Found in an old church in Massachusetts, Newtonville Books is run by Mary Cotton, a former employee of the store, and her husband, a former customer. Here Mary shares what they’d do with infinite space and why she loves their fiction section

Author Ann Patchett and publisher Karen Hayes opened Parnassus Books in 2011, after Ann resolved that she could not live in a city without bookstores. Karen reflects on their many successes, including having dogs on staff...

Complete with a ‘Heraldry and Chivalry’ section, Magers and Quinn is renown for its eclectic and extensive book range. Its booksellers share why they want a hot tub and their favourite regulars

Named after the Indigenous name for the area – Tugulawah – Riverbend Books in Queensland champions Australian writing and campaigns to improve literacy in remote communities

Found in Tampa, Oxford Exchange is simultaneously a bookstore, restaurant and workspace. Its booksellers share how they organise the books thematically, rather than by genre, and what they’d add if they had infinite space

This tiny store shines a spotlight on Florida’s vibrant book culture, offering tips on everything from great books to the best place for a vegan sandwich

Tapping into Mt. Airy’s ‘shop local’ ethic, Big Blue Marble is a focal point for community activism and feminist, progressive debate (and they sell books, too)

The first bookshop to open in the Louisiana city for 15 years is a child-friendly community hub for genre fiction geeks, focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and mystery