If you're the type who can spend countless hours in a used book store the size of a shoe box, prepare to enter Nirvana. The Book Barn not only has it's central building (an old Victorian type house) bursting at the seams with used books but has numerous outbuildings on the property filled with genre themed shelves. There are tons of comfy old chairs placed in quiet nooks and loads of friendly cats looking for a warm lap to curl up into. Fiction or non, the Book Barn will have what you're looking for whether you know it or not. Come early, bring a lunch and plan to spend the day. This is truly a book lover's paradise.
Don't be disappointed if they don't have that New York Times bestseller you're looking for, this place does a high volume of business and sometimes stuff like that is just the luck of the draw. Instead, use this as a place of exploration to discover new places, new favorites and genres you never knew existed as well as a place to renew ties to those you already love. If you're a used book lover, I defy you to visit the Book Barn and leave with less than a dozen books.
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