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Winner: Half Price Books

Multiple locations

hpb.com

It’s hard to write about this without a tear welling in the eye. While the Half Price Books chain remains solidly represented in San Antonio, its longtime store on Broadway closed because the property was sold out from under it. The cramped store had an amazing categorical selection, yes, but more importantly the staff was a perfect storm of artists, musicians, writers and thinkers that this town needed to keep things interesting for decades. There’s no Buttercup without James Joyce, no Boxcar Satan without Edgar Allan Poe, no Hickoids without Mark Twain (or Bukowski, for that matter). Let’s pour one out for the Broadway store and raise a toast to the four SA Half Price locations still kicking ass.

2. Nowhere Bookshop

5154 Broadway

(210) 640-7260

nowherebookshop.com

3. The Twig Book Shop

306 Pearl Parkway #106

(210) 826-6411

thetwig.com


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