I would like to find out some books about bookstores. fiction or non fiction. Do you know of any?

I've read The Storied Life of A J Fikry. and Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore. These are both fiction but I think there must be some good nonfictions also.

that is interesting you mention The Yellow Lighted Bookshop. I just ordered that book from amazon. Waiting for it to arrive.

Just finished this book a few days ago. Entertaining read. Book is sort of scattered across many topics. Joy of reading and acquiring books, working in a bookstore, publishers rep, history of bookselling, experiences in bookstore as both employee and customer.

84 Charing Cross Road is good..http://www.paperbackswap.com/84-Charing-Cross-Helene-Hanff/book/0380001225/

I think I must have read 84 Charing Cross Road at least a dozen times. It is so short I would pick it up to look at it and end up reading it. If you  haven't read the sequel try to find it. The Duchess of Bloomsbury St. and then her auto bio Q's Legacy. I have an omnibus edition that has 5 of her books combined into one. All of her books are short so the omnibus is fairly small.

Thank you! I didn't know there was a sequel!

I found another one.

Time was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer.

     The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Author: Allison Hoover Bartlett

A true story about a guy who trolled used book stores and stole the books he wanted.  An interesting insight into the world of rare and collectible books, the people who covet them, and those who feel a sense of entitlement to them.  

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Shadow of the Wind  by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

excellent!

The Book Shop by Penelope Fitzgerald.

Two by Christopher Morley:

Parnassun on Wheels

The Haunted Bookshop

I tried The Haunted Bookshop once but lost interest in it and didn't get very far into it.

Here's a list from Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7027.Books_About_Bookstores

for those of you who liked The Shadow of the Wind have you read The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte? the end is a little weird but the main body of the book is a lot of fun.

I think I found another one. this one is fiction. I just requested it so I haven't read it yet. The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay. anybody read this?

Well there has been a delay. The first person did not send the book and it has been passed on to somebody else. So the clock has started this morning on a new request.

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George - lovely little book.

The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler

The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler

The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler

thanks for mentioning this. I sounds a little like The Secret of Lost Things.

I loved the Secret of Lost Things! It's a really good one if you are looking for books about bookstores.

I'm pretty sure I mentioned this book before in another forum or thread and not about bookstores but about books about books.  Non-fiction, as requested, short and I found it interesting.

Again, not about bookstores but about books.  A chronological history of how books came about starting in the age of writing on animal skins and/or papyrus and from there how they came to be collected into first private and then public libraries.  Also some interesting tidbits, at least to me, on why we have books and libraries like we do.  Library: An Unquiet History

yesterday I lucked out and found a nice copy of The Little Paris Bookstore in a local thrift store. Looking forward to reading it.