Bookstores
MYSTERY STORES, LISTS
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
A database of their member stores.
MYSTERY STORES, (BRICK AND MORTAR)
Aunt Agathas
Ann Arbor, MI
Centuries and Sleuths
Forest Park, IL
Chronicles of Crime
Victoria, BC, Canada
Clues Unlimited
Tucson, AZ
Dark Carnival
Berkeley, CA
Dead Write Books
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enigma Bookstore
Astoria, NY
Gaslight Books
Canberra, Australia/
Kayo Books
San Francisco, CA
Mechanicsburg Mystery Books and Gifts
Mechanicsburg, PA
Murder by the Book
Portland, OR
Murder by the Book
Houston, TX
Murder on the Beach
Del Ray, FL
The Mysterious Bookshop
New York City, NY
Mystery Books Online
Mechanicsburg, PA
Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Oakmont, PA
Mystery Loves Company
Oxford, MD
Mystery One
Milwaukee, WI
Mystery on Main
Brattleboro, VT
Mystery to Me
Madison, WI
No Alibis
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Once Upon a Crime
Minneapolis, MN
Partners & Crime
Greenwich Village, New York, NY
Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ
Raven Book Store
Lawrence, KS
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Seattle, WA
Sleuth of Baker Street
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Snoopers
Sacramento, CA
Spensers Mystery Books
Boston and North Andover, MA
Strange Birds Books
Norwood, OH
Uncle Hugo
Minneapolis, MN
Whodunit Bookstore
Philadelphia, PA
Whodunit?
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Wrigley-Cross Books
Gresham, OR
MYSTERY STORES (ONLINE)
Dead End Books
Detective Fiction
Grave Matters
The Hidden Staircase
San Diego, CA
Murder by the Book
Denver, CO
Murder One
My Unicorn
Mystery Bookstore
Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Mystery Mikes
Owen Bookseller
Spencer’s Mystery Books
Tangled Web Books
Uncle Buck’s Mysteries
BOOK STORES, INDEPENDENT
American Booksellers Association
Representing small and independent bookstores.
Book Store Tourism
Bookstore Tourism is a type of "cultural tourism" that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. It encourages schools, libraries, reading groups, and organizations of all sizes to create day-trips and literary outings to cities and towns with a concentration of independent bookstores.
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
GENERAL CHAIN STORES THAT CARRY MYSTERIES (BRICK AND MORTAR)
Barnes and Noble
B&N also owns the B. Dalton bookstore chain.
Books-A-Million
OUT OF PRINT / HARD TO FIND / USED BOOKS
Alibris
Alibris (pronounced "uh-LEE-briss") connects people who love books, music, and movies to thousands of independent sellers around the world. Their proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow them to offer over 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books to consumers, libraries, and retailers.
Biblio.com
Biblio.com offers discount textbooks which average 40% less than retail textbook prices. There are books available on Criminal Justice and Forensic Science. Biblio.com also offers mystery and crime fiction novels in the regular section of the site.
Hard to Find Books
This online store focuses on rare and used books, although some new offerings are also included.
Post Mortem Books
A secondhand-book catalog focusing primarily on crime and mystery fiction, military fiction, and In children's fiction.