All Booked Up

Well worth your visit because the place is jammed full of used books and precious books. The more you buy the bigger discount you get. Be sure and ask about that. I did not learn about that until the end of my visit. I will need to go back again. You will be happy you visited the place. Park in the rear for easy parking.

My man friend and I stumbled in here on a Saturday afternoon as we were out for a leisurely walk. He had mentioned he had wanted to come in here since he had been in Louisville (over two years now…) so we went in to browse and get an idea for what All Booked Up was about. This bookstore is quite a gem. As a lover of all books I could have spent a few hours in here looking through every crevis. It is a two-​story house that is filled to the brim with books! Most of them are older and very rare and of the history genre; they also have a wonderful selection of children’s books and even some rare comic books. Our consensus was a great bookstore to find gifts or to spend an afternoon finding a hidden gem. Definitely worth a look if in the area!

I love this used bookstore! Every time I visit Louisville I make sure to stop by here. I’ve even made special trips just to come and find a gift for someone that I have a hard time shopping for. You do have to set aside a chunk of time though because the place is pretty big (2-​stories) and it’s full to the brim with books. I normally try to browse through everything, but if you want to find something more specific they do have it pretty well organized. The staff is also very friendly and you can always ask them for help. I usually end up chatting with them about my choices and I’ve gotten some great recommendations for other books from them. Oh, and their prices are really reasonable! Definitely check it out!

We just happened to drift in here after browsing at Ear X Tacy across the street, a couple of bibliophiles who just couldn’t help ourselves. All Booked Up takes up an entire old house. When you go in, you don’t really notice that there are still separate little rooms in the house because the bookcases so cover all the walls. It just looks like a corn maze of books. There’s a staircase there too, you realize, after you acclimate to the new order of things inside.
This store is run, I believe, by two very idiosyncratic (in that lovely way people get when they spend too much time around books) gentlemen, who obviously enjoy what they do. I browsed around and found a fascinating book about collecting Swatch Watches, some comics from the 1960s, and some downright bizarre cookbooks.
I asked the gentlemen if they had any books about Airstream Campers, which led to a lengthy explanation of all the books they had had in the past about them, the books that might be out there now on the subject, and the people in Louisville who collect Airstream Campers and arrange camper shows.
It’s worth stopping in here to just browse and chat. You’re sure to find interesting books and conversation.