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3038 Hennepin Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408

612-822-4611

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Best Bookstore (Used)
Award Winner 2012

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All kinds of used books covering just about every topic, also a selection of hard to find titles.

Colin Nelson

4:30 p.m. May 31

The author celebrates the publication of Fallout.
Beth Obermeyer

7:30 p.m. June 7

The author celebrates the publication of The Days of Song and Lilacs.
Nick Hupton

7:30 p.m. June 11

The author celebrates the publication of If I Know It's Coming.
Dylan Hicks

7:30 p.m. June 13

If the windows on Dylan Hicks's debut novel, Boarded Windows (Coffee House Press), are indeed boarded, it's because the high- and low-brow music, l...
Alyson Hagy

7:30 p.m. June 14

The author reads from Boleto.

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2012 | Best Bookstore (Used)

Year after year, Magers & Quinn defies the long odds facing print media and continues to thrive in Uptown. The bookstore stays alive not just because of its bountiful selection -- nearly a quarter of a million new and used books -- but because it's a valuable part of the Uptown community and a one-of-a-kind, immersive resource for book lovers who can't satisfy their jones from Amazon alone. Besides the vast selection, the always helpful and knowledgeable staff, and an... More »
2010 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

Twin Cities book lovers are blessed with an embarrassment of riches. Better still, lit junkies without, you know, actual riches have a slew of discount dealers at their disposal, so there's no need to sell plasma or skip a meal to stay flush with reading material. Among the options for bargain-minded bookworms, one stands tall above the rest: the mighty Magers & Quinn. The uptown anchor has it all: an attractive space, roomy layout, friendly staff, and convenient hours. Its stock of used... More »
2008 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

With its cluttered shelves and seemingly endless rows of books, it's easy to get lost inside Magers and Quinn. From Charlie Brown to Aristotle, hidden treasures can be found in every nook and cranny of the store. It's the perfect place to browse, with more than 120,000 used and current titles, with subjects ranging from how to cook to how to find a date. Snuggled between the white shelves of popular titles are old, dusty cases filled with a first-edition Dickens and other collector's items,... More »
2007 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

It's nice when a bookstore is large and serpentine enough to offer hidey-holes and escape routes, should one catch a glimpse of an irritating co-worker or regrettable ex-boyfriend. M&Q's buyers are discerning, so the treasure-to-trash ratio is above average, but they're also democratic, so they have pulp paperbacks as well as the letters of Robert Lowell, a shelf devoted to books on "sexual fulfillment," and a good amount of German philosophy, long a wonderful comfort to the sexually... More »
2006 | BEST BOOKSTORE (INDIE)

"Independently owned" is retail's rockiest road, particularly in the book racket. Squeezed by online giants, hounded by avaricious landlords, perused and abused by a fickle clientele often more interested in looking than buying--is it any wonder that so many booksellers have abandoned storefronts in favor of web-based operations--or, worse still, given up the ghost Like fellow survivors Powell's (Portland) and Strand (NYC), Magers and Quinn has chosen to mutate with the times,... More »
2000 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

A used bookstore's charm is directly correlative to the amount of time you can dissipate in finding the book you've entered with the intent of purchasing. We've whittled away more hours than we care to calculate among the stacks of this perennial Twin Cities favorite. Still, we've noticed that we almost always emerge carrying whatever it was we were looking for in the first place--a testament to both the store's tranquil atmosphere and its imposing selection. Especially laudable are the... More »

Lizz Winstead

By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, May 16, 2012

Lizz Winstead describes Lizz Free or Die (Riverhead Books) as a series of "messays." Part essay, part memoir, the book explores the rocky road she took on the way to finding her comedic voice. In it, Winstead candidly recalls growing up in a large... More »
Guy Delisle

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 25, 2012

Guy Delisle's newest graphic travelogue, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City (Drawn and Quarterly), about his time living there with his Medecins Sans Frontiers administrator wife and their two children, is a revelation. As an outsider in a p... More »
Scott Wrobel

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 18, 2012

Honestly, when I first picked up Scott Wrobel's Cul De Sac, I thought, "Oh great. Another story collection by a young, white guy trying to be Cheever or Carver by regurgitating a melancholic 'woe is the suburban dad' narrative." I was wrong. Wrobe... More »
Minnesota Book Awards Poetry Finalists

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 04, 2012

April is National Poetry Month. But this shouldn't be your top reason for wanting to listen to the 24th Annual Minnesota Book Awards poetry finalists as they read from their collections. Ed Bok Lee's homonym-titled Whorled contains poems that expa... More »
Joseph Mattson, Eric Lorberer

By Melissa Wray | Wed, March 07, 2012

This Wednesday, Joseph Mattson and Eric Lorberer will host a lively talk on The Speed Chronicles at Magers & Quinn. The book, which was edited by Mattson, is a collection of stories about the drug speed and its effects. Writers featured include Ja... More »
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citypagesbestof | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

With its cluttered shelves and seemingly endless rows of books, it's easy to get lost inside Magers and Quinn. From Charlie Brown to Aristotle, hidden treasures can be found in every nook and cranny of the store. It's the perfect place to browse, with more than 120,000 used and current titles, with subjects ranging from how to cook to how to find a date. Snuggled between the white shelves of popular titles are old, dusty cases filled with a first-edition Dickens and other collector's items, a reminder that a book's magic is timeless. Located in the heart of Uptown, Magers and Quinn offers a nice break from the endless caf�s, restaurants, and bars that line the street. Late-night weekend hours make this store the perfect stop on the way home from an evening on the town. The shop also has one of the most active author reading programs in town, often with a dozen or more events a month. Magers and Quinn keeps the literary spirit alive, bringing authors and book lovers together in the name of a good read.
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PoiZoNKisS | Minneapolis, MN | 11 Reviews

| Sun, August 29, 2010

WONDERFUL GETTING INSPIRED AND LOST IN NEW DIRECTIONS THERE!!!

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Magers & Quinn Booksellers

3038 Hennepin Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408

612-822-4611

Description

4:30 p.m. May 31

7:30 p.m. June 7

7:30 p.m. June 11

7:30 p.m. June 13

7:30 p.m. June 14

2012 | Best Bookstore (Used)

2010 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

2008 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

2007 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

2006 | BEST BOOKSTORE (INDIE)

2000 | BEST BOOKSTORE (USED)

By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, May 16, 2012

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 25, 2012

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 18, 2012

By Rhena Tantisunthorn | Wed, April 04, 2012

By Melissa Wray | Wed, March 07, 2012

citypagesbestof | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

PoiZoNKisS | Minneapolis, MN | 11 Reviews