Mystery and Imagination Bookshop

2011 | Best Specialty Bookstore

Specialization is for insects -- and bookstores. Malcolm and Christine Bell have been in the specialty book trade since 1975, and for many years have run Los Angeles' only brick-and-mortar bookshop specializing in sci-fi, fiction, fantasy and horror. (The space actually is two stores in one, having absorbed Bookfellows' rare editions some years back.) Verne, Wells, Poe and Lovecraft all have their own sections at Mystery and Imagination Bookstore, as do Western lit, nautical lit,... More »