10 of America's best bookstores

Here are 10 of the bookstores honored by writers in the new book 'My Bookstore.'

8. Powell's City of Books, Portland, Ore.

St. John's Bridge in Portland, Ore. Mike Zacchino/The Oregonian/AP

"Invisible Monsters" writer Chuck Palahniuk selected Powell's City of Books for his choice, in part because of the many authors who come to do readings and signings at the store. "At Powell's you see the literary gods at their not-best," he wrote. "Exhausted from sleeping in a different hotel bed every night. Starved. Lonely for family."

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