"Oh, but the local places don't have the selection or comfy chairs for my big rear," you whine. You're wrong: Antigone Books has a fine selection, with plenty of places for rears to sit and readers to read. Because it's local, they treat local authors like celebrities. One of the best desert gardening, environment and living sections in Tucson can be found here. If you need to remember why bookstores are magical, go to where it usually begins for most readers—the kids' section. Take your kids there, and take a seat together. That's where readers are born.
Runners up:
2. Bookmans Entertainment Exchange
6230 E. Speedway Blvd.
748-9555
3733 W. Ina Road
579-0303
1930 E. Grant Road
325-5767, bookmans.com
3. Mostly Books
6208 E. Speedway Blvd.
571-0110, mostlybooks.biz
