Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope all of you were able to spend the holiday weekend with family, enjoying a plethora of delicious comfort foods! The day after Thanksgiving Luke and I found ourselves in Ford Field (Detroit Lions) watching his younger cousin’s high school football team competing in the state championship game. Alas, the game did not go as hoped, however not all was lost as we stopped by one of my favorite locations in Michigan, John K. King Rare and Used Books! I first ventured to this highly touted bookstore back in February after discovering this gold mine featured in various top bookstore lists (Business Insider, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed). I’d been eager to return to assess if this book lover’s haven would hold the same magic the second time around. Needless to say we had just as much fun exploring the endless aisles this past Friday looking for hidden treasures. As a side note, my level of giddy excitement visiting John K. King’s Bookstore was was proportional to Luke’s increasingly agitated allergies. Enjoy our photos below from this unique bookstore and let me know your favorite/most beautiful bookstore?
The Critiquing Chemist 
That looks amazing, I could spend whole days in there!
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A whole day? I could end up lost in there and not care at all….Ha Ha!
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Ha! I wonder how long the average person stays in the store wandering around?
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Hey Kate! It really is amazing! We enjoy just wandering the aisles and seeing what hidden treasures we can find!
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What beautiful Photos. You are lucky to live so close to an outstanding bookstore!
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Thanks! I couldn’t believe Detroit had such a treasure! Hopefully you live close to an awesome one too!
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Man, John King Books is so cool! Such a gem of a bookstore!
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It really is! Have you been there before?
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You are asking bookstore and the favorite one.Its a bookstore.Btw awesome snaps. I can’t imagine the epic atmosphere and lighting and smell of books.
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It really is a unique store! And you’re right about the smell. I love it but my husband’s allergies do not. 🙂
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Unlucky person for having such kind of allergies as well as lucky as he is your husband.
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Never knew it existed. Now that I know, I will make the short road trip. Great post!
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Oh I hope you can go visit this bookstore soon! It is well worth the trip!
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I want to go there! Looks like a great place for whimsical photography.
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I’ve started following their Instagram page because people have such wonderful photography ideas there. Lots of engagement pictures too!
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What an amazing place!
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It really is Cathy! I’m so happy Michigan has a bookstore like this one!
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I’d never leave, lol
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I didn’t want to Jacquie! 🙂 My husband’s allergies convinced me otherwise! 🙂
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This place looks amazing!
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It really is! I think my pictures are really from only one of the four floors too!
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That looks like an amazing store!
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It is AJ! Do you have a favorite bookstore?
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I loved Powell’s when I visited Portland. I also loved Russell books when I visited Victoria, but otherwise not as I don’t allow myself to buy books
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I could definitely get lost in there! Very cool!
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It would be easy to do! Especially when you find your favorite section!
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I feel the NEED to visit this store!
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Perhaps a goal for next year? 🙂
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We live about 2 hours away in Michigan and my relatives in the East side of the state have told me how amazing this bookstore is. Hoping to make a trip this summer. How was the pricing on the books? Our used bookstore in town is way over priced. Pictures look amazing, so many books.
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Oh I hope you’re able to visit John K. King’s Bookstore soon! 🙂 We didn’t find the pricing to be too bad. I was more interested really in looking than shopping. Next time I’m going to go in with a plan. I got a bit overwhelmed this trip! 🙂
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That looks absolutely stunning!! I could stay there a whole day!! A Sheer heaven ❤
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It is a really unique and special bookstore! Hopefully you’ll get the chance to visit Noriko!
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Wow! I wouldn’t even know where to begin in a place like that!
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Agreed Kate! I was so overwhelmed! Next time I’m going to go in with a plan!
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Holy cow, this place is like a dream! I kind of want to say congratulations to you for stepping foot in a store like this, because it’s doubtful I ever will! Hah!
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Ha! Thanks (I think 🙂 ) It is a really awesome bookstore!
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Looks like bookstore heaven!
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It absolutely is! 🙂
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Wow, lots of Character. I visit Bookstores while traveling and my favorite was Powell’s Books in Portland. The rare book room was awesome. I’ll have to put this on the list of to do’s.
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I’ve been to Powell’s twice now and both times the Rare Book Room was closed! I was so disappointed. I’ll have to try to visit sometime during normal hours!
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It’s like visiting a book museum. Nothing there I dare touch. Very quiet. Some nice things to look at.
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If there is a heaven, I hope it looks like John K. King Rare and Used Books!
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Ha! Well I hope you’ll get a chance to sometime see Detroit’s little piece of heaven!
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I LOVE that store!! It’s such a treat to go spend time (and money) there.
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Agreed! Next time I’m going to call ahead with a list of the rare books I want to see!
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Question: how rare can the books be if they have an entire store devoted to selling them?
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There’s a separate building that is off limits devoted to the rare books. Next time I’m going to make a list ahead of time to request. 😀
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