Great workers, great values. I love this place and always go here when I need a book.read more

Great bookstore with friendly staff. Decent selection of books and comfortable place to browse…read more Only downfall is no food/coffee or bathrooms.

Gem of a store. Friendly and helpful employees. Fair/competitive pricing. Nice location with good…read moreamount of parking. Would definitely visit again and highly recommend. The woman in the children's books section was particularly nice.

Had such a nice experience trying to pick out Easter gifts and books for my grandchildren. Will…read moredefinitely come back.

I didn't realize B & N still had physical locations open! I'm glad they do. I missing hanging out…read morein them. Makes me feel like a high schooler again. This B & N was spacious, clean, and well-organized with a vast selection of books. There were enough employees around that I had no problem finding one when I had a question, and when I didn't need them, they left me alone to browse at my leisure. There were many sales and deals posted, so anyone could probably find a book they wanted for a good price here.

Big location here. In the midst of lots of other great shops too…read more This Meals in the Mitten book has some notable and appetizing recipes. Highlights on US history up front and center. They have a selection of CDs and vinyls too.

Very cute bookstore, and a nice shopkeeper too. I was visiting a friend in South Lyon yesterday and…read moreshe has been going to this bookstore since she was little. She was excited it was open yesterday, since it was a holiday weekend she wasn't sure if it would be. A lot of things were 50% off throughout the store and I ended up getting some vintage-looking earrings, a notebook, and a tiny notebook. The tiny notebook was only $1 which was a great deal. The bookstore has a large selection of books, mostly children's books, and also some children's clothing and other knickknacks. Shopkeeper was very friendly and chatted with us a bit too, she told me it was nice to see people out and about again. If you're in downtown South Lyon I'd recommend stopping by and taking a look, even if you don't currently need to buy any books, as they have other things to purchase as well.

Very cool little book store! They don't have much of a selection for adults but if you are looking…read morefor young adult and children's books this is the place! My 4 year old loves this store. I like their display of candy. If you are looking for the candy you loved when you were a kid but thought they didn't make anymore, I bet you will find it here.

I feel bad leaving such a low rating for a small business, but this store did not have very good…read moreselection, very few books are recent or popular, and the store itself is quite outdated. I may have left it at that but the cashier was unfriendly and cranky.

Cute little store with very friendly owners!…read more I have brought my mother in law here a few times to pick up some books. She likes general fiction novels, that kind of feel like they border on romance novels, and she always finds stuff that she wants to read.

Very cute indie bookstore.. good selection, competitive prices, good customer service with a…read moreknowledgeable, book- loving staff- they truly seem to adore books! There's so much to choose from, I couldn't even narrow down my literary choices! I really love independent booksellers and this one is one of my faves.. we stopped in during holiday shopping, picking up a few gifts and something for us.. They have cute gift items, niche books, toys, etc for book lovers.. if you're a bibliophile, this store is definitely a must in Fenton.. they had a nice display of kids books, fiction and coffee table books.. Definitely a winner..

Wow! I popped in this shop while killin' time before an appointment and it did not disappoint!…read moreThere's so much (that's well-organized) to see and buy in this small store! There's love notes (aka post-it's with helpful information) throughout the store so you can tell the owners and/or employees really care about the place and want customers to see all that there is to offer A whole bunch of wonderful gift options for yourself or anyone in your life! Support small businesses!

We stopped in the shop to celebrate my friends 55th birthday. She decided to do a bookstore crawl…read moreso that we could support local women owned businesses. We were welcomed, given background information about how this bookstore began, picked up our copies of I, Medusa- and explored this shop. Several people in our group purchased additional books and merchandise. This store is well organized with wonderful employees and owners.

If you live local and you're thinking of buying a book for someone online, DON'T USE AMAZON - try…read morehere first! If they have it in stock they will hold it for you to pick up, or if they don't have it they can usually order it! I haven't had a case yet where they haven't been able to order in a book I've wanted. Support a local business! The people are friendly, the shop is cute, they have staff-recommended items on each shelf, and very LGBTQ+ friendly and supportive. Their email newsletter has info on all of their book clubs (of which there are many) - eventually I will participate in one, just haven't had a chance to yet! There are several monthly book clubs for a good variety of different genres. Caboose (their children's book shop right next door) also has a ton of programming for kids and families!

The store has flaky hours, rampant clutter and mediocre prices but an eclectic offering of used…read morebooks in a unique space. Overall, Cross Street Book Shop is worth a visit, but be prepared for it not to be open when you think it should be. It wasn't until my third visit that I found it open, and even then, the owner said he'd been about to shut the shop up for a few minutes while he ran errands until he saw he had potential customers coming in. I could barely get in the door because books were piled everywhere. There are uncategorized books in the aisles as well, though the books on the shelf are in some semblance of order. Literature is grouped together, and non-fiction books are grouped by subject, though they aren't rigorously alphabetized. I have shopped at Friends of the Library shops where paperbacks in really good condition are 50 cents and hardcover books are $2 or $3, so I find the prices at Cross Street Books to be a little on the high side for used books which aren't even all in great condition. Some books are indeed in great condition, but in other cases, paperbacks are yellowing and curling around the edges and are still marked for $2-3. On the other hand, there was an outdoor bargain table the day I visited, and the owner said he often will haggle if you buy a large batch of books at one time. There are some pretty obscure out of print books here, so it's worth a look if you can't find the book you want elsewhere.

I have no idea how this place is still in business. No one is ever in the store because it's almost…read morenever open. For a while back in the day the building was condemned as a fire hazard because it's literally packed to the rafters with books, and the aisles are packed with books. 17 years ago I gave him my number and asked him to keep an eye out for Tolkein's Histories of Middle Earth. I saw him write it down on a sheet of paper. Still haven't heard back.

The staff here are very kind and the selection is pretty decent for a cute little downtown…read morebookstore. I love to purchase the shelves and find something new, although I found the layout slightly confusing, and I found various books and multiple locations. The little tags that talk about unique aspects of the book are a really nice touch. I did find it to be slightly biased politically, but I'm not sure what you can expect in downtown Ann Arbor. They did have a beautiful special version of a book that my best friend from Australia loves, so I was able to pick up that copy. I can't wait to send it to her. When I told her about it, she cried. The book is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much Literati for stocking such lovely products! Sidenote - this bookstore used to have delicious oat milk, lattes and unfortunately, they do not the café upstairs anymore. I do like that they got rid of all the tables where people would sit for hours on their computer computers. Now there is more room for books and I enjoy their selection of YA, cookbooks, and other genres. This is the same bookstore. We brought our Canadian friends too to browse, and it was very fun also. Thank you so much Indie bookstores. We love to stop in!

Business trips are not fun. Every time I am in Ann Arbor I'd rush back to the hotel after work so I…read morecan continue to work. I told myself that this trip would be different. I love visiting bookstores. The overwhelming excitement as I see stacks and rows of books to skim, feel, and to purchase never cease to amaze me. There's an upstairs and a downstairs! There are events posted on the website. Unfortunately there wasn't an event this week, but I was so happy that I drove to downtown for desserts and found this place serendipitously. I did have it bookmarked but I wasn't planning on visiting a bookstore that evening. Service was amazing. Everything was organized. I never walk out of a bookstore empty handed.