Bookshop Visit//The Book Loft of German Village

It is an incontrovertible fact that any visit to a new town, city, or country demands that you visit a bookstore or two. Therefore, when my husband and I spent a few days in Columbus, OH last month I was forced to visit The Book Loft. After all, how could I possibly resist 32 rooms of books?

It was an absolute maze of tiny, interconnecting rooms. The store provides maps so you can find your way around if the idea of being eternally lost in a bookstore overwhelms you though I can’t imagine why it should. Each room, for the most part, is its own category. The Book Loft also sells book-themed merchandise including an unreasonable number of tote bags. The photo below shows just a small selection.

My favorite bookshop is a good, secondhand bookshop where you can rummage to your heart’s content and find unexpected treasures. The Book Loft sells new books so I don’t think it is a favorite but I did enjoy my time there.

We happily wove our way through the warren of rooms backtracking and getting confused with fair regularity. The Book Loft seems to sell a little bit of everything so you can easily stumble upon something you didn’t know you wanted. At the same time, if you visit hoping to find books on a specific subject you might be disappointed. I didn’t always think the books were organized in a clear manner but I suppose with 32 rooms of books that might be hard to achieve.

We left having only purchased two books but we were pleased with our finds. My husband bought an Anthony Trollope novel for a friend of his. He had asked us to keep an eye out for it. And I bought this. I had never heard of it but I am very pleased to have found it.

The Book Loft of German Village

631 S. 3rd Street

Columbus, OH 43206