Bookstores are meant to have shelves of different genres, little alcoves, tiny rooms, forgotten corners, ladders, old chairs and creaky floors.
Most bookstores have a lot of one offering or a smattering of a few.
Frequently hosting some of the best authors who stray through the Old Pueblo and keeping some of the oddball books you can't find anywhere else, The Book Mark rises to the top as the best place to pick up good words. The Haunted Bookshop will handle your special order, wrap your gift purchases, and put up with your staying for hours. The Haunted Bookshop is at 7211 N. Northern Ave. Actually, we don't know David Laird well enough to assume the clown logo of Books West Southwest truly represents his inner self, but we do know it's a great idea for a librarian to run a bookstore centered around his special interest in Southwestern books. The natural history, Native American and children's sections are particularly inviting.