Angel City Books & Records

Angel City Books & Records is one of those hidden gems you’re glad you stumbled upon. The mix of books, vinyl, and local art makes browsing feel like a little adventure every time. The prices are fair, and the atmosphere has that cozy, creative vibe that makes you want to stay awhile.

One of the last remaining used book shops...anywhere? Plenty of classics and genre fiction to choose from, decent selection of arts and history as well. And that's not even getting into the record collection!

So happy to see there's still a used bookstore here. Kind proprietor. Eclectic selection. Good browsing and some excellent finds.

I've been coming here for about 16 years, it's like a secret jewel, on the casp between Venice & Santa Monica - tons of treasures, great selection of books, both fiction & non fiction. Delicious collection of vinyl records and CDs, and gorgeous abstract artwork, by the owner, who is a local artist: Rocco Ingala. My personal fave is 'The Flesh Madonna', seen here above a book by Brâncuşi (OMG!!!!) I have my eye on.... Very clean, very well displayed, it's a place where a book & music lover can spend hrs of staycation time!!! I LOVE it, it's always an exciting treasure hunt & eye candy!!!

I evaluate this store based on it’s collection of vinyls. I have started to like these bookstore/recordstore combos. When my significant other loves books (and can’t understand my fondness of vinyls) we both can enjoy stores like this is. They had vinyls upstairs and downstairs. The downstairs also had a separate section of “rare/collectibles” albums. From there I found the 1st pressing of Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow. With gems like that, who could not love this place.