POP! Art Books Culture is announcing the 2026 “Fall Bookstore Crawl.” The second-annual event will occur Saturday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Founded in 2025 by Bob’s Bookstore, this year’s crawl will feature five regional booksellers. Participating bookstores appear below.
Attendees can receive a stamp card at any participating bookstore to collect stamps from other stores in the circuit. After visiting the final bookstore, participants will receive a reward.
Bookstores will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to ensure that participants have time to complete the entire circuit. Each store will have their own sales, surprises and/or giveaways.
“I look forward to this event every year,” said Craig Duster, owner of POP! Art Books Culture. “It really gives the participants the chance to visit so many of these great stores.”
To celebrate the 2026 Spring Bookstore Crawl, POP! will have an “Un-Sale” where they will donate 20% of their used book sales to the local literary non-profit Lit Youngstown.
“We work hard to keep our prices low everyday. Most of our hardcover books are around $5,” said Duster. “Taking part of those sales and giving back to the community during this event is important to us. The work that Lit Youngstown does is important to us.”
Stores participating in this year’s “Spring Book Crawl” include:
- Bob’s Bookstore, 657 E. State St., Salem 44460.
- Paperback Shack, 6058 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles 44446.
- POP! Art Books Culture, 6949 Market St., Boardman 44512. Open 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
- Once Upon a Bookstore, 351 Youngstown Kingsville Road, Vienna 44473. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
- The Book Nook, 222 E. Market St., Warren 44481.
- The Literary Escape, 436 W. Carolina Ave., Chester, W.V. 26034.
Stores will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
About: POP! Art Books Culture was established in 2021 by Craig and Christine Duster and has grown into Mahoning County’s largest used bookstore. In addition to books, POP! carries a wide selection of comics, graphic novels and artwork from local and national artists. POP! won the Vindicator’s Reader’s Choice Award for “Best Bookstore” three years in a row. For more information, see here.
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