Luke R.
12/7/2025
Wonderful, old-school, used-only bookstore in Detroit, MI. The staff are warm and welcoming and will point you to where you may find what you're looking for. With four floors of consistently...
John K King Used & Rare Books
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901 W Lafayette Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
Founded in 1965, John K. King offers a number of used and rare books for sale. Based in Detroit, Mich., the store has more than 1 million books in stock. It offers books in a number of categories, such as agriculture, gardening and botany, to name a few. In addition, the store offers books on guns, hobbies, sports, jewelry, magic, toys, textiles, war crimes as well as maps. John K. King carries book titles, including Worried Tom and The Wise Old Doctor, The Gate to Golf, Kalanag and Fleischmann Modellbahnen Tips.
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4.5(216)
Hannah M.
12/6/2025
This is a wackadoodle bookstore for the lovers of Atlas Obscura type stuff. It is massive, the place is packed to the brim, and they randomly have some ephemera (eg a confederate-era bill) that...
Corey H.
8/4/2025
Do not smoke any where near this building as it is an old building filled to the brim with books in every nook and in every cranny and it would burn down in a flash! As a librarian, their...
Rohan D.
12/26/2025
If you love books, you should visit here and allow at least an hour. If you don't like to read, you really shouldn't come here. The place is so large, the crew needs to use two way radios to...
Leslie C.
4/9/2025
Wow! So many books! Over a million used and rare books. Many floors. This place is massive. One of the largest book stores in the country. I think it's best to go with a plan of what you are...
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