Best Books--Chain
Borders Books & Music
4235 N. Oracle Road
READERS' PICK: There was a time, years and years ago, when
Borders was a little independent bookstore in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, a town full of poets and radical philosophers. Borders
grew up to be a national chain numbering hundreds of stores, and
some of those poets and philosophers grew up to be land developers
and junk-bond traders. For the ones who didn't, Borders offers
a huge range of titles, from current bestsellers to obscure titles
from university presses, as well as magazines, out-of-town and
international newspapers, and an astonishingly good selection
of CDs, cassettes and videos. With a café on the side and
lots of comfortable couches and easy chairs scattered around the
store, there's every incentive to kick off your shoes and spend
a day roaming the stacks.
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
5130 E. Broadway; 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd.
