Best of Times Bookstore is a general bookstore in beautiful downtown Red Wing. We welcome readers of all ages to enjoy our well-lit and comfortable shop carrying over 9,000 titles. Plenty of seating, free hot coffee & tea, a fireplace, murals and even a log cabin for kids make the Best of Times a wonderful place to peruse at your leisure. Of utmost importance, of course, is our hand-picked selection of books. If we don't have it, we'd love to order it for you!

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Best of Times Bookstore
425 West Third St.
Red Wing, MN 55066
Tel: 651-388-1003
Fax: 651-388-5189
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We at The Best of Times Bookstore want you to stick around awhile.

Relax in an armchair by our turn-of-the-century fireplace while you enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee.

Peruse our over 13,000 titles at your leisure.

Everyone is welcome here, especially kids! The children's book room, "Little House in the Big Woods" is dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder, complete with a miniature log cabin and life-sized bear rug.

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Informative titles on the importance of building and strengthening a vibrant local economy.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Kingsolver, Barbara, Kingsolver, Camille
“Tracing the food year, Kingsolver—with her characteristic candor, poetry, and grace—brings us meditations on asparagus, turkeys, tomatoes, and mulch as she and her family try to eat locally as much as they can. This is a distinct hybrid of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Walden.” —Matt Plies, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR
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"Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American Scholar
From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)
Author Birthday
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on this date in 1804.
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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
The Wordy Shipmates
by Vowell, Sarah
As always, Vowell is darkly hilarious and freshly informative. She pokes fun at the buckle-shoed Puritans who first settled here, but she also tells a story of how their quirks, foibles, and love of words formed our country's personality. Her distinct and sharply witty voice makes this book an edifying delight.--Laura Delaney, The Rediscovered Bookshop (Boise, ID)
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