A Novel Idea Bookstore

I love independent book stores. There’s nothing I like doing better than getting lost in a small, cramped place with stacks and stacks of books piled up in every nook and cranny that has a few inches of space available — stairs, window ledges, the floor.
This is that kind of place.
Be sure to find the turn that leads to the downstairs where you’ll find many more shelves with thousands of more books.

I love shopping here. All the employees are friendly and knowledgeable and will get you a title if you cannot find it. Stop going to Barnes and support someone local!

Great ambiance, always something surprising, and I can hardly get the kids out when we go.

As part of my continuing quest to get to know the city of Lincoln, I noticed this little bookshop on the way back from lunch.
I was greeted by the friendly ladies who run the place (I wish I could remember their names now), and offered cookies and refreshments.
Their prices were nice and low, although, unfortunately, so was their selection. Well, I don’t mean to judge too harshly, as they did have quite a few books packed into their shelves; perhaps I was looking for some obscure titles. But they were a little scant in authors like Card, Gibson, Hemingway or Vonnegut.
I really liked the atmosphere of the place. The street level houses the fiction books, and they have a lower level that houses the non-​fiction books.
I really wish I would have bought something from them, but unfortunately they didn’t have any of the specific books I was looking for. I will definitely be back in the near future though.

Best bookstore in town. Cinnamon is … lovely. I’ll just leave it at that.

I have been coming here for most of 20 years, and I don’t even live in Lincoln any more. They have a wide selection, combining popular books with the occasional book some college student must have sold after a lit class. (There is a small foreign section featuring at least half a dozen languages; if you need your French/​German/​etc. fix they can set you up pretty affordably.) Be sure to visit the basement; the stairway down is lined with books and there are at least as many shelves downstairs as upstairs.
The proprietors have a sense of humor (the sex, drugs, and rock and roll books are shelved next to each other) and will remember you. There’s the obligatory store cat as well. They do take trade for either cash or credit against future purchases; anything they don’t want can be donated to the Free box outside.
Well worth a visit.

What an awesome little book store this place is! During a recent trip to Nebraska the girlfriend and I decided to check it out. I was amazed at how many books there were in this place. There were tons of shelves floor to ceiling, and then I was even more amazed to find out that there was a basement with even more books.
We spent most of our time there checking out the Judaism which conveniently enough had a chair set up right next to it. We were able to sit there for quiet a while relaxing and perusing the books and deciding what to get.
We wound up deciding what we wanted to get (after playing with the cats a bit too), and went back up stairs to pay. The prices were very reasonable and I would definitely recommend checking this place out.

If you want to know how to cram a gazillion books into a closet, these people will tell you how. Books from floor to ceiling. It’s also got that old book smell that I love.
I went in here this weekend not knowing what I was looking for. I asked for recommendation from the book-​lady. She was super nice and helped me pick out a book that as of today, I still cannot put down for long.
I really like this bookstore. It’s a tiny little space sandwiched between an Art Supply store and a Gyros joint. They often have boxes of free books out on the sidewalk — at least I think they’re free…