The Last Bookstore is opening a new shop in the Valley

Bibliophiles of Los Angeles, rejoice! Beloved spot the Last Bookstore is officially opening a new location at 4437 Lankershim Boulevard, near the border of Studio City, North Hollywood and Toluca Lake. (Don’t worry, the original location in Downtown L.A. and its famously Instagrammable labyrinth of books aren’t going anywhere.)

Here’s what we know so far: According to an Instagram post, the folks behind the Last Bookstore—one of the best independent bookstores in L.A.—will be taking over a space that’s current occupied by furniture and landscaping sculpture store Designers Views.

Before the bookstore opens (the date is yet to be announced), Designers Views first needs to host a massive liquidation sale. The Last Bookstore customers who shop the sale will actually receive a discount. How to get it? Just mention that you’re a fan of the bookstore when making an appointment.

Following the sale, the Last Bookstore will move in and bring its fantastic roster of titles to a new part of the city. 

“Imagine a reading garden filled with endless bookshelves and half a million books tucked away in a peaceful, serene escape in the heart of Studio City/North Hollywood. Would you come?,” reads the caption on the post announcing the news. 

According to a separate social media post, the expansion comes as the company’s lease is almost up on a giant warehouse in Northridge that’s currently filled with half a million books in boxes. Rather than keeping them sealed off to the public, the Last Bookstore decided to move them to a new location in Studio City with a retail component, where they’ll be “sorted, unpacked and put on the shelves.”

This actually isn’t the brand’s first local expansion: In 2021, the Last Bookstore launched Lost Books, a relatively small, nature-inspired shop in Montrose. But this latest expansion news has clearly elicited virtual screams of joy across L.A.’s own corner of the Internet, with book lovers describing their excitement all over social media. We happily join in on that chorus.