Rainy Day
Lose an Afternoon at Russell Books
Canada's largest used bookstore, three floors and roughly a million books, best navigated with a five-dollar scavenger hunt and no agenda.
747 Fort St, Fort Street / Antique Row
More infoRainy Day
Canada's largest used bookstore, three floors and roughly a million books, best navigated with a five-dollar scavenger hunt and no agenda.
747 Fort St, Fort Street / Antique Row
More infoCanada's largest used bookstore holds a million volumes across three floors of a Fort Street landmark, which sounds like a lie until you're on the third floor wondering if you wandered into a different building. New releases, rare editions, remainder bargains, and staff who somehow know where each one lives. Set a five-dollar limit each, split up, and find the most unhinged book you can for the other.
Here's the move: set a five-dollar budget each, split up across the three floors, and hunt down the most unhinged or weirdly perfect book you can find for the other, then meet at the till and make your case. There's an elevator and escalator, so nobody's hauling anyone upstairs. The longer it pours, the better the excuse to stay; budget about an hour and a quarter. Surface with your finds and head somewhere warm to keep reading.
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