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title: "Hello Book Nerd"
description: "Field notes from bookshops and libraries for readers who plan trips around the places books live."
---

# Hello Book Nerd

Canonical URL: https://www.hellobooknerd.com/

Last modified: 2026-09-03

Original Hello Book Nerd editorial text is licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Photographs, logos, trademarks, reviewer quotations and third-party material are excluded.

Field notes from bookshops and libraries for readers who plan trips around the places books live.

## The field guide

- [Lagg Bookstore](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/lagg-bookstore/index.md): Lehi, UT; BookScore 74.0 out of 100; Very Good.
- [Marissa's Bookstore](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/marissas-books-and-gifts/index.md): Millcreek, UT; BookScore 80.0 out of 100; Outstanding.
- [Blackbird Books and Coffee](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/blackbird-books-and-coffee/index.md): Raleigh, NC; BookScore 79.5 out of 100; Very Good.
- [Quail Ridge Books](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/quail-ridge-books/index.md): Raleigh, NC; BookScore 88.0 out of 100; Outstanding.
- [Obelisk Bookstore](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/obelisk-bookstore/index.md): Aswan, Egypt; BookScore 66.0 out of 100; Good.
- [Changing Hands Bookstore](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/changing-hands-bookstore/index.md): Phoenix, AZ; BookScore 89.5 out of 100; Outstanding.
- [Inked & Bound Books](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/inked-and-bound-books/index.md): Phoenix, AZ; BookScore 74.0 out of 100; Very Good.
- [Kindred Stories](https://www.hellobooknerd.com/kindred-stories/index.md): Houston, TX; BookScore 87.4 out of 100; Outstanding.

## How the guide works

Every BookScore uses twenty criteria in four equal categories. The reviewer count, range and complete dated evidence remain public.

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