Tattered Cover Book Store

A locally owned bookstore and a Colorado landmark, the Tattered Cover, with three unique locations, offers personal service, an extraordinary selection, coffee shops, extensive newsstands, and author appearances nearly every day. With books, gift cards, games, greeting cards, calendars, literary curious, t-shirts, book bags, and more, the Tattered Cover is a bookstore and much more!

Know Before You Go: The store's willing staff can help find almost anything: out-of-print books, obscure titles, academic tomes. With access to 37,000 publishers in the U.S., it's a safe bet they'll be able to track down what you want.

The Extras: Between all the Tattered Cover stores in the metro area, over 600 author readings and children story times are held every year.

Though this legendary bookshop’s new digs in an old theater space on Colfax seemed unthinkable a few years ago, it's settled in nicely to the clean, airy, multi-level space. Devour books of every stripe and subject along with a cross-section of Denver society, from the bum looking for a warm room and a magazine to the local celeb checking out their own new book. The Cover has earned its...

One of the country’s largest bookstores, the locally beloved Tattered Cover moved to new digs on East Colfax Avenue in 2006 after more than 30 years in Cherry Creek. Taking over the old Lowenstein Theater, the store remains a bibliophile’s paradise, with comprehensive selections on every subject and a design that incorporates elements of the old theater. Also in development: Twist & Shout,...

In Short
The historic Lowenstein Theater was completely refurbished for Tattered Cover's Colfax location, which features mazes of bookshelves and soft chairs. What was formerly a sunken...

This world-famous bookstore blends the feel of a neighborhood library with corner bookshop attitude and a cosmopolitan inventory.