Viva Books

Great selection of books, the owner Viva was super sweet, helped me find the african literature section & recommended a few other fun things to do in the neighborhood. Thanks so much! 🙂

Leaving this review to show my condolences and support for the small business. Wishing you a safe and speedy recovery. Photo credit: Baltimore Sun.

This place is awesome! I visit a lot of bookstores so this time, I was looking for somewhere unique and this place didn't disappoint. The book store may not look huge but there's so much here, everything you could think of. I walked away with quite a hefty purchase but was so pleased to find mesoamerican texts and also made a new friend! Her cat companion is so affectionate and adorable, it made the experience all the sweeter.

Excellent bookstore-- many lost and found gems in the piles. Well curated and maintained. The owner was wonderful with an artist's perspective on dustjackets, the life of books, and had a smiling-energy one can get lost in.

Viva is truly so kind--you can tell the book selections are carefully curated. I have found some truly incredible reads here. It's not so much the bookstore I go to when I'm looking for a specific book, rather I can wander in there and find a new book I didn't expect to find. Such a cozy and welcoming atmosphere! Will go back again and again!

Bravo, and WOW is all I can say. This business is a great representation of what small business can be and do. The variety of book selection will keep ANY avid reader busy with every shelf of books. I am utterly impressed with the curation of the space that has so much unequivocal character and above all "CHARM" that downtown Baltimore thrives in cultivating. The woman that owns it has a true passion for book curation. She is truly a gem in a sea of explorative readers. Books like physics dictionaries, to the more urban Iceberg slim titles will keep any person, big or small thoroughly entertained. Please patron this business; the books are so reasonably priced. It would be foolish not to stop by and AT LEAST pick up a souvenir like an Edgar Allan Poe inspired postcard or children's books for you teachers out there. If not monetary, just conversation with the owner is always a treat; she will keep you thoroughly entertained. I hope people that see this review know that I have stake in this city as lifelong resident. This place is a WIN/WIN for all that call themselves true Baltimorean "Charmers" as this business has done to my heart. Best small book store I have ever experienced. Stop in, you won't be disappointed.

I love viva books. Her cat is awesome and she has a very big selection of books👍she has lots of important historical books as well as new and improved writing.🥳🥳🤩