Duck River Books — Local services in Columbia

The bookstore only caters to the area they're in - primarily older conservative clients. When asked if they had any LGBT book selections, they declined, and they refused to order any books on the subject. This may be a great bookstore for a small community, but they do not support the growing LGBT community, and have repeatedly taken down truthful reviews. They will wine and dine the older conservative customers, and look down on anyone outside their own comfort zone - not a great business model to have in a...

This is a cute little shop. It's a nice environment, and the staff are friendly. It can be a little tight in there if it's busy, as the aisles between shelves aren't very wide. I wish they had a wider variety of books on various religions other than Christianity and more on esoteric concepts or cosmology. It's not a huge place, so I can understand a smaller selection, though. I still managed to find several very interesting books and was happy to be able to support a...

So I collect antique books to love and repair. I found one that was published 1831 and I was very excited that it was now my oldest book. I shared my excitement with the owners and one of them stepped into the back and brought out a book published in 1784 that was in disrepair and gave it to me out of the kindness of his heart. It made me so happy and made my birthday absolutely amazing. They are so kind and genuinely wonderful humans. Will be going back...