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Daedalus Books (Virginia)38°01′51″N 78°28′44″W / 38.0308°N 78.4790°W
Daedalus Books is a used bookstore based in the Downtown Mall of Charlottesville, Virginia.[1] It was established in 1975.[1] It contains more than 100,000 books and is a quirky institution in the city.[3] A reviewer for The Washington Post described Daedalus as the best bookstore south of the Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village.[4] Description The bookstore has been in the same location for more than 50 years, and its building is more than 100 years old.[3] It keeps more than 100,000 books.[3] The store issues hand-written receipts.[3] A long-time employee said that the store attracts freaks and weirdos as customers.[3] The poetry room at Daedalus attracts particular attention.[5] Poetry attractions include the death mask of John Keats.[3] Charlottesville's Downtown Mall is a destination for visiting bookstores including Daedalus.[6][7] It is also part of a network of other unconventional Charlottesville business.[3] Various reviewers list Daedalus among Charlottesville's top attractions.[5][6] Reviewers describe the store as cozy,[8] [9] a place to get lost,[10] bewildering,[7] and a three-story temple of secondhand literature.[4] The name of the store refers to Daedalus because the bookshelves create a Labyrinth in which people become lost.[3][2] Author Rita Mae Brown said that Daedalus and McAdams delighted her.[11] Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti said that his visit to Daedalus was an honor for him.[7] PeopleSandy McAdams (1942-2024) established the store and managed it. One reviewer said that McAdams and the bookstore looked like each other.[7] McAdams also started a restaurant near the bookstore, and is credited with developing Charlottesville's Downtown Mall as a place for food and browsing books.[1] After owning the shop for 30 years, Sandy McAdams committed to only read novels in an effort to gain wisdom rather than read nonfiction and only learn facts.[10] McAdams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000 and managed the store while using a wheelchair from 2008.[11][12] McAdams sold the shop in 2023 and passed away in 2024.[11] Jackson Landers purchased the bookstore from McAdams in 2023.[2] McAdams wanted to pass the store to someone who could maintain it as a Charlottesville institution.[2][3] Jackson himself is a journalist and author.[2] Further considerationAllard, Terri (April 9, 2016). "Daedalus Bookshop". Charlottesville Inside-Out. Season 9. Charlottesville, Virginia: PBS. VPM Media Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2024. References
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