[nkassis]

Really depends where you live. Obviously if you live in tech hub cities you'll do better than other non hub cities.

Some recommendations: Seattle has Ada technical books. Portland has Powells. Strand in NYC has some technical books. and in Boston MIT Press Bookshop is gold. There are others.

[monkeyelite]

And the miracle of websites is that you can have the selection of Portland or Boston without going there.

That can't be provided by every local book store.

[selimthegrim]

Powells shut down their technical bookstore a while back

[nkassis]

Ah that's sad, haven't been in several years that's unfortunate.

[mjmsmith]

Also depends on your definition of and reaction to "virtue signaling books".

[roughly]

And a desire for a deep collection of classics. It’s really not just a whistle at that point, is it?