The only thing better than getting lost in a good book is getting lost in Sonoma County while following the footsteps of literary greats.
Readers’ Books (130 E. Napa St.) is only half a block from the historic Sonoma Plaza, and the perfect starting point for a literary road trip.
A Sonoma institution since 1991, Readers’ Books is where Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, worked while attending Sonoma Valley High School. On your way inside, check out the bench the city dedicated to her. The inscription, “Say you’d still want this: us alive, right here, feeling lucky,” from her poem “The Conditional” in the book Bright Dead Things reminds us to embrace the world, even when it’s challenging…