As a writer, I love walking into a bookstore most everywhere I travel. My only regret is that I only recently started taking photographs of the bookstores I’ve been to. So, you can imagine my interest in this article, listing the 44 great American bookstore discoveries – two of them right here in San Francisco, my hometown. Check out the list, and see if you recognize one or two from your hometown, and if so, have you visited them? Or better yet, what bookstore do you recommend?