The Last Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 453 S Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles. Conde Nast Traveler called it CaliforniaâÂÂs largest new and used bookstore.
The store was founded in 2005 by Josh Spencer, the first incarnation being inside a Downtown Los Angeles loft. While here, the store sold books and other items online. In December 2009, Spencer opened a bookstore at 4th and Main Street. The bookstore moved to its current location in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring Street on June 3, 2011. The current store, a former bank, contains two floors (including the former vault) and also creates visual merchandising through creative displays and book sculptures.
In 2021, the bookstore installed a plant wall to the famous book tunnel. The store also features a restaurant: Yuko Kitchen.
In December 2024, The Last Bookstore opened a second location in Studio City. The Last Bookstore's owners also own a "sister" location in Montrose, California.
Filmmaker Chad Howitt chronicled The Last Bookstore and its owner, Spencer, in a short documentary titled Welcome to the Last Bookstore, released in 2016. The bookstore also appeared in Gone Girl and Under the Silver Lake, and it was featured in '.