Book World of Janesville

Wonderful staff, good selection of all genres of books and will order anything for you with fast turn around time. They carry a large selection of magazines. Besides the friendly store cat, they have a surprising number of stuffed animals. Great place to browse and hang out.

Small town book stores are the best. And this one is deceiving; it’s huge! They carry nearly every new release, and then some. What I wouldn’t do to have a Book World in Stoughton! They also have a reward program which adds up quickly. The real secret to this place is the back area. Tons of discounted well-known and popular titles. They also have a huge variety of magazines as well. Barnes and Noble has nothing on this place. Oh, they also have a cute cat that chills out too! Highly recommend!

Upon entering, there was a sign on the door to keep a look out for the store cat. Being allergic, I kind of rolled my eyes in irritation that as a customer I have to help take care of the cat and make sure he didn't get out the door. As we were walking around though, we spotted the cat high on a shelf. My husband was eagerly anticipating it jumping down the the shelf far below. I stepped away to keep my distance. The car jumped down and proceeded to find his way over to me.... Crawled right into my lap and run his head against me. I couldn't resist! I pet him & quickly changed my mind about the sign on the door. So even though I'm allergic, I'm thinking I might return to the store just to spend some time reading and cuddling with Oscar, the store cat.

Beyond the cat, the employees were very helpful and patient! We were looking for a certain edition of a magazine and they got us the answers we needed. As we were checking out, they told us the Christmas books were 20% off, so I decided to look to see if there were more I wanted. The cashier has no problem waiting to finish our purchase. Nor did she get frustrated when I added two more to my selection right after she finished the transaction! This seems like common sense (simply more profit for the business), but I think we've all been to places that the employees get annoyed when the customer is slow or needs to a second transaction, so I was grateful that this was not her response!

I really enjoyed my visit here and plan to start visiting on a regular basis to put the 20% off coupon from the mail flyer to good use... And get a little dose of Oscar!

The book store has a nice selection of books and magazines. The store cat is very polite and he loves attention, but if someone is allergic to cats, avoid visiting in December, due to him shedding.

My love of books takes me to this amazing local book shop more often than it does to the BAM in the mall. They always have what I'm looking for. And even when I'm not looking for anything in particular I find something. They also have a store cat so...

Small family run book store. Love that they have such a large selection of books for decent prices. Bonus that they have Oscar the cat as part of the bookstore. Love that cat! I could honestly spend hours here.

Phenomenal locally owned bookstore. Extremely well stocked. This is one of the best I've visited, especially for its size. Well organized and the staff is very friendly and knowledgeable.

Always friendly staff they are very friendly and helpful. I had to order a book and had it within a couple of days. The kids love petting the cats while I browse the shelves. 😁

This great staff displays books seasonally. If they do not have what you are looking for, they will order it. Their friendly cat greets you at the door.

I believe that this has been the most awesome bookstore I've ever experienced I love it I wanted stuff from it and they've ordered it in I've got it in a few days I forgot about some of them and they still kept them for me for two or three weeks till my memory came back and I just love them now if you don't know about them I tell you go check them out you will be happy

Very helpful staff. Clean environment. Diversely stocked collection. They even have a store pet there, who indeed seems to love it as much as I do!

Great little book store! Long ago we had Walden Books in the mall. Now that the mall is dying a prolonged demise, we need small businesses like Book World to keep variety in Janesville.

Great Bookstore, really knowledgeable staff, friendly and attentive. Great selection of books, and quiet and respectful. I can not recommend them enough!

Nice little book store with quite a variety. I would consider going back just to see the store cat!

I enjoy going there. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. I don't know where I'll go now for my reading material when they close the doors.

Support your local bookstore rather than the chain stores! If the book is not in the store, Book World will order it for you. Yes, you will pay more, but that keeps the money local and maintains employment in the area!

Very helpful over the phone. Love that they offer curbside because i have health problems. I don’t really like going anywhere these days, but I NEED my book fix! Thnx!

OUTSTANDING selection of books. sweet little kitty. Friendly helpful staff. I bought 2 canning books!!

We love this family friendly bookstore! Locally owned with a great selection of books, magazines and gifts.

Very nice staff, good selection for a small space, AND there's a "store cat." Win-win-win!