Rebecca Ressler (opens in new tab)

“L.A. is urban and pastoral at the same time—you can jump into any book here and feel like you are in it.” The owner of Hollywood Books has turned her small, finely curated bookstore into a Los Angeles literary hot spot, drawing guests such as Kaia Gerber and Petra Collins By Anna Jube On a busy stretch of Melrose Avenue, surrounded by high-end furniture galleries and showrooms, sits a tiny storefront. Walking by, you might miss it entirely—a paper sign adorned with hand-drawn bubble letters ...