Book and Paper Goods

For a great Manhattan-worthy used bookstore, forget the chains and head to Spring Branch, where Becker’s Books has quietly been drawing bibliophiles since 1994. The cavernous 3,500-square-foot store boasts an inventory of a half-million books (compare that to Brazos’s 15,000), stacked from floor to ceiling along its warren-like passageways. Although it specializes in rare volumes and offers book repair services, there are tomes of every type and at every price point here.