Great Canadian Book Company

A pleasant alternative to the ubiquitous newsstands of airportland, this shop has a sizable stack of fiction by Canadian authors (including Carol Shields, Douglas Coupland, Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, and many others) as well as nonfiction and Vancouver- and Canada-themed coffee-table books. Of course, if you prefer the guilty pleasures of the latest bestselling mysteries and self-help books, you’ll get your fix here too.