The Bookstore Book is a memoir by Ron Kolm based on his long career working in New York City bookstores. It has poetry and prose sections, and a long interview with him about the closing of Coliseum Bookstore by Kathryn Adisman. He met a number of celebrities while working in various stores over the years, among them Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg and the former Governor of California, Jerry Brown, who figure in pieces in the book.