24 Dallas-Fort Worth book stores host indie crawl

• Book lovers and newbies can pick up a passport and collect stamps from the 24 participating shops to enter a raffle for gift cards to bookshop.org.

Zoom in: The region has a robust literary scene, from the sprawling flagship Half Price Books to smaller, niche bookstores.

How it works: Passport holders earn a raffle entry for every stamp they get.

• Stamped passports must be returned by Aug. 31 to Talking Animal Books in Grapevine or via email at [email protected].

Where to go: The bookstores stretch from Dallas to Denton to Fort Worth to Roanoke — a trip worthy of a stamp. The shops include:

Dallas

Blush Bookstore, 432 W. Eighth St.

Deep Vellum, 3000 Commerce St.

Half Price Books, 5803 E. Northwest Highway

Interabang Books, 5600 W. Lovers Lane

Lucky Dog Books, 10534 Garland Road and 911 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Pan-African Connection, 4466 S. Marsalis Ave.

Poets Bookshop, 506 N. Bishop Ave. and 2649 Main St.

The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St.

Whose Books, 512 W. Davis St.

Fort Worth

Monkey and Dog Books, 3608 W. Seventh St.

Recluse Books, 465 S. Main St.

The Dock Bookshop, 6637 Meadowbrook Drive

Denton

Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, 221 W. Hickory St.

Recycled Books, 200 N. Locust St.

The Plot Twist, 227 W. Oak St.

Other cities

A House With Books, 1101 Bear Creek Parkway in Keller

Bibliobar, 1018 E. 15th St. in Plano

Fire and Fable, 118 E. Rusk St. in Rockwall

Neighbor Books, 208 E. Louisiana St. in McKinney

Talking Animal Books, 103 W. Worth St. in Grapevine

The Novel Narwhal, 304 N. Oak St. in Roanoke