This has been the best place to get yourself a copy of Orwell's classic since well before the titular date on its cover. This place offers the recycling of literature/knowledge in the best possible way; you can pay the lower prices, or you can simply trade in the books (and other stuff) you've already absorbed. The stores are mapped out for your convenience, with nonbook displays throughout the store according to section (i.e., plates and utensils in the cookbook section; paintings for sale in the art section; and the restrooms right next to the business section, as though we didn't already know the economy was going down the toilet). The fine people at Bookmans have been educating the public by providing the words of the world's great thinkers, from Orwell to (ahem) O'Reilly.

Runners up:

2. The Book Stop

214 N. Fourth Ave.

326-6661, www.bookstoptucson.com

3. Mostly Books

6208 E. Speedway Blvd.

571-0110, mostlybooks.biz