Lao Tzu once said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a book with a thousand pages begins with a foreword by Malcolm Gladwell." Advance toward epilogues with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of new and used books, puzzles, and gifts at Annie's Book Stop.

Annie's Book Stop stocks more than 16,000 new and used books in its 1,350-square-foot shop, with a large section of kids' books and puzzles. Readers peruse shelves of discounted volumes, finding new titles generally 20% off retail price. Light a fiery passion for reading with new paperbacks as intellectual kindling ($7.99–$19.99) or provide a safe home for a stray used book ($0.50–$14.99). Kids can discover the thrills of harrowing mysteries with used children's titles ($0.99–$3.79) or solve mysteries of their own with jigsaw puzzles ($7.99–$19.99). Bibliophiles in search of rare reads can browse the shop's selection of small-press titles or write their own rare books on the backs of napkins or the fronts of birth certificates.