Beloved Birmingham bookstore is getting bigger in 2026

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Thank You Books storefront in Crestwood neighborhood in Birmingham. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Thank You Books, the independent bookstore in Birmingham’s Crestwood neighborhood, announced it is expanding in 2026.

The beloved bookstore is moving into the space next door that was home to The Total Joint Physical Therapy.

In other good news, The Total Joint is not closing, but relocating a few doors down within the Crestwood Village Shopping Center near to Sojourns Fair Trade

Thank You Books recognized nationally

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Thank You Books hosts many Birmingham authors. (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now).

Founded in 2019, Thank You Books has received numerous accolades locally and nationally. In 2022, the bookstore was named one of the best women-led bookstores in the USA by popular media outlet, Thrillist

Located at 5502B Crestwood Blvd, this is the store’s second expansion in its brief history.

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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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