A mobile bookstore focused on book-to-screen adaptations.

More books than ever before are heading to the big and small screens.

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  • When a book is adapted for the screen, its sales typically increase 90-300%.

  • Over 70% of blockbuster movies rely on published stories for their source material.

  • More than 25% of all television dramas are based on books.

Why mobile?

We love the flexbility that being a pop-up bookshop provides! We travel to markets in northeast Ohio and hope to transition our market booth to a mini truck soon so we can roll into your hometown on wheels! If you’re not in Ohio, head to our Shop page!

Why adaptations?

We love to talk about what books we’re reading, and adaptations are a huge part of the book discourse, especially on social media. Plus, when a studio invests millions to turn a book into a TV show or movie, that’s usually a good sign that the book is worth reading!

Why support us?

We know you can buy books on Amazon and at Target for less. Opening this shop has been a true labor of love, built in the hours before and after a traditional 9-5 work schedule. Small businesses are the building bricks of the communities we live in, and we hope you’ll support a neighbor with their dream!

Meet the owner

Hi! I’m Natalie, the owner of Binge Read Bookshop.

As a 90s baby, I grew up in the age of the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program and summer reading challenges at the library. Never one to back down from a competition, I gamified reading from an early age. When I was a teenager, a new level of gamification began to power my TBR list: reading the book before seeing the movie.

Book-to-screen adaptations are nothing new. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was first adapted into a feature film in 1931. But I came of age during what I consider to be the golden age of adaptations. I was in high school when Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games dominated the New York Times Bestseller lists and the box office.

As Hollywood evolved with the growth of streaming in the 2010s, more books than ever before were being optioned for the screen. I was working in Los Angeles in TV at the time, and my to-read list was off the charts, but I remained vigilant in my “I need to read the book before I watch this” stance.

I retired from my Hollywood lifestyle after 5 years to pursue other dreams, and when it came time to realize the biggest dream of all (opening a bookstore!), I knew exactly what I wanted my niche to be.

Welcome to Binge Read Bookshop, where you’re encouraged to read it before you watch it and where the book is (almost always) better than the movie.