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Fact & Fiction Books

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Charming display window at Fact and Fiction Books featuring regional Montana authors and local novels

About the Business

Founded by local literary pillar Barbara Theroux in 1986, this Front Street shop is the heart of Missoula’s reading community. Hand-written recommendation cards are tucked into the shelves, showcasing regional history, western fiction, and Native American literature. It’s a quiet, creaky-floored space where local authors like James Lee Burke have dropped in for decades.

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