Parallel Universe Books

Parallel Universe Books Cleveland's only 100% sci-fi & fantasy bookstore For fans of epic worlds, deep lore, and speculative futures
📍Ohio City Sector: 41.4846° N, 81.7026° W

Before comments sections and social media, there were fan letters. 📪 Bill Elder’s “Funniest Fan Letters to Batman” publi...
06/18/2026

Before comments sections and social media, there were fan letters. 📪

Bill Elder’s “Funniest Fan Letters to Batman” published in 1966 is a delightful reminder of a time when imagination traveled by mailbox.

…. And if you have the number to the bat phone we’d like to invite Batman to the store to hangout and get his take on some sci-fi and fantasy reads.

06/17/2026

Curious about D&D but not sure where to start? This event is for you!

Join us for a beginner-friendly introduction to the world’s most popular role-playing game. Dungeon Master Tom Allman will walk you through the basics—character creation, rolling dice, storytelling, and adventuring together.

Tom is renowned for his involvement with the New Voices on Classic Science Fiction book club.

No experience needed. All materials provided. Just bring your imagination!Your first quest awaits…SIGN UP TODAY!- FREE to attend!- Sign up for your session today! - Space is limited.

🗓️ Saturday, June 27, 2026
🕰️ 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 Parallel Universe Books
🆓 FREE to attend!

06/17/2026

Escape reality? Excellent choice.📚

Our worlds come with dragons, sentient starships, morally questionable wizards, galactic empires, and significantly better dialogue than most group chats.

Whether you’re plotting rebellion, solving impossible mysteries, or accidentally becoming the chosen one, we’ve got a universe waiting for you.

📚 Escape reality. We have better ones.

06/10/2026

POV: You spot the special edition across the store.

Me: I don’t need another book.
Also me: circles it three times, admires the sprayed edges, checks the foil details, and immediately adopts it.

Some books are read. Some books are rescued. 📚✨

Come rescue some book at Parallel Universe Bookstore!

06/10/2026

This summer, we deserve to know the truth.

Universal Pictures proudly presents a new film from Steven Spielberg: , opening June 12!

Stop in our store and enter to win movie swag from our in-store raffle. No purchase necessary!

Winners will be drawn on opening day, June 12!
See you at the movies! 🍿 🌎 🛸

06/10/2026

Friday, June 12, we are closing early at 5:00 pm for a private event. (The loft with used books will be closed all day on Friday.)

Feel free to shop early, this weekend or online. We are now shipping, so you won’t miss a thing!

👽 ✌️

06/08/2026

Entering my natural habitat. 📚✨

Some people go outside and touch grass.

I come inside and touch books.📕

Will I leave with the one title I came for?
Absolutely not.

But I will leave happier, carrying a stack of books that somehow followed me home. 🏡

What’s the last book that completely took over your life?

Read With Pride. 🌈📚Keep reading.Keep writing.Keep imagining.At Parallel Universe Books, we believe stories belong to eve...
06/06/2026

Read With Pride. 🌈📚

Keep reading.
Keep writing.
Keep imagining.

At Parallel Universe Books, we believe stories belong to everyone. Every reader, every writer, every dreamer adds something meaningful to the conversation.

This Pride Month, and every month, we celebrate the power of books to expand perspectives, spark curiosity, and help people see themselves—and each other—more clearly.

Read with pride. Write with purpose. Stay curious.





06/04/2026

A peek inside our camera roll… 📚✨

Turns out it’s mostly stacks of books, cozy corners, new arrivals, and the occasional “we absolutely need this on the shelf” moment.

Some people fill their camera roll with memories. We fill ours with future reads. 🤓

Stop by and see what we’ve been obsessing over lately. 📖

06/03/2026

This and complete disregard for my budget📚💸

Listen, I don’t make the rules.

If a book looks interesting, you have to pick it up.
If you pick it up, you have to read the back.
If you read the back and it sounds good, you have to buy it.

That’s just science.

Come make perfectly reasonable book purchases with us✨

Address

1436 West 28th Street
Cleveland, OH
44113

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

+12162025526

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