Readers of Shoreline Times picked their "Best of the Shoreline" for 2015, and R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, Conn., which "continues to distinguish itself as the essential book-tour stop between New York and Boston," was chosen best independent bookstore.
"For all the literati and glitterati that it draws, there's nothing impersonal about R.J. Julia, from its dark, wood bookcases and soft lighting--'a modest variation of Scribners' former Fifth Avenue bookstore,' owner Roxanne Coady has said--to the tasty salads, sandwiches and sweets in the R.J. Cafe, to the little signs known as 'shelf talkers' offering up book suggestions, to its well-read, friendly staff who are happy to recommend books that they've loved or leave you alone to browse," Shoreline Times wrote.
Store manager Lori Fazio said the bookshop "is a great place for readers to meet a great new book, to meet a favorite author, or just to meet a friend for coffee and a cupcake. We hope to keep putting the right book in the right hands for years to come."
