Elk River Books

Elk River Books has transformed downtown Livingston into a destination for rare book collectors and lovers of Western literature, operating from a handsome Main Street building in a railroad town that has reinvented itself as one of Montana's most vibrant literary communities. Since 2008, the store has built a national reputation for its Western Americana collection, with rare and antiquarian volumes on exploration, frontier life, and the American West that draw serious collectors from across the country. The fly-fishing literature section is outstanding, reflecting Livingston's position on the Yellowstone River and its proximity to some of the finest trout waters in the world. The Yellowstone collection covers the park's natural and human history with the depth that its status as America's first national park demands. Montana authors are well represented, with signed first editions from writers who have called the Paradise Valley home, including Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, and Tim Cahill. The store hosts regular literary events that take advantage of Livingston's remarkable concentration of writers per capita, making it a place where literary community and rare book culture intersect beautifully.