Books & Books | Locally-owned, independent neighborhood bookstore We’re your locally-owned, independently-minded neighborhood bookshop. Miami Beach native Mitchell Kaplan founded Books & Books in 1982. With bookshops in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Bal Harbour, Key We’re your locally-owned, independently-minded neighborhood bookshop. Miami Beach native Mitchell Kaplan founded Books & Books in 1982. With bookshops in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Bal Harbour, Key West, and Pinecrest, our readers know that we are more than a bookshop.