Welcome to
​Birdwhistell Books

Birdwhistell Books is now opening a store in downtown Elizabethtown on September 10, 2025! We will sell both new and used books.
​Our goal is to find and sell quality books. Instead of stocking a bunch of shelf-filler, Kelsey and Tyler personally select each book in order to offer a collection of quality books worth reading.​​
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to get the first chance at our newest inventory every week. ​

Meet the Owners

Tyler Birdwhistell
School teacher & recovering lawyer
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Favorite Genre(s):   History, Culture, & Society
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Favorite Author(s): Wendell Berry, Jack Kerouac, & James Baldwin

Fiction Book(s): A Place on Earth, Jayber Crow, & Desolation Angels
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Non-Fiction Book(s): The Right Stuff, Hell's Angels, & The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Kelsey Birdwhistell
School teacher, coffee drinker, nature lover, and unapologetic Anglophile 
​Favorite Genre(s):  Historical Fiction, Classics, Landscape, and Nature

Favorite Author(s): Robert MacFarlane, Jane Austin, and Maggie O'Farrell 

Fiction Book(s): Pride and Prejudice, Before the Feast, Hamnet, Daughters of Sparta
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Non-Fiction Book(s): The Old Ways, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Shepherd's Life, HRH

Location & Hours

We are opening a new store in downtown Elizabethtown on September 10, 2025!

​BIRDWHISTELL BOOKS
110 N. Main St.
​Elizabethtown, KY 42701

BOOKS
Mon - Tue: Closed
​Wed - Sat: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Birdwhistell Books

Est. 2023