What is the name of the bookstore in "You've Got Mail"?

In “You’ve Got Mail,” the bookstore owned by Kathleen Kelly is called The Shop Around the Corner.

Kathleen, played by Meg Ryan, runs the small independent children’s bookstore with her family and employees in New York City. The shop becomes central to the story because it faces competition from Fox Books, a large chain bookstore opened by Joe Fox, played by Tom Hanks.

The title The Shop Around the Corner is also a deliberate reference to the 1940 romantic comedy of the same name, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. That earlier film inspired the story’s basic premise: two people who clash in person gradually fall in love through anonymous correspondence.

Fox Books is a frequent wrong answer because it is the rival store and occupies a major part of the plot. Kathleen’s shop represents the personal, neighborhood bookstore, while Fox Books symbolizes the growing power of big retail chains. The film was released in 1998 and updated the anonymous letters into online email messages.