Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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you want recommendations? I’ve got them. I get asked regularly where I go to look for & buy books in new york, so I’ve compiled a long list of shops to check out, organized by geography: new/used/rare, specialized collections, favorite places I return to constantly & stores I visit more infrequently. enjoy! 💋

full list (n = new, u = used)
book culture / book culture on broadway, morningside heights (n/u)
neue galerie new york, upper east side (n)
albertine, upper east side (n)
argosy bookstore, midtown east (u)
morgan library, midtown east (n)
moma bookstore, midtown west (n)
printed matter, chelsea (n, gallery)
192 books, chelsea (n)
three lives & company, greenwich village (n)
mcnally jackson, soho/seaport (n)
bonnie slotnick cookbooks, east village (u)
codex, east village (n/u)
mast books, east village (n/u, gallery)
aeon bookstore, chinatown (u)
yu & me books, chinatown (n, café/bar)
word bookstore, greenpoint (n)
quimby’s bookstore, williamsburg (n)
desert island, williamsburg (n)
topos bookstore, ridgewood (u, café)
topos too, ridgewood (n, café/bar)
café con libros, crown heights (n, café)
greenlight bookstore, fort greene (n)
the center for fiction, fort greene/downtown brooklyn (n, café)
unnameable books, prospect heights (n/u)
troubled sleep, park slope (n/u)
the big reuse, gowanus (u)

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