Favorite NYC Independent Bookstore?

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Favorite NYC Independent Bookstore?

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1ALinNY458
Ago 2, 2008, 11:22 am

So even though independent brick & mortar bookstores appear to be a dying breed in much of the U.S. New York City appears to still be able to support a significant number of them. So when you need a book fix where do you go?

Mine is Crawford Doyle on Madison Avenue. It's tiny but they always have a good selection of new non-fiction and fiction works. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. I also enjoy art books so Ursus Books in the Carlyle Hotel, also on Madison, is a great place to spend an hour or so looking through new and collectable art and photo monographs.

2theoria
Ago 2, 2008, 11:38 am

book culture (formerly labyrinth) on w. 112th btw broadway and amsterdam.

3WholeHouseLibrary
Ago 2, 2008, 12:20 pm

I used to go to Three Lives & Company a lot when I worked in NYC. I was back that way 3 years ago, and was very happy to stop in there again. My younger brother live just several blocks from it, and it's his favorite bookstore also.

4rebeccanyc
Ago 2, 2008, 5:00 pm

I too love Crawford-Doyle, and stop by as much as possible. I'm afraid I've been disappointed with BookCulture; it seems to have gone downhill since it stopped being Labyrinth, but I still shop there and I love the way you can order books online from them and then stop by to pick them up.

I also like St. Marks Bookshop, but I don't get down there much, and the Posmans in Grand Central Station, while not strictly independent, also has a pretty good selection.

5Ortolan
Ago 4, 2008, 12:10 pm

Rizzoli on 57th St. between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue is my favorite. I always feel happy, optimistic and swooshy when I walk in through the doors. In addition to all the new non-fiction and fiction releases, it has the best selection of new fashion books in NYC, an inviting display of philosopy books in front, the Franco Maria Ricci books on the second floor, great lighting, lots of wood, a nicely edited selection of French, Italian and Brazilian CDs on the top floor, which leads to a small alcove of new Italian language books. I bought Oriana Fallaci's last books there.

6kingkama
Ago 4, 2008, 12:22 pm

What does 'swooshy' mean...I checked several dictionaries, nothing. I searched the word on-line and found several results but no one used it in the same context. Where did this word originate?

7Ortolan
Ago 4, 2008, 12:45 pm

I think it originated from homosexual men, kingkama. It's still in the slang category, and who knows when it will make the OED. Some people use it to describe clothing, but I like to use it for bourgeois places that give a feeling of luxury and euphoria even if you don't spend a lot of money there. Sometimes it's spelled swoozshy.

Other swooshy spots in New York include the corridors to the balcony box seats at the Metropolitan Opera, the Wrightsman galleries, and Russ and Daughters.

8kingkama
Ago 4, 2008, 1:24 pm

Thank you, Ortolan.

9AnnaClaire
Ago 4, 2008, 3:43 pm

Most of the time I spend in Manhattan I'm sitting at a desk. A preponderance of my favorite stores are, therefore, in my fair borough. This includes my favorite bookstore, The Community Bookstore in Park Slope. I even made a point of adding it to Local.

10PensiveCat
Ago 5, 2008, 2:44 pm

Argosy on 58th? 59th Street near Madison is a gorgeous used book store with both bargain and antiquarian favorites.

11Ortolan
Ago 6, 2008, 6:00 pm

Ladygata, I also like Argosy. It's on 59th between Lexington and Park. Too bad they're closed on Saturdays for the summer. My apartment is decorated with several prints from that store.

During my last visit, I found a $15 copy of First Night Fever, the memoirs of my favorite baritone, the late Hermann Prey and it was autographed!

12Kasthu
Ago 17, 2008, 6:15 pm

My favorites? There's the Strand, though generally its overrun with tourists. Shakespeare & Co.; Three Lives; McNally & Robinson; Housing Works bookstore in SoHo. There's also the Brooklyn Book Court in Cobble Hill.

13berthirsch
Ago 16, 2012, 7:02 am

glad to see that St. Marks will survive...see below link. through the years it has consistently had a unique, high browish and off beat selection:

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/08/15/st-marks-bookstore-funds-new-lease-with-m...

14Hagelstein
Ago 16, 2012, 10:55 am

Will visit St. Marks next time I'm in NYC. Thanks for the link.

15cdyankeefan
Set 7, 2012, 7:24 pm

My most favorite book store is The Book Mark Shoppe on 84th Street and 3rdAvenue in Brooklyn. the owners of the store,Bina and Christina are two of the nicest most wonderfulpeople in the world. They bring in a lot of authors and have two different book clubs. I also like the Strand but it's usually crowded and not really user friendly

16yellow_oleander
Out 14, 2012, 4:16 am

Mercer Street Books for me. It's small and organized in a loose, organic fashion. They have a collection of the best author photographs I've seen and most importantly, the proprietor really loves and knows books. We spent a good while debating between the two more popular translations of Remembrance of Things Past, which is all I ask for in life!

17berthirsch
Fev 25, 2013, 1:25 pm

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe- at 126 Crosby Street in Soho is one of the most comfortable spaces to hang out with books. Great collection of used books at reasonable prices. The room itself is a masterpiece.

18richardderus
Mar 20, 2013, 7:12 pm

Cool event coming up!

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Friday, March 29, 7pm
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince St.
NYC

19berthirsch
Maio 17, 2014, 5:51 pm

we should all support St. Masrks in its new location- i have always enjoyed their unique selections

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/nyregion/st-marks-bookshop-in-east-village-sig...

20BellaFoxx
Jul 8, 2014, 3:55 pm

going to have to check these out.