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Astoria Bookshop

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People studying and working on laptops at tables in a library. The room features a large wall filled with bookshelves and another wall with wooden paneling. Some individuals are reading while others are focused on their screens.

The Center for Fiction

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The Mysterious Bookshop

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A pink storefront of "The Ripped Bodice," a romantic bookstore. The window displays autumn leaves and books with a sign saying, "Fall in love with a good book." An "Open" sign hangs on the door.

The Ripped Bodice

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A cozy brick bookstore named "Three Lives & Co." with a brightly lit interior, showcasing books through large windows. It has a red door and red awnings, situated on a corner at dusk. A classic street sign is visible.

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Best Independent Bookstores in New York City

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Books are Magic

New York City’s independent bookstores offer charming details, social missions and a sense of community.

Albertine

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An initiative of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Albertine is devoted to works&mdash;both in its original version and in translation&mdash;and...

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

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East Village

Books Are Magic

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Cobble Hill’s charming indie bookshop is a cornerstone of the City’s literary scene.

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Brooklyn

Cobble Hill’s charming indie bookshop is a cornerstone of the City’s literary scene.



An indie bookstore, lending library, event space and literary nightspot, the Center is part of Downtown Brooklyn’s artistic renaissance.

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Fort Greene

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This bookstore, cafe and event space is part of Downtown Brooklyn’s artistic renaissance.

Forbidden Planet

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This cool corner store specializes in comics, graphic novels, manga, anime and other "alternative hobbies," like sci-fi and role-playing games.

Forbidden Planet | Shopping

Union Square

 This cool corner store specializes in comics, graphic novels, manga, anime and other "alternative hobbies," like sci-fi and role-playing games.


Greenlight Bookstore

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Co-proprietors Rebecca Fitting and Jessica Stockton Bagnulo are the masterminds behind this Fort Greene bookshop.

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Locals come for the rare finds and handsome coffee-table tomes.

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Staffed by volunteers, all profits go to Housing Works, Inc., providing housing, healthcare, job training and advocacy for New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.

Housing Works Bookstore Café | Manhattan | Shopping

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Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is one of downtown New York&#39;s most vital cultural institutions, presenting an eclectic mix of events featuring many of today&#39;s most exciting artists.

The Lit. Bar

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The Lit. Bar is the one and only indie bookstore and wine bar in the Bronx, NY. It offers a unique experience for book lovers and wine enthusiasts. 

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The Bronx

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The one and only indie bookstore in the Bronx. 

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McNally Jackson Books

This expansive independent bookstore has a large children’s section and first floor café.

The Seaport

Lower Manhattan

McNally Jackson

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This beloved neighborhood independent bookshop offers two full floors of selections.

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It’s no mystery why this bookstore on the border of TriBeCa and the Financial District has become one of the most popular and renowned mystery specialty shops in the world: it’s a treasure trove of hardcovers, paperbacks, periodicals and more. In business

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Mysterious Bookshop

This bookstore is among the most popular and renowned mystery specialty shops in the world.


powerHouse Arena

A cozy bookstore with shelves of books, greeting cards on a rotating stand, and assorted gifts. Large windows and a glass door show a city street and scaffolding outside. An exit sign hangs above the door.

PowerHouse Arena

A table displays colorful, abstract art books in front of a neon sign reading "UNDER THE ARCH @ POWERHOUSE" inside a bookstore with stacked books and dark curtains in the background.

A row of green cushioned bar stools lines a railing above a bookstore filled with shelves and artwork; colorful, painted columns with abstract designs are visible throughout the space.

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This larger-than-life event space also serves as an art gallery, a bookstore, a performance venue and the publishing headquarters of powerHouse books.

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This event space also serves as a gallery, a bookstore, a performance venue and the publishing headquarters of Powerhouse books.

Rizzoli Bookstore

A 45-year literary legend in New York City, Rizzoli Bookstore is a captivating, eccentric establishment—it occupies three floors of a historic town house full of secret nooks—serving up a treasure trove of reading materials. Sexy Italian-language magazine

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A 45-year literary legend in New York City, Rizzoli Bookstore is a captivating, eccentric establishment—it occupies three floors of a historic town house full of secret nooks—serving up a treasure trove of reading materials.

Flatiron District

Art books, coffee table tomes, magazines, children&#39;s books, rare finds and more are the draws at this new downtown space, which replaces the beloved West 57th Street townhouse that used to house the Rizzoli Bookstore in Midtown.

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Strand Book Store

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Greenwich Village

Three Lives & Company

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Small, mom-and-pop bookstore that also hosts events.

West Village

This cherished mom-and-pop bookstore also hosts events.

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Upper West Side

Every nook and cranny of this bookstore is packed with great finds, from hardcovers and paperbacks of classic literary fiction, to an extensive collection of mysteries, cookbooks, art and photography tomes, French language volumes and kids books, as well as a rare book room containing signed first editions and eccentric out-of-print titles (E.

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Word Bookstore

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At just 1,000 square feet, this independent Greenpoint bookstore carries a range of paperbacks and cookbooks, and they’ll order anything your heart desires.

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