Lovely bookstore. Great for adults and kids. Helpful and friendly staff. Support local bookstores!
I love Books Are Magic. I love why it was started, how it's effected the community, the events and authors it hosts, and also the adorable ambiance of the bookshop itself.
Beautiful new book shop, much needed quality of selection, and attention to their patrons. Hands on staff really know and love their stuff. Great kids section. There's something for everyone!
Great bookstore with helpful staff. It's everything you want a bookstore to be!
Greenlight is a newcomer to the Brooklyn indie bookstore scene. Great staff, great selection, and make sure to check out their excellent author readings. Check out other great indie bookstores here: Read more.
This indie spot boasts a tremendous fiction section, a roomy children’s nook, and lots of coffee-table books on hand-built bicycles and other Brooklyn preoccupations. Great author readings, too! Read more.
Nice cafe, unique selection, knowledgeable staff. Shop local!
Wonderful new bookshop: great selection (notably of poetry), a cafe with drinks and a library with a quieter workspace.
Great new bookshop, cafe and event space near BAM.
Wow! What an awesome bookstore with basically everything. So much to choose from.
Great space for quiet reading
Incredible independent book store. Two levels. Great additional location
Lovely bookstore. Love to spend time browsing books in here. And the staff is amazing.
A great Brooklyn bookstore for families, WORD is all about community and neighborhood (Greenpointe) loving. Bring your kids to the great kids and YA events that they have here! Read more.
local independent bookstore in park slope with a beautiful selection of books and great author events. one of the best bookstores in the city
If you join their (free) member program, you get $10 off after you spend $100
Fun fact: a few episodes of Season 3 of Louis CK's show we're filmed here. Unfortunately, Parker Posey does not actually work there.
BEST literature section - most duplicates withheld and shelves very well maintained. Great pickups on the $5 table!
This place kinda rules
Cool used bookstore!
Great selection of new and used books, mainly in humanities and arts. Nice selection of design and art magazines too.
Girls happened here. Run around and hang out near the shelves like Hannah and Sandy did.
An awesome bookstore in the heart of Bedford. Jonas is the owner, and he will buy back your old books.
This is a beautiful space for events and the bookstore has an eclectic, modern selection of books that may surprise you.
Neighborhood bookstore that feels like a corporate chain. Book selection is run of the mill.
Very small selection
This reminds me of those old bookstores I used to go to with my parents when I was super young. They have fountain pens too!
New York's only all poetry bookstore, Berl's celebrates art, creativity and performance (and of course, poetry!) Read more.
thank god places like this exist.
What a charming store of beautiful poetry books and zines
Maybe the best bookstore in Brooklyn. Great choice and cool, inside vibe.
Good stock of photography books.
From top shelf titles to celebrity speakers from Questlove to David Sedaris, the amphitheater-shaped venue is arguably the most buzzed-about bookshop in Brooklyn.
One of the best used book selections in Brooklyn.... And they serve Moxie.
Sundays 2-5pm & Mondays 7:30-9:30pm you can volunteer, donate and package paperback books in their store basement through "books through bars nyc" to send to incarcerated people across the US. 😍
If the humor of this little bookstore's categorization doesn't impress you, there's a coffee shop in the back where you can mull over your sense of humor. :)
Your average B&N book selection and knowledgeable and helpful staff. Cafe has plenty of comfortable seating and exceptionally delicious baked goods. Try the warm caramel cookies!
Need to use the bathroom when walking around Park Slope? Head to the lower level and enjoy.
Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA