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  • 192 Books

    Opened in 2003, this bookstore in Chelsea also has exhibits and hosts readings, signings, and discussions.

  • A Different Light Bookstore

    An online bookseller committed to serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.

  • AddALL Book Search and Price Comparison

    An independent site which searches and compares all major online bookstores. New used and rare searches are possible.

  • Advanced Book Exchange

    "World's largest network of independent booksellers".

  • African Books Collective

    The best of African publishing - over 1,400 titles immediately available from UK warehouse.

  • Alibris

    Shop the inventory of thousands of booksellers from one secure and reliable source.

  • Amazon

    Browse the popular videos or search for more.

  • Amazon.com

    Since July 1995 Amazon has been selling books music videos and other products. This site contains links to Amazon's international sites.

  • Americana Exchange

    This site includes several services for those who collect or conduct research through old and rare books. It includes a search engine of book auctions which enables users to search listings from over 80 worldwide auction houses with one search.

  • Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

    Links to online book dealers, searchable by specialty or location. Includes online catalog of available antiquarian books.

  • Bank Street Bookstore

    Books for and about children, and numerous resources for parents and teachers. At Broadway and 112th.

  • Biblio.com

    The premier online marketplace for buying and selling used, rare, and out-of-print books. You can also search their network of independent bookstores.

  • Blackwell's Online Bookshop

    Blackwell's Bookshops is a group of over 80 academic, professional and specialist bookshops based on university campuses and high street locations throughout the UK.

  • Bluestockings

    This self-proclaimed radical bookstore in the Lower East Side is also an activist center and fair trade cafe.

  • BookCourt

    A general independent bookstore in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, this store has a commitment to Brooklyn authors and hosts a reading series.

  • Books of Wonder

    New York City's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in children's literature both new and old.

  • BookSense

    Independent bookstores for independent minds. . .online. Links to independent bookseller websites. Contains news about local authors, store events, and staff recommendations.

  • Career Examination Passbooks

    The online catalog for examination preparation guides from the National Learning Corporation. Includes civil service exams, aptitude tests, armed forces tests, and high school and college equivalency.

  • Casa del Libro

    An online Spanish language bookstore.

  • Drama Book Shop

    Have a layover at Port Authority Bus Terminal? Drop by the Drama Book Shop, only a block away. Your source for materials on all aspects of the performing arts since 1917.

  • Forbidden Planet

    This store located near Union Square carries a wide range of current titles, Manga, graphic novels and toys.

  • Freebird

    This Columbia Heights/Red Hook, Brooklyn neighborhood used book store also sells wine, beer, coffee, tea, and corn dogs!

  • French & European Publications, Inc.

    Located in Rockefeller Center, this bookstore has maps, dictionaries, adult and children's books in French, Spanish, and German.

  • Frontlist Books

    An online bookshop featuring the best new books for the scholarly avant-garde and other theoretically-minded readers.

  • Gotham Book Mart

    A longtime champion of experimental and controversial literature. (A Finnegan's Wake reading group meets on the premises.)

  • Half.com

    Find half-priced used books and textbooks from Ebay's online bookstore.

  • House of Ananda

    Magazines, newspapers, and books in Hindi, Gujrati, Bengali, Telegu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Urdu.

  • Housing Works Used Book Cafe

    This Soho store's appealing physical space includes spiral staircases and mahogany balconies, and all of the stores profits go towards programs for homeless people with HIV/AIDS.

  • Hue-Man Bookstore

    One of the nation's largest retailers in African-American titles, recently opened its new store in Harlem.

  • Jim Hanley's Universe

    With locations in Manhattan and Staten Island, Jim Hanley's carries a wide range of current titles, back issues and related merchandise.

  • Kinokuniya Book Store

    A Japanese-language bookstore at a convenient midtown location. Also carries books in English on Japanese history and culture, the Japanese language, martial arts, and other subjects.

  • Labyrinth Books

    Near Columbia University, specializing in scholarly and university press books.

  • Lectorum

    The oldest and largest Spanish-language bookstore in the United States.

  • Library Shop at the New York Public Library

    Featuring books from the NYPL's own publication division New York books and gifts children's books and toys jewelry, novelties and lots more.

  • McNally Robinson

    This general bookstore in Nolita comes equipped with a tea house and an active events calendar.

  • Mercer Street Book Store

    "We enjoy tracking down, buying and selling interesting, esoteric and weird books."

  • Midtown Comics

    Located in Times Square and Grand Central, these spacious stores carry a large collection of current titles, back issues, trade paperbacks and toys.

  • Mysterious Bookshop

    Specializing in mystery, crime, suspense, espionage, and detective fiction, from their W 56th St. location.

  • Oscar Wilde Bookshop

    The world's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore has been serving the West Village since 1967.

  • Polish Bookstore & Publishing Co., Inc.

    This Brooklyn bookstore has books in Polish and to learn Polish.

  • Powell's Books

    Shop the world's largest independent used and new bookstore.

  • Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

    Specializing in rare books and manuscripts on Spain and Portugal, as well as recently published titles from Portugal.

  • Rizzoli Bookstore

    Located in the heart of Manhattan, this bookstore and publishing house offers a beautiful setting and titles in the categories of architecture, art, fashion, interior design, and photography.

  • Shakespeare & Co.

    An independent bookstore with six locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

  • Small Press Distribution

    Only wholesaler in the country devoted exclusively to independently-produced literature. Includes searchable catalog, ordering, links to booksellers' resources, and "Librarians Online" newsletter.

  • Spoonbill & Sugartown

    Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this store "specializes in Used, Rare and New books on Contemporary Art, Architecture and various Design fields, with an emphasis on Imported or hard-to-find."

  • St. Mark's Bookshop

    This East Village store is the place to go for cultural theory, poetry and small press titles, graphic design, and film studies.

  • St. Marks Comics

    With locations in the East Village and Brooklyn, this store sells current titles, back issues, trade paperbacks and collectibles.

  • St. Vartan Bookstore

    Shop online or at the convenient 2nd Avenue location for Armenian books. The store is part of St. Vartan's Church.

  • Strand Book Store

    A New York fixture since 1927, featuring rare books, collectibles, and new titles at great prices.

  • Three Lives & Company

    A Greenwich Village shop where the staff is well-read and the environment encourages discourse.

  • Unoppressive, Non-Imperialist Bargain Books

    This small shop on Carmine Street sells remaindered books with a focus on politics, philosophy and art.

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