Bookshops Worth The Trip

Walter Brennan

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I'm no English major, just a retired sergeant who likes a good crime paperback with his coffee. These are the spots in this city that still treat a book like it matters, not like a coaster. Half of em I found chasing down a lead back in the day, the other half my wife dragged me into. Either way, they earned the visit.

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Name	Comment	Address	City	Specialty
1The Mysterious Bookshop	Oldest mystery shop in the country, and the only bookstore where the staff talks murder weapons like I used to talk perps. Worth the subway ride.	58 Warren St	New York, NY 10007	Mystery, crime, and detective fiction
2The Austin Book Shop	Family's been slinging secondhand books here since the Eisenhower administration. Good luck finding a parking spot on Jamaica Ave, I never do.	104-29 Jamaica Ave	Richmond Hill, NY 11418	Used, rare, and baseball history books
3Strand Book Store	Eighteen miles of shelves and I still can't find the exit without help. A classic, like a good steak at Peter Luger.	828 Broadway	New York, NY 10003	New, used, and rare books, 18 miles of 'em
4Books Are Magic	Brooklyn, I know, don't start with me. But the kids section alone is worth crossing the bridge for the grandnephews.	225 Smith Street	Brooklyn, NY 11231	New releases and indie literary fiction
5Westsider Rare & Used Books	Floor to ceiling stacks, narrow aisles, feels like searching a suspect's apartment but nobody's getting cuffed.	2246 Broadway	New York, NY 10024	Rare, used, and out-of-print books
6Unnameable Books	Dollar carts outside, dusty treasures inside. Not Queens, but I'll allow it. That's all I got, go read something.	600 Vanderbilt Avenue	Brooklyn, NY 11238	Used books, poetry, and small press

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