bookbook

Good selection– diverse for such a small store. The employees also know their stock well, which is reassuring and very much unlike places like Barnes and Noble (though lets be real who goes there anymore anyway?)
Prices are fair. Definitely not like Amazon prices, but you’re paying to shop local, employ workers in NYC, and afford a storefront in Greenwich Village, none of which is cheap.

I’ve been going here since it was a different store in a different location and it is my favorite bookstore in the city. They have a great selection of discounted books, and I always find a few books I’ve been meaning to read. They also discount new hardcovers and can order anything you want in a day or two. It’s an unpretentious store where you can take your time, and no one will bother you, but if you need anything they’re always happy to help. While you’re in the neighborhood, go to Murray’s and Grom and get some gelato for now and cheese for later.

I stopped in before a birthday dinner for my boyfriend’s grandmother, looking for a card to write in. I was pleased when I found a very cute card from an assortment of artisan options. We hadn’t gotten her a gift either so I asked one of the employees if he had any recommendations for a gift for a grandma who I don’t know that well and who doesn’t have many hobbies. I didn’t give him much to go off of, but he recommended a book of Vivian Maier’s photography. My boyfriend got an email today from his grandma saying how great she thinks the book is, and that it struck a cord emotionally with her. She was so appreciative of the thoughtful gift, and I am so appreciative to the man who helped me!

I am sorry that you won’t have the chance of serendipitously stumbling upon this little bookshop now that I am going to tell you EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
Truly, the most delightful part of my experience was stumbling upon it on an unseasonably hot day (the kind of strange sunny day when you want to be wearing a tank top instead of a winter coat). The subway was agonizingly slow, so I quit the station and decided to walk from 14^th street downtown. It got really sunny, so I ducked into one of these cozy side streets in the West Village and lo and behold: a book shop to escape the throngs of tourists milling blithely outside Murray’s Cheese.
To be honest, what caught my eye was the sign in the window about bargain books. I am loathe to spend on paper-​and-​ink novels these days when I have a Kindle and should use it to save space. My excu – justification – is to only buy physical books if they are cheaper than the Kindle version. The front of the store is dedicated to books on sale and the back half of the store has all the titles at regular price categorized by genre. Needless to say, I spent most of my time in the front of the store.
Besides finding some treasures that were cheaper than their Amazon counterparts (yes, I am one of those people who will shamelessly thumb-​search on my phone while standing at the shelf), I was very happy with the general selection of titles. I found Carlos Fuentes’ Aura in the bilingual edition, a novella that I read in high school, which you most surely cannot find in a B&N. I also found titles with covers that I like much better than the run-​o-​the-​mill covers you see at larger booksellers. I am not sure if the bargain books are gently used. I probably should have asked. But they did not look used at all!
There is something wonderful about haphazardly finding an independent bookshop to fall in love with. It’s like finding a secret. I’ll be spending less time rubbing elbows with tourists at The Strand and probably less time listening to the elevator jazz music at B&N. I think I’ve found my new go-​to bookshop.

Makes me so happy to see book stores like this still in business! Very cute and great location!

Whenever I think I’ve visited every single bookstore in NYC, I’m proven wrong. I discovered this store yesterday — and although it’s very small, the selection was decent. It’s a cozy place in what I’ve long felt is one of the most charming neighborhoods in NYC, and the woman working there was very pleasant.
(Update on 4÷2÷16): We went there today and had a pleasant & humorous conversation with the two people working there.

Whenever I think I’ve visited every single bookstore in NYC, I’m proven wrong. I discovered this store yesterday — and although it’s very small, the selection was decent. It’s a cozy place in what I’ve long felt is one of the most charming neighborhoods in NYC, and the woman working there was very pleasant.

Love love love this bookshop. Amazing collection of books! Great atmosphere; great staff. Super great prices too.

This is such a great store. My friend and I stopped in here tonight to check out their selection. They have a great number of popular paperbacks for excellent prices. Their fiction and literature sections are fantastic. They have best-​sellers, popular literary titles, classics, YA, children’s, and some great books from the recent past. I could have spent hours looking at the shelves.
The space is relatively small but easy to navigate. I highly recommend checking out this store for your next book purchase if you are down in the Greenwich/​West Village area.

This is a great little bookshop in the East Village, and Juan the bookseller is incredibly helpful and nice. (I’m a browser, so I didn’t need help, but the place is so small I overheard him helping several customers while I was there.)
I went on a Saturday, mid-​afternoon, and it was crowded but not impossibly. The front of the store seemed like it got the most browsers, because that’s where they keep their sale books and new paperbacks. So I spent a few minutes pretending to be interested in a city planning book until I could squeeze into the discounted fiction. There’s some very good deals to be had here – 50% off a lot of solid literary fiction paperbacks.
You’ll get 20% off hardcovers here, brand-​new releases included. $ 30 for City on Fire?! No, actually a more palatable $ 24 (check my math) for City on Fire.

Disclosure: I have shopped here 20+ times.
I love all things books. Libraries, museums, stores, goodreads, Phaidon, Ten speed press, Artisan…
I always visit this store when I’m in the village. Its nice, clean and small and offers a nice selection. Its not overwhelming, dusty or claustrophobia-​inducing like Strand and its not annoying like escalator mania/​dirty starbucks-​infested Barnes & Noble (at least in NY).
I don’t always find what I’m looking for, but I always find something interesting. There are some really unique hard-​to-​find books in there along with classic mainstream ones. Great fiction, cookbook, art and bargain selection. Old and new. 9 out of 10 times I don’t leave emptyhanded.

It’s a good thing he doesn’t have big, comfy chairs in here because I would never freaking leave. Like, I would be that old lady who lives in a shoe, but the shoe is bookbook, just sitting in the back, eatin Chinese food, readin’ ma books. I could easily become a hermit in this place, which is why I’m sure he doesn’t have big olé chairs for us book nerds lol.
A small, independently owned (!!! IMPORTANT !!!) book shop run by a man and his wife, they have tons of best sellers, new releases (incl. fiction, nonfiction, NYT Bestsellers, biographies, you name it, from present releases all the way in to the early 20^th century. Managed to snag The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran for $ 7, and a bunch of new releases.
The owner didn’t even know he was on Unilocal until a few weeks ago. SO CUTE!!!
Just an absolutely PERFECT book store. Cozy with an amazing selection!

CUTE BOOKSTORE ALERT. A lot of mainstream books here for cheaper prices. Plus, I love that right when you walk in the store, the yummy smell of pages hits you. It’s addicting.

I no longer work in the West Village (when I would come at least once a week to browse) and my commute nowadays is from one end of the F line to the other, but I will split my 2-​hour journey into two, happily, to make a stop at bookbook! I cannot say enough good things about this independently-​owned and lovingly curated collection of classic literature and recent publications.
bookbook is on a narrow street, but whenever I tell my friends about my favorite bookstore in the entire world, I tell them to look for the table of Bargain Books — the most easily identifiable and highlight of bookbook. These are all brand new books sold for half the price! I don’t know how they do it, but I am so glad they can.
On top of that, the staff here are the most incredibly helpful you’ll ever find. They’ve ordered and held a book for me, and they will go above and beyond to locate it for you! Each person is well-​versed in all genres but are also experts in a few, and their choice of books to stock are right on point. When I was looking for the Icelandic sagas, the person I talked to had to call up the coworker who knew which title he had ordered and the exact location where he had shelved the book (and it was the same exact copy the bookstores in Iceland recommended). You can’t find many places like this in NYC anymore!

Without consciously deciding to do so, I’ve embarked this summer on a bookshop tour of NYC. I wound up at Bookbook late one Friday night, and though I promised myself I wouldn’t buy anything, I walked out with two books and a journal for fifteen dollars (whee!). One of the books I bought I had been searching for, for ages — and to find it bargain-​priced, well. Bookbook, you’re my herohero.

Found this store while wandering through the village and was so impressed with the variety and the prices. They have a whole bargain bestseller section with books that are almost all around half off the cover price.

Just left BookBook with about 7 – 8 books for less than $ 8 each…
I enjoy non fiction books and found that section lacking but due to great prices, efficient staff, and bad ass owner who treats his staff respectfully I’ll be back for sure…
The place isn’t huge but just large enough for my liking. It’s location is also good for me.
The one and only issue I had was no SEATING — I know some people like to lounge all day but I normally buy more books when I can browse comfortably…
I’d recommend visiting this place if you love authentic book stores that offer new titles and used books at bargain prices starting at around $ 6~

This place is so cute. The staff very friendly and great choice of books…

Bookbook is goodgood!
My husband was going into the guitar shop down the street. My assignment was to entertain myself while he strummed on guitars. I noticed a large table with stacks of books. Amongst those books were some familiar book covers such as, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon and soooo many more.
When I went into the shop they had all the books everyone has been reading, yours truly included, Gone Girl by Flynn and Not That KInda Girl by Dunham.
What a little gem of a bookstore! I will definitely be stopping by more often to pick up my literature fix!

Small book store, nothing special. If you’re looking for a popular book, go to book book. They are obviously no Barnes and Nobles, but it is a good store if you’re looking for an in and popular book.

$ 8 paperbacks; 20% off hard-​covers. This place is amazing. I’m never buying a new book anywhere else!!!

I love this bookstore. It is so unpretentious and the staff are super down-​to-​earth and friendly and very helpful. If you can’t find a book you’re looking for, they can order it for you at list price. The owner has a lot of local suppliers so they get shipments in fairy frequently. I got my Aussie lit within 2 days.

Great selection of books for children and adults! I love coming here and getting a book or two for myself and my young niece. There’s always a sale. Very friendly staff.
Bought a picture book once for my niece, I didn’t mind there being a little rip on the cover, but I was given an extra 10% discount because of it. No where else would that happen!!!
My ONLY critique is that there’s not a seat (like a comfortable couch or chair) to sit on to enjoy reading your newly purchased book. Good thing Washington Square Park is not too far, just hope it’s a nice, sunny day.

Upon first entry, I had flashbacks of a similar store that had terrible selection and high prices (for an independent bookstore) but oh, this place is a literature bug’s dream.
Their science fiction section is smaller than my waist, but their extensive poetry and fiction section is honestly so beautiful I think I stated a the same bookshelf for ten minutes and on every shelf I saw at least three books that I have longed to read, have read and loved, or heard of their reputation through other voracious readers I know. Their selection is phenomenal. Prices are retail, though they do have specially marked sections for lower-​priced books. If you’re more of a used book store fanatic, I advise you to at least give bookbook a chance. I’ve never seen such a high concentration of simply fantastic, worthwhile books in a long time.

I like to repeat words twice, too. There’s extra emphasis on the word and it’s also quite cute.
bookbook is cute. It’s on a cute stretch of Bleecker Street. It’s relatively small, but is completely filled with books — from floor to ceiling and on every inch of each tabletop. In fact, the cutest thing is that there are too many books for the amount of shelving available that some books spill out of the bottom shelves and are stacked on top of each other close to the floor. Rest assured that books are not haphazardly stacked in messy piles; books written by the same author are arranged in their own neat stack near the floor.
bookbook has an impressive selection of fiction, new releases, New York-​related pieces of literature, books for youngsters, and bargain books! The bargain tables outside of the store are bound to catch the eyes of people on the sidewalk for its size and reading material variety (it sure caught mine!), and the bargain shelves inside of the store are no joke. Many popular titles (some even in hardcover form!) are almost half off the retail price, if not more. The store, while small, is also organized well with clearly labeled sections.
The staff members are lovely. Another customer told them her favorite authors and received thoughtful book recommendations with such patience and kindness. One staff member was particularly knowledgeable and I learned a thing or two just by eavesdropping!
Likelihood of another visit:
I didn’t have as much time to browse as I would have liked, but I would love to visit again! I’d also love to hear the book recommendations the staff members could offer.
Hi hi!
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Where where?
bookbook.
Bye bye.
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I stumbled on bookbook while walking around the West Village, and it was a lovely little store. The space was small and packed wall to wall with books — it had that cozy personal library feel. There was a table out front with a fantastic selection of discounted books, and it did its job getting pedestrians into the store.
The shelves were neatly organized, and the selection was well curated. I wouldn’t go to bookbook expecting to find a popular novel from 2001 or anything like that, but browsing around I found several books that I liked and would like to read. I walked away with a brand new copy of Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson for something like eight bucks.
The staff was very friendly, in keeping with the welcoming atmosphere of the place. I liked bookbook a lot. I think it adds a lot of charm to an already charming neighborhood.

What a cute little bookstore! Bookbook may not be a big bookstore, but for a small bookstore, it surprisingly has a variety of volumes! Their selections range from politics, current events, history, cooking, gardening, kids’ books, fiction, etc. The usual, but surprisingly a good number of really meaningful books.
I ended up buying Virginia Woolf’s «To the Lighthouse» for just $ 7! Good deal.
I highly recommend this place — they have great deals and frequent sales, and it’s a cute and fun place to just spend an hour or two in the Village.