This is the first bookstore I discovered in New York, and when I was still a stranger here, it was kind of my second home.
Here (like in every American bookstore) you can sit and read for hours. All the books, all the magazines are here and the salespeople are adorable. There are small chairs in the store, but the best thing is to go the the bookstore café and get a scone. From there, you’ll have the best view on Prince Street, one of the most hipster loaded streets I know :)
McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St, New York NY, 10012
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Add yoursMy favorite bookstore! I love living near this spot. One of my favorite places.
i discovered such a place in tokyo and it’s one of my favourite places there :)
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That looks and sounds like an amazing place, wish we had something similar here.
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Really beautiful bookstore !!
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I used to love going to book stores and just look at books! now, all the book stores are gone! so sad!!
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Oh, I totally fell for this place while I was living in New York this summer! They have such a great selection of little notebooks and the best iced lattes!
Seems like a very confortable and nice place!
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I love this bookshop and for me it was also the first bookshop I visited whilst I lived in NYC. I have to agree with you about the staff and also sitting in café, street/people watching. It also has great reading events. :-)
Arggh pourquoi ça n’existe pas en France?! Pour le côté “cosy” la Fnac… on repassera!
C’est ma librairie préférée de New York aussi! J’habitais à 10 minutes avant. Je l’adore pour son ambiance, sa sélection de livres et ses cookies au peanut butter trop bons.
J’adore cet endroit!!!
J’ai acheté la plupart de mes livres là-bas, c’est ma librairie préféré.
J’aime beaucoup cette librairie. Quand je suis à NY, un petit détour s’ impose toujours. C’est là-bas que j’ai acheté Freedom de Franzen. Une autre que j’aime, voire préfère, c’est St Mark’s Bookshop (31 Third Avenue between 8th and 9th Street).
It is exciting to see how much you enjoy this bookstore! I used to visit a bookstore in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada called McNally Robinson (http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/about#.UKUvnNf554M) and it was one of my favourite places. I knew it had a few sister stores and now know that McNally Jackson in NY is one of them.
Bookstores and libraries are so special. I am 25, and I am sad that so many of my friends don’t care for bookstores. The best ones are ones that have mostly used books and a few old, fat cats wandering around!
Je ne connaissais pas Garance…J’adore les librairies de New york, moi quand je viens à New York, je prends désormais l’habitude de me poser dans la très grande librairie située dans le grand centre shopping de Colombus circle, il y a aussi Barnes and Noble mais j’aime moins car trop de monde (je ne suis pas très originale, c’est mon côté touriste).
P.S: ah oui, j’ai découvert lors de mon dernier voyage une librairie japonaise super top, située sur la 6ème avenue, c’est sûr j’y retournerai et j’en profiterai pour découvrir Mc Nally Jackson :)
I love this place style!!!
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bookstores are dangerous, I always end up living with way more that I orginally intended.
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I love spending time in bookstores! Especially at night, I call it my second home aswell
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I love this bookstore!! Great staff!
yay~ good to know! now i know where to go when i’m in new york and just want to settle down with a light read.
I’m sad that so many bookstores in LA seems to be closing down. Nooks and tablets are taking over! :(
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I wish we have something like this in Guangzhou or at least in HK , but even so it will be to crowded. In US i use to really like one in Baltimore , i forget the name but the view was so beautiful and the place so peaceful. I love books so much !
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Garance: alalala ca ne se dit plus Hipster mais Chipster ….
Garance, please check out the best book store in the world. It’s in Buenos Aires. El Grand Splendid in Avenida Santa Fe.
Sorry, the best ever book store is called El Ateneo in Buenos Aires. Hugs :-)
I started reading books by Rumer Godden, British, this last year. They are terrific. Black Narcissus is a total classic. Her characters always have something so surprising and shocking about them. Her memoirs are fascinating — especially the first one.
Of course, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the best of all times. Just finished DV by Diana Vreeland and loved it; also The Fall about 1960s Paris fashion. Thanks Garance for the tip on those two.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall, her memoir. So poignant. A great read.
Rain of Gold and all the books by Victor Villasenor. Every time I start to complain about something, I think of what his grandmother went through in the Mexican Revolution. Fascinating look into Mexican-American life in California. Not at all what you might expect. His memoir , Burro Genius, about being a dyslexic kid in the 1950s and beaten bloody by teachers for speaking Spanish, even though his father was wealthy at the time, shows how far we’ve come.
Waiting to find some contemporary novels that knock my socks off. Memoirs and biographies seem more passionate to me these days. I will try some of the ones recommended. Thank you everyone and Alex.
Encore un lieu à retenir :)
xx.
One of my favorite spots in NYC, at one of my favorite streets in the whole world! I miss being there…
This is my fave bookstore in NY and their scones are wonderful.
my absolute favorite bookstore.. i can spend hours getting lost here