Best bookstores in NYC from independent to specialty bookstores

New York’s one of the most literary cities in the world, and that’s never more evident than when wandering through its brilliant independent bookstores and specialty bookshops. And because Amazon’s recommendations have got nothing on a face-to-face chat with a professional bookseller, find the best bookstore NYC has to offer for browsing new fiction or picking up the year’s best books.

Here’s a list of our favorites—listed alphabetically, of course.

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