Click through to discover Maureen's latest addition to her wonderful Fine Preservers Books on Etsy, where she only sells vintage Penguin Books.
Daunt Books in London is my favorite bookshop. Order from them while they are closed due to covid, you will not be disappointed!
The West Village travel bookshop shares some of their current favorite reads to keep your mind on a journey of its own.
Counterpoint Records and Books is my favorite used and rare bookshop in Hollywood. Do not miss it if you are in that neck of the woods.
Woodstock Bring Your Own shares a list of educational books for Earth Day!
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks is definitely one of my favorites in New York. Though the shop is obviously currently closed, Bonnie will ship to you at a time when cookbooks are becoming more and more essential...
Unnameable Books in Prospect Heights put together a Pandaemonium reading list. Click through for some good reads.
Maureen Rodgers, owner of Hillsdale's Rodgers Book Barn shares some reading recommendations to make your quarantine a little more interesting and less long.
Revolution Books in Harlem has launched its online store. Take a look at their current selection.
Better Read Than Dead, Bushwick's bountiful used and rare bookshop is shipping lots of their inventory while they are closed. Click through to discover their recommended reading list.
Aeon Bookstore sells secondhand and rare books in a cool shop in Chinatown. They specialize in underrepresented ideas throughout poetry, art, philosophy, design and politics, among other topics.
If like me you are obsessed by libraries, specifically New York Public Libraries, you will love their bookshop, which sits in their main branch on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Their lovely staff individually picked out lots of great reads, including some classics from our childhood. Oh and of course, when they reopen, go say hello to Winnie-the-Pooh on your way out!
Japanese Bonjour Records made a little quarantine reading list for us.
If you are French, or have a kid, or are just a francophile, or a lover of cute small things, or all of the above, La Librairie des Enfants is the place for you! Lynda Ouhenia, the shop's owner shares loads of fun kid picks.
Galignani reminds me of my childhood. It has always been an absolute favorite in Paris. They also specialize in books in English. Galignani's director, Danielle Cillien Sabatier made a special confinement reading list for us.
Albertine is the most impressive and inspiring French bookshop in America. Their deputy director Miriam has put together a special reading list to help you relax during these stressful days.
Artists' Books pioneer Printed Matter picks out Sol Lewitt, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and an Art-Rite compilation from its catalog of 45,000 titles. Place an order on their website. It is difficult to resist, as some of their books look just as good online as they do in the flesh.
Everybody in New York's favorite bookshop, The Strand picks out a couple of special reads in honor of Women's History Month. With its online and physical stores temporarily closed to the public, the best way to support your fave shop is to buy an e-gift card.
Open by appointment since 1999, Greenpoint's secret High Valley Books specializes in design books and periodicals. Owner Bill Hall picks out a nice range of some of his favorite detective novels, vintage magazine issues and interior decoration books.
Dashwood Books has downtown New York's most sophisticated and fun collection of photography books, fashion books, artists' books and monographs. Owner David Strettell shares a few of his very interesting finds.
Left Bank Books' eclectic selection of vintage, used and rare books specializes in beautiful editions of art, photography and literature books. Erik DuRon and Jess Kuronen share their current top nine.
Kew Gardens' very own crowdfunded bookshop Kew & Willow Books shares their six current favorites. They are still shipping.
Otto Penzler from the Mysterious Bookshop picks out five of his favorite reads at the moment. Their beautiful shop in TriBeCa closed yesterday, but you can still place website orders, which will be shipped once business resumes.
Toby Cox, owner of Three Lives & Company helps us make a special self isolation reading list. Currently closed to foot traffic, the Village's crown jewel of indie bookshops is still providing curbside service, free delivery in the West Village and shipping beyond the area.