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Our Favorite NYC Bookstores & Markets
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items Nothing beats an afternoon browsing bookstores or wandering markets on a morning coffee stroll. New York City is the perfect place for both. With grand markets littered throughout the city and bookstores around almost every corner, it’s impossible no...
Get the full guide at latteslifeandluggage.com/blog/a-guide-to-nyc-markets-amp-bookstores.
Get the full guide at latteslifeandluggage.com/blog/a-guide-to-nyc-markets-amp-bookstores.
Shop a unique mix of vendors featuring vintage and handmade goods from artists, artisans, and makers while supporting creatives from the local community.
Chelsea Flea — Brooklyn Flea
From vintage items to handmade finds, you’ll find great deals and unique treasures at this Brooklyn market.
Bushwick Market
From gelato to a cheese monger, Jamaican cuisine, several Asian concepts like Maki a Mano’s hand-rolled sushi and dim sum at the ornately decorated Buddakan, fresh mini doughnuts from Doughnutttery, and over a hundred pasta shapes at Di Martino’s, th...
Chelsea Market
From prints to clothing, aura readings, and beauty products, there’s a multitude of artists, makers, and small businesses to discover all under one roof.
Artists & Fleas - Chelsea Market
With over one hundred independent vendors to shop from, browse everything from antiques to clothing, accessories to handmade goods, art, and more. Shopping at the Grand Bazaar also supports local schools to fund enrichment programs and classroom supp...
Grand Bazaar NYC
Market 57 has a unique blend of culinary finds from homestyle Indian to Korean Bibimbap, Cajun cuisine, Chinese-American Dim Sum, specialty coffee, gourmet hot dogs, and more.
Market 57
The shop has become known across social media for its ceiling mural featuring hand-painted depictions of constellations, stars, and planets. Albertine hosts book clubs, author panels, readings, discussions, and other events dedicated to literature.
Albertine
Being a gathering place for food lovers and the culinary curious, Archestratus hosts classes, readings, tastings, performances, dinner parties, and more for a truly unique food-centric experience.
Archestratus Books + Foods
If you’re looking for something rare and old, this is a great place to start. Even if they don’t have it, they can probably help you find it.
Argosy Book Store
This is a great spot to browse and find something unexpected.
East Village Books NYC
Housing Works is more than just a store; it’s a mission. The store sells secondhand books, along with a collection of clothing, gifts, and household items and every purchase goes towards supporting homeless people living with HIV and AIDS in NYC.
Housing Works Bookstore
Left Bank Books may be small, but it’s also unique, which makes it worth a visit.
Left Bank Books
This shop’s stacks of books will keep you browsing for hours, but if that’s not enough, the vinyl collection will keep you even longer.
Mercer Street Books For Better Used Books & Vinyl - NYC
You don’t visit The Strand to find a book, you visit The Strand so a book can find you.
Strand Books
Much more than a bookshop, The Center for Fiction is a nonprofit literary organization bringing writers and readers together in one community.
The Center for Fiction
While the store is fun with an aesthetic made for Instagram, what’s garnered such a dedicated fan base is the inclusivity and welcoming atmosphere that sisters Leah and Bea have put at the core of the experience.
The Ripped Bodice