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Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • One of Scientific American's Best Staff Reads of 2023A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel t...
View full details“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourse...
View full detailsFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to l...
View full detailsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricate...
View full detailsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our worl...
View full detailsThree estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue)...
View full detailsTHE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! A sturdy and beautiful book to give...
View full detailsA pocket-sized guide to goings-on in New York City―now in its fourth year!This attractive little volume offers a day-by-day guide to the coming yea...
View full detailsYue-Sai Kan, who People magazine coined as the "most famous woman in China," shares the riveting odyssey of how she became a household name.Yue-Sai...
View full detailsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we ...
View full detailsLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The modest apartment on Via ...
View full detailsWhen an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassinatio...
View full detailsThis charming introduction to colors, shapes, and animals has been delighting children all over the world for ten years! There is a surprise on eve...
View full detailsThe longest-running picture book on the New York Times bestseller list, now available in a board bookPress the yellow dot on the cover of this inte...
View full detailsAn evocative coming-of-age memoir—the story of the education of a wayward wild child and acidhead who, searching for meaning and purpose, found ref...
View full detailsAn Instant New York Times Bestseller“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for ...
View full details2024 Nautilus Book Award Winner * The Marginalian Favorite Books of 2023An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how compl...
View full detailsIt's time to turn out the lights and say "night-night" to New York City with this bedtime baby book featuring landmarks and locations in the Big Ap...
View full detailsFrom the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.Included in BI...
View full detailsA Boston Globe “20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall” and a Next Big Idea Club “Must-Read Book for September 2024”The Pulitzer Prize–winning ar...
View full detailsOWS is an intimate collection of 89 poems from Jane Seskin, a working psychotherapist and author. Seskin, authentic, funny, insightful, quirky and ...
View full detailsA READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contempora...
View full detailsFrom the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers,...
View full detailsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer ....
View full detailsA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR - PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE WEEK - Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University's annual ...
View full detailsThink you know the Big Apple? Think again!Did you know that 25 species of shark swim off NYC's coastline?Or that astronauts can see the lights of T...
View full detailsA pocket-sized guide to goings-on in New York City―now in its fourth year!This attractive little volume offers a day-by-day guide to the coming yea...
View full detailsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from t...
View full detailsIan Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been wal...
View full detailsIt's time to turn out the lights and say "night-night" to New York City with this bedtime baby book featuring landmarks and locations in the Big Ap...
View full detailsCount to Sleep New York City features the Statue of Liberty, hot dog stands, taxi cabs, Central Park, Broadway theaters, library lions, bridges, Ro...
View full detailsGood Night Central Park explores the Central Park Zoo, street performers, statues, the various pools and ponds, Lasker Rink and Pool, Conservatory ...
View full detailsBased on the beautiful designs of Mr. Boddington's Studio, this board book is the perfect introduction to the ABCs of NYC.This board book teaches t...
View full detailsThis memoir from the influential art dealer and author offers an up close and personal perspective on New York’s vibrant art scene of the sixties a...
View full detailsAn evocative coming-of-age memoir—the story of the education of a wayward wild child and acidhead who, searching for meaning and purpose, found ref...
View full detailsI am glad I have the radiance. This time I am wiser. No one will know... The radiance drifts blue circles around my head. If I wanted to I could fl...
View full detailsThis fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice—from the authors of the “great beach read” (Bookreporter) E...
View full detailsNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York ...
View full detailsA Newsweek and Reader's Digest most-anticipated read of 2023. In the thrilling first crime novel from the former director of the FBI, a murder inve...
View full detailsA sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing ...
View full detailsOccupy Wall Street did not come from nowhere. It was part of a long history of riot, revolt, uprising, and sometimes even revolution that has shape...
View full detailsPULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incre...
View full detailsWhat did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? Cheap Amuseme...
View full details"No American fiction of the year merits recognition more than this Russian's stories of Yiddish life. … [Mr. Cahan] is a humorist, and his humor do...
View full detailsIn this classic rags-to-riches tale, discover the exhilarating story of one boy’s metamorphosis from a street urchin in New York City to a handsome...
View full details"An essential text for all students of design . . . [and] inspiration and intel for those simply interested in the art and practice." --Alexa Hampt...
View full detailsA new translation of philosopher Walter Benjamin's work as it pertains to his famous essay, "The Storyteller," this collection includes short stori...
View full detailsAfter years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is th...
View full detailsSince its publication - Delirious New York (1978) has attained mythic status. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city ...
View full details"The black experience in the antebellum South has been thoroughly documented. But histories set in the North are few. In the Shadow of Slavery, the...
View full detailsNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrai...
View full detailsNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BLAKE LIVELY AND JUSTIN BALDONI!From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your...
View full details“A big project knocking around in a small package, portending even bigger projects ahead.”—New York Times“A little Kafkaesque, a little Hitchcockia...
View full detailsNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Week...
View full detailsSomething is changing in Hell. A man is found dead, murdered in a horrific manner--even by Hell's standards--and he is merely the first of many. U...
View full details“Bridgerton fans will swoon over this entertaining romp through Britain’s Regency-era high society.”—People"A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting is a ...
View full detailsA 2022 Sturgeon Award Nominee!A 2022 Edgar Award Nominee!Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau combines the science fiction premise of the famous...
View full detailsA haunting feminist sci-fi masterpiece and international bestseller that is “as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe” (Doris Lessing)While vacationing in a...
View full detailsSHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARDFINALIST FOR THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD IN FICTIONA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“Allegra Hyde’s ...
View full detailsNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A restless young journalist with big dreams interviews a Hollywood heartthrob—and reunites with him ten years later to discov...
View full detailsEstablished in 1983, Shakespeare & Co. stands as an iconic literary institution in Manhattan, beloved by both locals and visitors alike. From timeless tales to vibrant canvases, its legacy continues to leave an indelible mark on the cultural fabric of the city.
Hey art lovers! We’re excited to announce the grand opening of our new art supply store, right beneath the iconic Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore on the Upper East Side! Our boutique is your new go-to spot for all things art and crafts in the neighborhood.
This manikin is an incredibly useful tool for learning to draw the human form. Accurately proportioned, simplified shapes allow beginners and seaso...
View full detailsThis visual guide to color mixing illustrates color relationships through a series of windows and color tones on a moveable wheel. Master your unde...
View full detailsThis 8-piece POSCA marker set features markers that can be used on almost any surface you can dream up - paper, glass, cardboard, wood, porcelain, ...
View full detailsOn-site watercolor painting is simple with a studio right at the artists' fingertips! The set includes a waterbrush with a large water reservoir ba...
View full detailsWith their ambidexterous design, these scissors are a household staple for everyone - they feature high quality, durable blades with sharp edges an...
View full detailsButtery and vibrant, this color is made from only the finest pigments. Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Color is lush and highly pigmented, allowin...
View full detailsThis set contains twelve 2 oz. tubes of Heavy Body acrylic color – acra violet, brilliant blue, brilliant orange, brilliant yellow, bronze yellow, ...
View full detailsTransport and store supplies safely in these translucent polypropylene plastic storage units. The storage box includes a lift-out tray and multiple...
View full detailsCray-Pas Expressionist oil pastels are widely accepted by teachers, hobbyists and artists for their bright, vivid colors and exceptional versatilit...
View full detailsDecorate, doodle, color-code and vision board with these Gelly Roll pens! These pens glide smoothly for comfortable writing and note-taking. Gelly ...
View full detailsConstructed of durable transparent plastic mesh. The Art Alternatives White Mesh bag allows you to easily see all of your tools at once while keepi...
View full detailsThis paper pad is great for experimenting, practice of techniques, quick studies, life/figure drawing, preliminary and practice drawing and finishe...
View full detailsStrathmore Paper Company began St. Patrick’s Day in 1892, when Horace Moses opened the Mittineague paper mill in West Springfield, MA. Ever since t...
View full detailsDesigned to appeal to students, this watercolor pad combines performance with value. It features textured watercolor paper with a durable surface t...
View full detailsManufactured using environmentally friendly, sustainable processes, this recycled drawing pad features heavy-weight, micro-perforated sheets ideal ...
View full detailsThe Marquis easel is a portable storage box that converts to a painting easel with one simple adjustment - and folds back up just as easily. A conv...
View full detailsMany artists swear by clutch pencils (also known as drafting pencils or lead holders). Traditional wood-cased pencils change in size, weight and ba...
View full detailsArt Alternatives Illustration Markers combine vibrant, easy flowing alcohol-based inks with dual nibs, making them ideal for coloring on canvas, pa...
View full detailsITEMS INCLUDED IN THE KIT (AS WRITTEN ON CLASS LIST): Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache Color, 37ml, Permanent White Winsor & Newton Desig...
View full detailsThis Make & Play Set invites children to create their own toys to play with! It includes two pop-out cardboard characters and over 600 high glo...
View full detailsThis tempera paint disc set is a low-mess, fun way to paint! A wet brush will easily pick up plenty color from the large discs of paint, allowing t...
View full detailsFormulated from exceptionally brilliant dye dissolved in a superior shellac solution, this ink is water-resistant when dry, ideal for layering, ill...
View full detailsThis multifunctional tote board is great for both indoor or outdoor sketching and painting. Made of untempered 5mm MDF, it features heavy duty clip...
View full detailsGelly Roll Moonlight Pens shed light onto art works, school projects, memos and more. The ultra vivid, opaque inks are luminous on light or dark pa...
View full detailsCray-Pas Expressionist oil pastels are widely accepted by teachers, hobbyists and artists for their bright, vivid colors and exceptional versatilit...
View full detailsThis is a cute bookstore with a variety of titles, fiction, blind date books. It has a cute cafe with a variety of tea, coffee, wine and beer. They also have ample seating where you can enjoy your drink and books. Some of the tea, coffees, and lattes have books, names like Great Gatsby, Mocking Jay and others.
I often stop by here to buy a book. They have a great book selection written by diverse authors. They will order a book for you if they don't have it. Staff are usually kind and willing to help. I have to give 5 stars because I can tell the staff has excellent values, showing desire to support readers who seek knowledge for understanding historical oppression, present-day oppression, and liberation causes.
Nice quaint bookstore that had a small coffee shop in the front which made it pretty crowded…a good sign. My best part was their unique “Blind date with a book” concept. I plan a double blind date for my next visit.
Well curated bookstore, willing to share their expertise.
One of my go to places to buy wisdom.
One of the best book stores on the Upper East Side...
Very friendly staff (but not the pushy kind that follow you around while you shop). Great selection even if it's smaller than other NYC bookstores. Unfortunately I came on a busy Saturday so I couldn't get a spot at the cafe, but would love to come back!
A charming bookstore like it used to be. And a small cafe inside with pastries.
Great book store with lost of options. However they don't carry many hard cover books which I found disappointing. The coffee shop has great coffee and a nice place to sit and read.
Good book selection, yummy croissants, and GOOD LATTES! Much better than Starbucks for sure! And if you go to Hunter, they offer student discount for books and food!