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Legendary home of 18 miles of new, used & rare books since 1927. Located at Union Square and UWS.📚 Shop online at http://strandbooks.com📕
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Signed copies of our USA Today Bestseller AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN are back at @strandbooks.com! Thanks again, lovely Strand staff! Find AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC on 1st floor American History tables & A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN in the Paranormal section! 🖤
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Next Monday, 12/15, join prophetic playwright John Guare and dramaturg Michael Paller at @strandbooks.com in New York City for a discussion of Guare’s remarkable works for the stage, newly collected in the LOA series. Purchase tickets and find more info: www.strandbooks.com/john-guare-m...
Purchase a Ticket for Event John Guare + Michael Paller: John Guare: Plays | Strand Books
Join us at Strand Books for John Guare + Michael Paller: John Guare: Plays event. Discover author talks, book signings, and unique literary experiences.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our holiday shipping deadlines, for all your last minute gifts ✨🎁 Need ideas? Browse our 2025 gift guide: buff.ly/C7Z8ZnB
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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New York! Came up to stuff your stockings with signed stock ✨ HOT WAX, IWWV, and GRAVEYARD, check @strandbooks.com @bnunionsqnyc.bsky.social and @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social Soho (and tomorrow some stops in Brooklyn)! #booksky #nyc @simonbooks.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our updated holiday hours are here! ✨📚
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We crunched the numbers on your reading habits this year, and the results were... quite insightful. buff.ly/PhBmM9i
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The @nytimes.com Top Books of 2025 are here, literally, in our stores and on our website. And we even have signed copies too, from @danielkraus.com, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, and Kiran Desai! buff.ly/aSn9G54
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Upcoming Events in December! Ava Reid, Good Noticings, Ethan Hawke, and more!
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
20% off all online orders today at www.strandbooks.com !!!! Sale ends at midnight EST!
Shop Books Online - Collectibles, Signed Editions & Staff Picks
Buy books online including bestsellers, first editions, and rare collectibles from New York’s largest independent bookstore. Legendary Home of 18 Miles of Books since 1927.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Thanks to everyone @strandbookstore.bsky.social for an incredible event last night, it was everything I could have dreamed of, and more!! To @alexanderchee.bsky.social for the lovely conversation I keep thinking about, all the amazing audience questions, all the writers there, & so many great hugs 💕
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Discover our Holiday Gift Guide, filled with hand-picked books, totes, apparel, and more—thoughtfully curated to make gift-giving joyful and effortless this season.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Yes, TERRY DACTYL is in the front window *and* on the Contemporary Bestsellers table @strandbookstore.bsky.social, just in time for my NYC launch at the Strand on Wednesday, November 19th (in conversation with @alexanderchee.bsky.social, please spread the word!!🎉🎉🎉 Masks strongly encouraged💕💕💕
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
History hasn't been this unhinged... Sam Pinkleton shocks the room with this fun fact! 🛩️ ⛴️

Just a taste of our event with the cast & creatives of "OH, MARY!". Watch the rest of the conversation on our YouTube channel! buff.ly/WLgU5vv
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This week’s new releases are sparkling with gems! 🌟
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November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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David Duchovny discusses poetry and his new book, "About Time," with Jia Tolentino at Strand Books
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David Duchovny Debuts Poetry Book ‘About Time’ At Strand Bookstore
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November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's Staff Pick Friday! This time from Malia who recommends PIANO TEACHER by Elfriede Jelinek! ✨
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our October events were full of literary stars and stars writing literature. Swipe through some highlights of the incredible faces that passed through our doors last month and we hope you’ll join us at an event this November! 🥂
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What’s this? New Patti Smith? Ft. National Book Award Finalist Bryan Washington? Remixed by Brad Fox’s lost year in the Peruvian Jungle? Plus a thrilling new novel from Oyinkan Braithwaite (author of MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER)? What a week to be in books.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Upcoming November events at The Strand 📚
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November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Step into Fall with our new line of beanies, keychains, and totes. www.strandbooks.com/collections/... 📚 🍂
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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We're on the front table at The @strandbookstore.bsky.social, NYC! 2 Signed Copies now available! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION examines real, haunted history through the lens of Gothic Literature! An "Instant USA Today Bestseller!" 🖤👻🖤
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Yes, it's the NYC book launch for TERRY DACTYL on November 19, 7 pm @strandbookstore.bsky.social, please spread the word!!🎉🎉🎉 Yes, I'll be in conversation w/ @alexanderchee.bsky.social, get ready💎💎 Masks strongly encouraged, let's take care of one another💕 Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/mattilda-b...
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As we head into Hallo-week we’ve got tricks and treats for you: new and recycled essays from Zadie Smith, a reissue of a 1980s gay classic (JACK THE MODERNIST), a novel about friendship and rivalry (THE DEVIL IS A SOUTHPAW), and a crime novel from Danielewski (TOM’S CROSSING). buff.ly/WNO5WUt
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Join us for a release event with notable actress Haley Lu Richardson, discussing her new book of poetry I’M SAD AND HORNY. (Sad/sexy clown costumes encouraged!) ✨
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October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We are back with another Staff Pick Friday, this time from Sinead, who recommends EXCITING TIMES by Naoise Dolan! ✨
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM