Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Begin your New York City bookstore adventure by buying a good map of New York City. Even if you are a local New Yorker, getting around the entire city is a daunting task. Mark individual bookstores on the map to create a guide map for yourself, and you will quickly find New York's bookstores are a treasure trove of literary gold.
Step2
Climb a mountain of books at the Strand bookstore. The Strand has more than 2 million new and used books--in fact, they advertise over 18 miles of books! Interestingly, if you are a decorator creating a library, you can purchase books by the foot, with prices ranging from $300 a foot down to $10. This famous bookstore is easy to find at the corner of Broadway and Twelfth Street.
Step3
Lose yourself within the comfortable confines of the Gotham Book Mart bookstore. For over a hundred years, this incredible place is where many famous writers have ventured for inspiration and leisure. The bookstore motto says it all: Wise men fish here.
Step4
Visit the publishers directly. New York City has long been the center of America's publishing industry and many major publishers have their own bookstores. Explore a few of the literary offerings from the bookstores of the publishers directly.
Step5
Mysteries, alien worlds, comic books, travel and children's literature are just a few of the specialty genres of the hundreds of New York City bookstores. If you are a voracious reader of a particular variety of book, New York City has a bookstore just for you.
