Welcome to *Spotlight on NYC Bookstores*

This blog is an evolving directory of bookstores in the five boroughs of New York.

It was created as a guide for those visiting Manhattan in May 2010 for Book Expo America, Book Blogger Con, or Book Week.

Please use it as a self-guided tour to bookish delights in the Big Apple!

Hue-Man Bookstore and Cafe - Manhattan

Hue-Man Bookstore and Café

“The Largest African-American Bookstore in the Nation”

2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd (125 and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY  10027-3612

phone:  212-665-7400
fax:  212-665-1071

Monday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday:  11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

www.huemanbookstore.com
Facebook fan page for Hue-Man Bookstore and Café
twitter:  @huemanBooks

Directions via public transportation:
B/D/C: 1 block
2/3:  2 blocks

Bluestockings - Manhattan

Bluestockings

“Bluestockings is a bookstore, fair trade cafe, and activist center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

We carry over 6000 titles on topics such as queer and gender studies, global capitalism, feminism, police and prisons, democracy studies, and black liberation. You can also find some good ‘ole smutty fiction. We also carry magazines, zines, journals, [...]