(212) 260-7853
31 3rd Ave
New York,
NY
10003
40.7303
-73.9892
Neighborhoods: East Village, Downtown
What People Are Saying About St Marks Bookshop
The Editor
Contributor
Citysearch
One of the best-designed bookstores in the city, St. Mark's also gets points for knowing its clientele: Cooper Union and NYU students, plus those odd creatures who, years out of college, are still really into Derrida. St. Mark's is a downtown institution, with plenty of books and journals on literary criticism, art theory, philosophy and film. These are also the same books that eventually make it to the sale table, as opposed to the straight-to-remainder-shelf shlock passing for bargains at Barnes & Noble.
04/30/07
Saved my life
by cec523
My professor has a fondness for choosing the most obscure books known to man and then expecting us to find them in short periods of time. I had been unable to buy Eva Hoffman's Lost in Translation online. I was really surprised (not to mention panicked) when I realized this morning that I'm supposed to have the book read for tomorrow's class. After calling every Barnes and Noble in the city, not to mention the Strand, Strand Annex, Three Lives..the list goes on..I was giving up hope. And then St. Marks had it. AND, to top it all off, they're open until midnight, which is great because I have work until ten. Friendly service, as well.
The Details on St Marks Bookshop
Hipster Stance Required:
It's not what you wear, but what you read. No celeb bios here, so the unknowing passerby looking for the latest Britney memoir will come up empty-handed and get a snicker and an eyeroll. Service can be snarky; Be warned.
Bargain Books:
Regulars know to head straight for the hidden discount table in the back of the store for 80% or more off everyday on publisher's overstock bestsellers by authors you actually want to read, like Lorrie Moore and Ha Jin.
Save Money:
Regulars know to head straight for the hidden discount table in the back of the store for 80% or more off everyday on publisher's overstock bestsellers by authors you actually want to read, like Lorrie Moore and Ha Jin.
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