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Pre Order Your Signed Copies

A rich variety of authors, artists and photographers visit Strand throughout the year, presenting and discussing their work, answering questions, and signing their books. Now when you can't make an event, you can order signed copies from nearly every author that comes to visit!

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Outliers

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

From the #1 bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, a stunning new book that takes readers on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous... (Save 25%) more...

A Mercy

Mercy by Toni Morrison

A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade... (Save 25%) more...

2666: A Novel

2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano; (Translation From The Spanish) Natasha Wimmer

Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolano's life, "2666" was greeted across Europe & Latin America as his posthumous masterpiece, surpassing even his previous work in its beauty, strangeness & scope.... (Save 25%) more...

ABC 3D

Abc 3d by Marion Bataille

Turn the pages of this remarkable book and you'll be treated to twenty-six three-dimensional letters that move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. X becomes... (Save 25%) more...

Thames: The Biography

Thames: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

In this perfect companion to "London: The Biography," Peter Ackroyd describes the English Mississippi's endless allure. The book meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short lively chapters,... (Save 25%) more...

The Wettest County In the World

Wettest County In the World by Matt Bondurant

In the 1920s, renowned American author Sherwood Anderson called Franklin County, Virginia, "The Wettest County in the World," due to its prominent moonshine industry. Now, Matt Bondurant presents a fictionalized... (Save 50%) more...

Sweet Land of Liberty

Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights In the North by Thomas J. Sugrue

Thomas Sugrue's panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present - more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters,... (Save 25%) more...

Antoine's Alphabet

Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World by Jed Perl

Weaving together historical fact and personal reflections, the influential art critic Jed Perl reconstructs the amazing story of this pioneering bohemian artist who, although he died in 1721 when he was... (Save 20%) more...

Words In Air

Words In Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell by Elizabeth Bishop; Robert Lowell; (Editors) Thomas Travisano & Saskia Hamilton

Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that, "you have always been my favorite poet & favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling... (Save 25%) more...

Man Booker Prize Winner

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Winner of the 40th Man Booker Prize, this debut novel vividly explores India's class struggle through the story of a village boy who becomes the chauffeur to a rich man. Detailing narrator Balram Halwai's... (Save 25%) more...

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks by William Burroughs; Jack Kerouac; (Editor) James Grauerholz

This incomparable artifact from the early days of the Beats proves itself as much a fascinating piece of American literary history as it does a remarkable window into the personal lives of two hugely influential... (Save 25%) more...

More Information Than You Require

More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman

Like its predecessor (The Areas of My Expertise), More Information Than You Require compiles incredibly handy made up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling... (Save 21%) more...

Delta Blues

Delta Blues by Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz - brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the legendary figures who shaped... (Save 25%) more...

The Other

Other by Ryszard Kapuscinski; (Translation) Antonia Lloyd-Jones

In this distillation of his reflections accumulated from a lifetime of travel, Kapuscinski takes a fresh look at the Western idea of the Other: the non-European or non-American. Looking at this concept... (Save 25%) more...

A Lion Among Men

Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire

(The Wicked Years, Volume 3). Since WICKED was first published in 1995, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar... (Save 25%) more...

Photo Contest

24 chances to win! Enter your photos of the Strand for a chance to win an afternoon with Mary Ellen Mark, 50 Aperture photo books, a Pratt CCPS class and much more. Submit your photos and vote for your favorites here.

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YOUR Favorite Books

In celebration of Strand's 80th Anniversary, we are proud to present the top 80 books, as chosen by you, our customers.

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Upcoming Event

November 19
7:00PM - 9:00PMAll are invited to the launch party of the Strand's first ever photography contest to meet Aperture photographers and celebrate. All artists will sign copies of their books, purchased at the Strand.

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Introducing StrandTV

Can't make an event? Watch it live! Click here for more information and to view archived events.

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David Hockney Tote, "A Bag Full of Books"

David Hockney is considered by many people to be one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. During a visit to the Strand in the 1970s, he was asked to draw his self-portrait, and now that image can be yours!

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Moleskines at the Strand!

Check out the convenient size and slick design. The legendary notebook of Hemingway, Picasso, and Chatwin.

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