Three Lives & Company
Three Lives & Company in the West Village, which opened in 1968, bills itself as a “haven for people who read.” The books are artfully displayed throughout the exposed brick interior on easy-to-browse tables, and the friendly, knowledgeable staff is happy to fulfill special requests for rare or hard-to-find titles. You know you’re in the right place when Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham calls it “one of the greatest bookstores on the face of the Earth.”
Three Lives & Company, 154 West 10th Street
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