WORD Bookstores

Brooklyn, NY & Jersey City, NJ

Woman-Owned

WORD has two bookstores: one in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, that opened in March of 2007, and one in Jersey City, which opened in December 2013. Our primary goal is to be whatever our communities need us to be!

Staff Picks

Updated monthly with the books our staff is most excited about at the moment.

Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara

The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern by Rita Zoey Chin

Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse by Chantel Acevedo

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

The Last Resort by Sarah Stodola

Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman

Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld

Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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