Bookends

Bookends has been a Bergen County landmark since 1970, growing from a modest neighborhood shop into one of the most celebrated independent bookstores in the New York metropolitan area. The store is perhaps best known for its extraordinary author events, having hosted presidents, Nobel laureates, Hollywood actors, and bestselling novelists in a space that somehow maintains an intimate, personal feel. The inventory is vast and general in scope, with particular strengths in mystery and thriller fiction, biography, business, and self-help titles. The staff's deep knowledge of the publishing landscape means that customers who walk in unsure of what to read walk out with exactly the right book. Bookends has weathered every shift in the retail landscape through sheer devotion to the reader, proving that nothing replaces the experience of browsing in a store that truly loves books.