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Books Are Magic

Cobble Hill · United States

Handwritten staff recommendations and author events at novelist Emma Straub's bookstore

What you’ll find

What Books Are Magic is known for

Books Are Magic is the independent bookstore opened by novelist Emma Straub, stocking new fiction, children's titles and a busy calendar of author events. Its Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens shops are known for handwritten staff recommendations.