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GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shops

Of all the Ask FOUND prompts in our nine-month history, none has elicited as much subscriber joy as “What are your favorite bookstores in the city?” To wit:

“There’s an amazing cookbook store on Greenwich Street, right by Canal, called Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks,” wrote one FOUND subscriber. “It’s open at absolutely random hours and it’s absolutely magical.” Another: “Don’t miss P&T Knitwear, run by Bradley Tusk, with deep connections to its Lower East Side home.” Also on the LES: “Sweet Pickle Books! Books AND pickles, what could be better?” And of course: “Barnes & Noble — but only the Union Square one.” 

But no bookstore garnered more recommendations than Three Lives & Co. in Greenwich Village. True to its name, the beloved store closed in 2020 and moved into a temporary space further west while the building was redeveloped. By some miracle, the store returned to its original corner in 2022 without missing a beat. 

“Why Three Lives?” emailed a FOUND subscriber. “Because of the people who work there and care so deeply about books, are so well-read, and truly care that their customers find the perfect book, and — year after year — continue to be the same people who work there. No matter how down I feel, when I walk in the door to Three Lives, I immediately feel better. Three Lives restores my faith in our world.” 

Here now, for your reading and soul-restoring needs, FOUND’s inaugural Bookstores Nines.