Molasses Books

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  Friendly, helpful staff and owner, good beer selection for a bookstore, great vibe late at night that makes for an excellent event space. They get some really strange stuff in and I've made some good finds like "Christian Forgeries" and some stuff on urban planning. Worth coming into Bushwick for.

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  Posted on 07.11.13 Daniel L.

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  This is my favorite bookstore, hands down.  The used selection (almost the entire store) is super well curated across many areas.  And although the store is small, it has one of the best poetry sections I've found.  Plus coffee and lots of lit events... home run.

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  Posted on 06.06.13 Don G.

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  i bought a paul auster novel for six bucks and then sat at the bar and read the whole thing, getting progressively drunker on $2-3 beers. very laid back. great selection of literature, decent selection of cheap drinks. my only complaint is the lighting- during the day the big front windows let in a lot of beautiful light, but at night it's lit with drab overhead lamps that that cast the entire room in a flat yellowish light, which isn't good to read by or very attractive in general. if they'd keep the light off the walls but have pools of light on the books, bar, and tables, it'd be absolutely gorgeous. as it is that's just a minor complaint of an otherwise great experience of sitting around getting hammered while reading in public, which the library discourages heavily (the first part(the getting hammered))

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  Posted on 04.24.13 Poncho P.

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  What a cute little nook. I kept hearing about this place (yes, I admit, I have hipster friends. Tried staging interventions many times prior.) and finally came in to sell some of my books.
  
  The owner is really laid back and nice. We spoke for a few minutes and he gave me value for my books. Made my trip from Manhattan worth it. )His equation is he usually pays 30% of what the book sells for.)
  
  Great 1 dollar rack with interesting selection. Weird fascist literature next to Malcolm Gladwell. Oh wait, that's the same thing...

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  Posted on 03.11.13 Eli R.

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  What a fantastic little gem that only Bushwick could create. Tucked away on a mostly residential street, Molasses is a bookstore/cafe that makes me feel like I am in a little sleepy town upstate. There is an impressive selection of used books (and I am pretty sure the owner is always open to more). You can sit at the bar or at a private table and enjoy a coffee, tea, glass of wine or beer, all the while listening to some tunes on vinyl. Great place to study, work or meet a friend.

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  Posted on 02.28.13 Brianna R.

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