A Grand Old-World Bookstore Glowing on Broadway in NoMad
Browse art and design titles under a frescoed ceiling at a bookstore that turned a NoMad corner into a reading room.
📚 The Reading Room
Rizzoli moved to Broadway and 26th years ago, and it brought the old-world grandeur with it. Chandeliers hang under a painted ceiling, tall shelves hold art, design, fashion, and photography, and the whole room hums at a lower volume than the avenue outside.
This is a browsing store, not a grab-and-go. The stock leans European and hard to find, from imported monographs to design titles you will not see stacked at a chain. Staff picks and window displays change often, and the front tables reward a slow lap.
Come on a weekday when the light hits the arched window, take the stairs, and give yourself an hour. Reviewers rate it 4.6 across more than 1,100 visits, one of the last grand bookrooms left in Manhattan.
