Independent booksellers on Court Street since 2014
Good books, picked by people who read them.
Stackhouse Books is a neighborhood bookshop in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: fourteen thousand books, a reading room in the back and six booksellers who will happily talk you into one more. Come in to browse, or order online for pickup and delivery.
- Open every dayTill 8pm, 9pm Fri and Sat
- Pick up in an hourOrder online, collect at the counter
- Free Brooklyn deliveryOn orders over $40
Just unpacked
New on our shelves
Fresh stock and new paperbacks from this month's deliveries.
Browse the shop
Find your shelf
43 books on the site, and thousands more in the shop. Ask us for anything; special orders usually arrive in two or three days.
From behind the counter
Staff picks
Our booksellers write these on cards and tuck them into the shelves. Here they are without the thumbtacks.
Theo recommends
Western Lane
Chetna Maroo
“The sound of a squash ball in an empty court has never been so sad. A debut that does more in 160 pages than most novels do in 400.”
$17.00Theo Brandt, fiction buyer
Ines recommends
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
“The book I give people who say they don't read fantasy. Strange, kind and over far too soon.”
$18.00Ines Duarte, sci-fi, fantasy and events
Jonah recommends
The Searcher
Tana French
“Tana French writes suspense like weather: you feel it before you see it. Save it for a long, rainy weekend.”
$18.00Jonah Weiss, crime and thrillers
Maeve recommends
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
“I hand this to everyone who says they don't have time to read. It's 114 pages and it will rearrange you.”
$14.00Maeve Calloway, owner
Sam recommends
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
“I gave this to my dad, who gave it to his whole hiking club. It changes what you notice on a walk.”
$20.00Sam Okonkwo, nonfiction and poetry
Priya recommends
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill
“My go-to for kids who've finished every dragon book in the shop. Read it aloud and try not to wobble at the end.”
$10.99Priya Raman, kids and YA
In the reading room
What's on
Readings, book clubs and Story Hour. Everything is free unless it says otherwise.
Thursday, November 5, 7–8:30pm
Debut Night: three first novels
Three first-time novelists read from their books and talk with Maeve about how a first novel gets written, sold and finished. Wine from our neighbors on Court Street, and signed copies on the night.
- Marisol TranSalt Season
- Owen AchterbergThe Lending Year
- Ada LindqvistSmall Hours on Smith Street
Save a seatFree, RSVP to save a seat
- Oct17Kids, Sat 10:30–11:15am (every Saturday)Saturday Story HourPriya reads three picture books aloud, then there are crayons and a lot of questions. This week: Frog and Toad, and two new autumn stories. Best for ages 2 to 6; grown-ups stay.
- Oct22Book club, Thu 7–8:30pm (fourth Thursday of the month)Book Club: Small Things Like TheseOur monthly book club meets on the fourth Thursday. October's pick is Claire Keegan's short, quietly devastating novel, and there will be tea and a very good soda bread. Members get 10% off the pick.
- Oct28Poetry, Wed 7:30–9pmPoetry at Stackhouse: open readingFive minutes each, your own poems or someone else's. Sign up at the counter from 7pm; first-timers are very welcome and the room is kind.
- Nov10Book club, Tue 7–8:30pmOther Worlds Book Club: The DispossessedOur science fiction and fantasy club reads one classic and one new book a season. November is Le Guin's ambiguous utopia; bring opinions about walls.
The Stackhouse Book Club
One book a month, one long table, plenty of tea.
We meet in the reading room on the fourth Thursday of the month. Anyone can come; members get 10% off each pick and first seats at author events. Our science fiction club, Other Worlds, meets the second Tuesday.
Visit
Come in and browse
Look for the green door on Court Street, two blocks from the F and G at Carroll Street. The kids' corner is at the front, the reading room is at the back, and the cat is usually in the window.
- Mon–Thu
- 10am–8pm
- Fri–Sat
- 10am–9pm
- Sun
- 11am–7pm