Welcome to Idlewild Books, a beautiful new independent store near Union Square, specializing in travel and international literature
A bookstore organized by country, Idlewild carries fiction and non-fiction from all parts of the world, including new and classic works in translation, travel guides, books about politics and culture, graphic lit, language-learning books, maps and more
 

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EVENTS
 
Tue June 30 @ 7pm Suketu Mehta, Simon Winchester and Lewis Lapham Short readings and wine reception to celebrate the launch of the Travel issue of Lapham's Quarterly
Sat-Sun July 4-5 Closed for Independence Day
 
Tue July 14 @ Bastille Day Launch Party Reading and reception for Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine & the End of France, with author Michael Steinberger
 
Tue Aug 25 Launch party and fundraiser for New Orleans Join us to celebrate the launch of Josh Neufeld's brilliant new graphic novel A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge with a fundraising party. Live music!