History
Book Culture has three locations in New York City. Book Culture was founded as Labyrinth Books on 112th in 1997 by current owner Chris Doeblin and his partner at the time, Cliff Simms. In the summer of 2007, Book Culture became a completely independent company when Doeblin bought out his partner. In the fall of 2009, Book Culture opened a second location, Book Culture on Broadway. There has been an independent bookstore on the corner of 114th and Broadway Ave for over fifty years. In 2010 Annie Hedrick joined Doeblin as co-owner of the two stores. Book Culture opened Book Culture on Columbus in November of 2014 on the Upper West Side, adding Rick MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper's Magazine, as a co-owner of the new store. This store, on the corner of 82nd and Columbus Ave, is in what was once Endicott Booksellers.
Specialties
We are here to offer book shops where you can browse and discover the widest range of publications in the arts and humanities that realistically be carried and we have created spaces for extensive representation of new books in areas you will not see elsewhere.