The Mysterious Bookshop
The Mysterious Bookshop | |
| Industry | Bookselling, publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
| Products | Books |
| Website | mysteriousbookshop |
The Mysterious Bookshop is an independent bookstore and publisher specializing in mystery fiction, located in New York City. It is one of the oldest mystery bookstores in the U.S.[1]
In addition to housing its own imprint, the shop contains the offices of Penzler Publishers, an independent publishing house consisting of the imprints The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, American Mystery Classics, and Crime Ink, all distributed by W.W. Norton.[2] The shop is also home to MysteriousPress.com, an e-book imprint distributed by Open Road Integrated Media.[3] The store and its various publishing enterprises are owned and operated by editor and publisher Otto Penzler; its inventory consists of new and rare titles in detective fiction, crime fiction, spy fiction, thrillers, and various other mystery fiction subgenres.
History
The Mysterious Bookshop opened on Friday 13 April 1979. In 2005, after 25 years at 129 West 56th Street,[4] the building that housed the bookshop was sold, forcing the store to relocate to the Tribeca neighborhood. It is now located at 58 Warren Street.[5]
Publishing
The Mysterious Bookshop publishes limited editions of important works in the mystery genre, and has published various series of original works in the field. The most current of these is the store's Bibliomystery series, which features mystery novellas in which the plot involves a murder related to books or book collecting. Bestselling authors contributing to this series have included Ian Rankin, Joyce Carol Oates, and Nelson DeMille. John Connolly's story, "The Caxton Lending Library and Book Depository", won the 2014 Edgar Award for best short story.[6] These books are published in both a limited hardcover edition and in paperback.[7]
The bookstore's limited editions are bound in leather with marble boards, and have included titles by Michael Connelly and Lawrence Block, among others. They are currently in the process of printing a limited edition of the entirety of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series.[8]
References
- ^ Gorce, Tammy La (25 June 2010). "Man of Mysterious Bookshop Solves His Own Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Penzler Publishers Home Page". Penzler Publishers. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Mysterious Press". mysteriousbookshop.com. The Mysterious Bookshop. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Tabor, Mary B. W. (1996-06-13). "Bookstores That Specialize, Succeed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Langs, Sarah (September 10, 2012). "Solved: The puzzle behind the Mysterious Bookshop in TriBeCa. Now, go sleuth around". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Edgars Database". theedgars.com. Edgar Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Bibliomystery Series - The Mysterious Bookshop". The Mysterious Bookshop. 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Limited Deluxe Editions from The Mysterious Bookshop - The Mysterious Bookshop". The Mysterious Bookshop. 2015. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2017.