Favorite bookstores that I cannot leave without buying something, justifying with "but this is such a great independently owned bookstore, if I don't get anything here today it might close!":

1. WORD (greenpoint)
2. St. Marks Bookstore (st. marks)
3. P.S. Books (dumbo)
4. Skylight Books (los feliz)
5. Borders Mt. Kisco (nostalgic reasons only; not a great bookstore)