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The Fountain Bookshop

The Fountain Bookshop is an independent bookstore & soda shop located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. We are a general interest store, with a robust children's section, adult fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as genre fiction in sci-fi, fantasy, mystery/thriller and romance. We carry titles in English and Spanish.

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Upcoming Events

Nov18
FBS BOOKCLUBS The Classics: O Pioneers!
Book ClubFictionNew York, NY

FBS BOOKCLUBS The Classics: O Pioneers!

6:30 PM • Wednesday, November 18, 2026The Fountain BookshopFree

Join us at the Fountain Bookshop in Washington Heights for The Classics! Created by FBS General Manager Hilary in celebration of the stories you've always wanted to read or re-read.DescriptionThe novel that first made Willa Cather famous—a powerfully mythic tale of the American frontier told through the life of one extraordinary woman One of America’s greatest writers, Cather established her talent and her reputation with this extraordinary novel—the first of her books set on the Nebraska frontier. A tale of the prairie land encountered by America’s Swedish, Czech, Bohemian, and French immigrants, as well as a story of how the land challenged them, changed them, and, in some cases, defeated them, Cather’s novel is a uniquely American epic.Alexandra Bergson, a young Swedish immigrant girl who inherits her father’s farm and must transform it from raw prairie into a prosperous enterprise, is the first of Cather’s great heroines—all of them women of strong will and an even stronger desire to overcome adversity and succeed. But the wild land itself is an equally important character in Cather’s books, and her descriptions of it are so evocative, lush, and moving that they provoked writer Rebecca West to say of her: “The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world almost as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us.”Willa Cather, perhaps more than any other American writer, was able to re-create the real drama of the pioneers, capturing for later generations a time, a place, and a spirit that has become part of our national heritage. About the AuthorWILLA CATHER, author of twelve novels, including O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop, was born in Virginia in 1873 but grew up in Nebraska, where many of her novels are set. She died in 1947 in New York City.

Dec2
FBS BOOKCLUBS Heights Whodunits: The Eyre Affair
Book ClubThrillerNew York, NY

FBS BOOKCLUBS Heights Whodunits: The Eyre Affair

6:30 PM • Wednesday, December 2, 2026The Fountain BookshopFree

Heights Whodunits: Fountain Bookshop's book club focused on mysteries and thrillers!Join us at the Fountain Bookshop in Washington Heights for Heights Whodunits! Created by FBS General Manager Hilary and owner Karah Rempe Pinto, with their shared novel of a good suspense novel. Each month, the book club will alternate between contemporary and old-school novels. For November/December we have chosen to read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Meet Thursday Next, “part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), a literary detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend–and welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wadsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature.When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Brontë’s novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter a novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide.

Dec3
FBS BOOKCLUBS Is it Worth the Hype?: ELiza Sunshine
Book ClubFictionNew York, NY

FBS BOOKCLUBS Is it Worth the Hype?: ELiza Sunshine

7:00 PM • Thursday, December 3, 2026The Fountain BookshopFree

IS IT WORTH THE HYPE? In December we will be reading Eliza Sunshine by Michelle Good! From the award-winning and bestselling author of Five Little Indians: a powerful family saga following three generations of Cree women and the storytelling tradition that connects them to each other. Join us at the Fountain Bookshop in Washington Heights for "Is It Worth the Hype?," Fountain Bookshop's book club focused on contemporary fiction. Created by FBS owner, Karah Rempe Pinto, we're reading new fiction releases and discussing what makes it hot or not!

Jan12
A Court of Forgotten Melody Release Party
Author EventRomanceNew York, NY

A Court of Forgotten Melody Release Party

7:00 PM • Tuesday, January 12, 2027Dutch Baby Bakery$55

We’re celebrating the next chapter of the A Court of Thorns and Roses series! Join Fountain Bookshop at Dutch Baby for a magical evening! Whether you’re a longtime member of the fandom or simply counting down the days until you can return to Prythian, this is a chance to celebrate with fellow readers and our bookish community💚 📚 Every ticket includes a copy of the book! Your copy will be waiting for you at the event, so you can be among the first to dive into the next chapter. We’re planning an evening filled with ACOTAR-inspired games and crafts, opportunities to connect with fellow fans, photo ops, and a few surprises along the way👀 More details about activities and festivities will be shared closer to the event, so stay tuned! Gather your fellow members of the Inner Circle, mark your calendars, and get ready for a night of magic, books, and all things ACOTAR🖤✨ We can’t wait to celebrate with you! Hosted by Fountain Bookshop at Dutch Baby📚

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