Howling Basset Books
Address: 45 N Main St., Lambertville, NJ 08530 (Entrance on Coryell St.)
County: Hunterdon
Extended hours during the crawl: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
Special Crawl Offering:
Raffle
Free ARCs (Advanced Reading Copy) with any purchase over $50
Special Crawl Event:
6/7: Celebrate our first store birthday at our Lambertville location! We’ll have snacks and sticker giveaways, and Fern the basset will be waiting to say hello.
For the reader who…
“likes a well curated selection of literary fiction, queer and activist titles, and art and design titles. Plus a basset hound!”
Years in business: 3.5
Resident pet: Our mascot, Fern, turned two in February.
Explore our community: Lambertville has a good selection of stores, galleries, and eateries. Our favourites include The Boat House for amazing drinks; El Tule for exquisite Mexican/Peruvian food; and Union or Luminary coffee for fantastic coffee to bring along for a walk on the towpath! We’ve also got a great farmer’s market in town on Sundays.
“Howling Basset Books is an independent bookstore with an extensive selection of literary fiction, adult genre fiction (romance, mystery, fantasy and sci-fi), biographies and memoirs, cookbooks, children’s books, and more. We are women and LGBTQ owned, and our mission is activist and community-focused.”
Know before you go…
Parking & transportation
Paid street parking
Free street parking
Accessibility
Restroom available for paying customers
Entrance and store are fully accessible
Children & pets
Has a children’s section
We’re looking forward to the crawl because…
“Last year’s crawl was exciting! We met book lovers from all over the state.”