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Troubled Sleep is a Brooklyn independent bookstore in Park Slope. Founded in 2022, it sells new and used books in various genres with an emphasis on literary fiction. It also buys used books.




History


Troubled Sleep was established in the Park Slope neighborhood by a group of local booksellers known for opening Book Thug Nation in 2009 and other bookstores. It opened in August of 2022 on 129 Sixth Avenue, taking up the ground floor of a three-story building that was previously leased to a pet store. An individual involved with building the bookstore cited Enzo Mari's Autoprogettazione as an influence for its design.
The bookstore is managed by Alexander Brooks, a longtime customer of Book Thug Nation. Brooks also serves as a book buyer and has frequently done interviews on behalf of the bookstore.




Name


Despite the bookstore sharing the same name as Troubled Sleep, a 1949 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre, manager Alexander Brooks said that "none of us have read it and it was not the inspiration for the name." Dead Souls, after the Nikolai Gogol book of the same name, was also a consideration for the bookstore's name per Brook's recommendation, but it was turned down as to not offend a nearby church.




In the media


Troubled Sleep has been recommended by numerous publications. Washington Square News mentioned it in a list for Independent Bookstore Day in 2023. Passerby listed it as a favorite for a piece on secondhand bookstores in New York City. Brownstoner recommended it for Small Business Saturday in November of 2022.




References

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• Troubled Sleep (bookstore)
• The Bookstore
• Book Thug Nation
• Trouble (comics)
• Norwegian Wood (novel)
• Joe Goldberg
• The Salt Path
• You (TV series)
• Victor Wong (actor, born 1927)
• Jack Prelutsky