Quarry Books

04/25/2026

Today is Indie Bookstore Day!
Here in Hobart Book Village you can collect three stamps within a short walking distance!

There are 13 locations on the Catskills Book Trail, which runs from today until Mother's Day, May 10. Visit 4 and receive a magnetic bookmark; visit 8 to receive a blank notebook; visit 12 to receive a mug.

Many thanks to The Lost Bookshop in Delhi for creating such a fun event, and to Upstate Curious for their generous support.

Quarry Books is located at 40 Cornell Avenue, Hobart. Open 11 to 5 daily.

02/24/2026

I know that I should not choose books by their covers.
But sometimes...!
We have moved to 40 Cornell Avenue, Hobart. Open daily 11 to 5.

02/11/2026

Piece by piece we are putting ourselves together here in our new location. Sci-Fi and Fantasy collection is all shelved now, with some room to grow. Many thanks to Beth Mowry , who worked by herself on a cold January day boxing up this collection so that it could be evacuated from The Historic Hobart Inn after its December shutdown. :-)
Our new address is
40 Cornell Avenue, Hobart NY.

02/07/2026

Not to worry, our store still has plenty of secondhand mass market paperbacks. :-)

The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.

02/01/2026

01/31/2026

All the books on our shelves are second-hand and wild, a vast flock of vareigated father and charming, content resting for a while here, but happy to move on to new homes.

Our collection is caught betwixt buildings at the moment, but reunión day is drawing nigh. ❤️

09/28/2025

New to the shop, just in time for Spooky Season!
We are open seven days a week, 11 to 5.
645 Main Street, Hobart NY.

08/29/2025

Fall is just around the corner, and we look forward to some colorful foliage before the snow flies. We are announcing some new open hours for the Hobart Book Village after a busy summer. And with the changing leaves come the following shop hours:

🍁Blenheim Hill Bookstore will be open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and occasional Thursdays beginning in September. 11-5.

🍃Creative Corner Bookstore and New York Books and Ephemera will be open Wednesday-Sunday 11-5 beginning after Labor Day weekend. They will be closed Monday and Tuesday throughout the winter.

🦉Adams' Antiquarian Book shop will continue to be open 7 days a week until Columbus Day weekend. After that, their winter hours will be weekends only 11:30-4:30. Holiday Mondays 11-3.

🍂Liberty Rock Bookstore will be open on weekends from 10-5. With occasional weekdays. If their flag is flying, they are open!

🍁Quarry Books and More Good Books are open 7 days a week, year round 11-5. These book shops are in a shared space in the Historic Hobart Inn along with and and the lovely independent Library

🍾In addition to these shops, Hobart is also proud to have and the newly opened
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08/26/2025

Couldn't resist picking these up to add to the sci-fi and fantasy section of the shop. :-)

07/20/2025

Today I opened a box and found it full to the brim with books by one author. I am embarrassed to say that I did not recognize the writer's name, but then she had a few pseudonyms. :-) The box I opened was full of Dell Shannon.

Her true name was Barbara "Elizabeth" Linington (March 11, 1921 – April 5, 1988) and she was one of the first women to write in the style of a police procedural.

She was born on March 11, 1921, in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; and died on April 5, 1988, in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California.

Besides crime, Linington also took interest in archaeology, the occult, gemstones, antique weapons and languages. Linington was a conservative political activist who was an active member of the John Birch Society.

Linington wrote under several monikers, including 'Anne Blaisdell', 'Lesley Egan', 'Egan O'Neill' and 'Dell Shannon'.

There are 38 books in the Lieutenant Luis Mendoza series. I haven't sorted them yet, but there are a goodly number now on the shelves, if you want to give them a try.

(And what a great author photo, right?!)