Always a good selection of books and friendly people also a good deal on a free book every now and then if you come frequently. Support local business like this, theres something magical about a local book store.

Awesome locally owned bookstore with a wide variety of new and used books. Really love the new location. They also have an online shop where you can order just about any book and it ships to the store very fast!

First time visiting with a friend. The moment that I walked into Blue Cypress Books I was excited immediately! The entire book store is covered in books. It may sound odd, but honestly every wall from top to bottom was a book shelf. That made this location extra cozy.Jazz music was playing with the room temperature perfected for a read on-site. Unfortunately there is no place to read. The book selection is massive and I especially loved the antique book area. Used books and new books from all genres.I wish I had gotten her name, but the sales clerk was outstanding and I even provided me with a suggestion when I asked one of her favorite books. I will definitely return soon!

My favorite book shop. Friendly and knowledgeable owner. Stock is rotated regularly. Very generous store credit when you bring in books to sell.

This is a great little shop to find your next read at a reasonable price. Most of the used books are very gently used but still a great price. Theyve also got new books of newer titles and theyll order books for you, too. Theyre a great alternative to Amazon as long as you dont NEED IT NOW and dont mind spending a slight bit more money while supporting a local business!

The perfect book nook.They support local authors and poets.

Love it. Great and unusual selection of books. Great staff. They will buy (give you credit) for your books. I live in Boston and nothing as good there.

Lovely bookstore with a friendly staff and a terrific selection. They will also purchase select used books for 50% store credit or 25% cash.

This place filled my heart (and shopping bag) with joy. These are the types of businesses the build and strengthen communities. I’m so glad I popped in.

Not much anything more relaxing and cozy than a trip to a local bookstore. Especially a local bookstore with a CAT!

The best possible definition of a locally owned bookstore. It has an exceedingly knowledgeable staff who are equally pleasant. A great collection of local authors as well as a nice selection national and international authors. Aloe one of the best selections of used and collectible books in New Orleans. Highly recommend stopping by.

In my opinion, one of the best book stores in New Orleans! Fantastic selection of books (new and used) including collections of classic antique books! They have a store cat who is so sweet and a terrific salesman!

My favorite bookstore in the city! Such a cool place.

I love it here. I go in not looking for any book in particular and always find something. Miss Elizabeth is fantastic

Great store and great service! Highly recommend.

Great little bookstorw

They have books! And everyone who works there is pretty!

Great book store. Stools to sit and look at books.No rush to purchase.

Never a bad experience when you stop here! Youre supporting a local business, supporting a bookstore, and even expanding your knowledge. Ive talked with staff on many visits and theyre all friendly and willing to help out.

Clean, chill place w great selections. Love the cat!!

If youre looking for certain books they have it I recommend you shop there

This place is my absolute favorite used book store. The ladies who run the shop are friendly and very helpful. In fact, Im writing to especially thank them for getting into contact with me when I inquired about a book request. A week later I was messaged that a used copy of Helter Skelter had come in! I have found a lot of great used books that I cant find anywhere else and for the best prices! Ill always be a fan of this locally owned bookstore. Shop Local! 🔮❤️

What a gem of a local book store. I buy several books a month. Great selection.

I love this bookstore!

A gem of a bookstore! If they don’t have a book in stock, they can usually order it for you. I email them when I think of a title I want, they send me a PayPal invoice, and then they hold the book for me until I make my way to the city. Staff are incredibly nice, and they make fabulous recommendations. Curbside pick up service is a huge plus!Only street parking is available, but I’ve never had a problem being able to score a spot right out front.They are covid-compliant: staff are always masked, patrons are masked, and sanitizer is available at the door.There are a couple restaurants and bakeries within walking distance if you need a place to sit and dig into your latest purchase.

This is a great bookstore. I hope to return sometime! Bravo!

Great selection of used kids books. Very nice staff

This is one of my favorite bookstores, I always feel very welcomed when I go there. The owner is always so very friendly and and helpful.

Excellent bookstore with knowlegeable and friendly staff (and a shop cat!!!) fantastic selection of local authors and antique books, as well as used books in a wide variety of different subjects and small gifts. i highly recommend this bookstore!

Great selection. I got a free book, free shipping over $50. Delighted to find Louise Gluck poetry in stock.

Great books with extra helpful staff

My wife and I love this bookstore! So cozy and quaint! Its great to shop local when the owners are so friendly and helpful. Great childrens selection of books. If they dont have something youre looking for, they order it for you and its there within a couple days usually.

Great place, good selection, knowledgeable and personable staff. Well be back next time were in New Orleans.

I have been here before the Covid and found the store cute, well stocked and friendly employees. The house cat is friendly as well. Post covid, I have been browsing their website. Their emails have been helpful in giving ideas for books. I am looking forward to coming back soon. Oh and their greeting cards are freaking amazing.

Great personalized bookstore with a lot of different types of books, something for everyone. I loved the quotes and fun facts taped on the bookshelves, and the sweet cat napping in a corner. Some are used books, some are new, and all fairly priced. Especially enjoyed the shelf of books they didnt know how to shelve. :) I could spend hours/days here!

Love this place. Great selection and great prices. They can get anything they dont have in just a few days. Really friendly and knowledgeable staff. They also do frequent reader cards that earn you free books. Only place in New Orleans I by my books now.

Great used bookstore! This lil fella came and snuggled on my lap as I was looking at the books!

Nice selection.

This is a neighborhood bookstore that provides the level of friendly professional service that is so rarely experienced by the modern shopper.The service provided is both professional and friendly. People who do all they can to locate and provide books that may be difficult to find.Well worth a visit even if you are not looking for a particular title.

The best bookstore in NOLA by far: amazing blend of new, used, local, kids, fiction, nonfiction, rare, accessories... you name it.The friendliest staff youll ever meet, full of recommendations and time to chat.Also about the most generous frequent reader program Ive ever seen in a bookstore: free books in no time!And theres a cat. Nuff said.

Really quaint. Great selection of new and used books. The staff is really nice and helpful.

Great local book store, really friendly and helpful. Very nice collection of used and rare books. as well as fast ordering of anything you could possibly want. Stop in pet the Kittie and enjoy your time.

Great place for selling estate books. Great selection of new and used books. Excellent service. My experience was exceptional.

I love this bookstore! It has great prices on a very full selection of books. The ladies - Elizabeth and Leanne (spelling?) seem to have read every book. They will look out for a book that you want and know their inventory inside and out. Plus, they have a cat - meow :)

I love local bookstores and want to like this one but each time I have gone in the woman who works there is arrogant not just to me but to others in line. Its completely unprofessional. The book selection is great but not worth ruining my day by the staff treating its customers that way.

Always the best place to find a book about writing for authors!

Blue Cypress Books is an amazing shop! Wise selection of unique books, antique books and new releases. Super helpful staff ( Thanks Leanna and Kitty Meow Meow)!!! The perfect bookshop for book lovers!

Friendly staff, hard to find books in stock and some first editions.

Best bookstore EVER! Friendly staff & a great selection of new & used books. They even have a super sweet shop cat.

You never know what youll find, but you know that you will find interesting reads. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Free street parking on Sundays.

Blue Cypress is great!!!they have a fantastic selection to suit any and every interest and price range. The staff is extremely kind and super helpful. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the store on a regular basis and I have no intention of stopping!

I love this place! The atmosphere is wonderful and the neighborhood is great. The people are extremely friendly and helpful and if they dont have a book youre looking for they will tell you where to get it or help you find it. Its a unique and thoroughly enjoyable bookstore with chairs to sit in to browse through books. I highly recommend it.

This is every New Orleans visit Must See. I always find a new favorite, and the prices are really great. Many of the best of my home collection come from this shop. Plus they have a shop cat!

Such a s cozy welcoming place to spend some zen time and pick up your next favorite book. There are some gems there and a staff-cat keeping your company as you walk around. The owner is extremely nice, usually giving you bonuses or discounts.Genres are clearly separated with more helpful notes posted helping you choose as well.

Really excellent place. Not only is the book selection excellent but the owner is super friendly and helpful. She also keeps a really neat box of things she has found in books that you should take a few minutes to parouse.

Small, quiet book store with an eclectic mix of old and new. Find treasures such as vintage postcards (for sale) and things found in books (nfs). There’s a book store cat and a wide selection of local and regional books. Do stop in for a $7 used book or an autographed art book. Do not bring your dog here. Or your small and noisy children. Both will earn you a raised eyebrow and a scowl.

What an amazing bookstore! I love independent book shops that carry such a huge variety of new/used books! Highly recommended! Also, free books with the frequent reader card!

This is a great bookstore! Plenty of nice books, friendly staff, and a really sweet bookstore kitty!

I love this wonderful little Bookshop. I always feel welcome when I come in. They are always willing to help me find whatever I am looking for. Sometimes I sit and browse for an hour or more. Thank you for such a great shopping experience!

This place is a mecca of books. From the used editions to the speed at which they ordered and received my books. (Terry Pratchett) and I leave you with his words A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read

Lovely place with lovely atmosphere. Thanks goodness placed like this still exist. A lovely selection of what we used to call book before Jeff Bezos, when Powell Books in Portland was the biggest bookstore.

The most awesome Uptown used bookstore, large and varied selection of books. Always friendly and books are always clean. Great prices. Worth a long visit, be prepared to get lost in the books.

Really good little local bookstore. They have a lot of Louisiana and New Orleans-related books which I absolutely love. Wonderful place to stop in when strolling along Oak St!

Amazing book store! I usually have a hard time finding one book Im interested in reading but found five throughout my visit. Good prices, they had buy one get one free on a specific genre and $.25 selection of books as well!!

A fantastic bookstore in a great location. Well-stocked, well-organized, with a helpful, knowledgeable staff. Love shopping here!

25 cent books daily outside. Ive found at least 100 gems for only a quarter each over the last few years. Owner and staff are the nicest people and know pretty much if they have any book currently in stock. Quaint shop on quiet Oak St. Definitely check out the sci-fi and Local sections. All books are from donations or trade-ins.Oh. And theres a cat!

Pretty cool book store. Great selection of used cookbooks

My go-to place for books in New Orleans! Amazing selection and if they don’t have it they’re happy to order it! And, gotta love the resident kitty!

I have been going there for years. One of my favorite shops. You bring in books you are finished with...you get credits . You can then get other books, equivalent to your creditsYou can also just purchase books. There is a great selection and the best customer service!!!!

Just went there to sell some books. My first impression as I walked in was of pure thrill and excitement at their book collection. Then it went sour right away when the two women that run the place sort of greeted us quiet rudely. I had the books nicely packed in boxes, as the two women looked through them they picked the ones they wanted and continuously and carelessly threw the rejected books back in a disarray into the boxes, thus bending and damaging covers and pages of books in almost perfect condition. I have a feeling that it could have been discrimination towards my friend and I for being Black and Hispanic!? Anyway big mistake.

Great used book store. Good selection of books, organized, cozy, friendly staff, and a store cat. What more could you ask for?

Nice bookstore. I LOVE the box with the missing things inside the books. VERY GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.

One of the best little bookshops in town. Sometimes youve got to search a while to find the gems, but its totally worth it! Great inventory and always at a bargain! They have a fabulous little section on local and louisiana history that I frequent often. Super friendly owner and staff!

I love this bookshop. Its my go to used bookshop in New Orleans. They usually have what Im looking for and if they dont they have something else I want. Extremely well curated that gets better every time I stop by.

I love the store, there are so many choices. You could lose yourself for hours. If you cant find what youre looking for they will help you find it. You will keep wanting to come back, because you never know what you will find.

Our family loves this quaint book store. Something for everyone, hidden treasures, great prices. Great location and book store kitty 🐱

Can find just about any book you are looking for. Everyone is so helpful. And the cat is extra bonus.

Great selection. Found 1 of the books I was looking for. They ordered the other one for me and called me when it came in. I approve! 😊

Its an old style book store that brings back days gone by. An acquired taste for some as it is NOT your big box store. I found it charming, though just a bit cramped.

This is one of my favorite bookstores in one of my favorite places. The atmosphere is happy, the owner and employees are friendly, and the selection is fantastic. I love this bookstore.

I love this book store, I always find something I want and never break $10. Everyone is always friendly and professional, and the price cant be beat. If youre looking for a great book or just looking to add to your collection, this is always a grat place to start.

My wife love it here! Many books to choose from. Also they have a point card the more books you buy you can get a free book.

I first walked into Blue Cypress Books some years ago, unknowing of how much more time I would spend there or with its incredible managers. Now I find myself browsing their ever-changing selection at least once a month, and Elizabeth and LeeAnna have become my most trusted book recommenders, not to mention dear friends. I can’t recommend this store enough.

I am addicted to this bookstore. The owner and employees are always so friendly and willingly to help. If youre looking for a place to trade books, this is your spot! I always go to Blue Cypress when Im done with a book (thats in good condition) and Im ready for a new read. #FollowYourNola to Blue Cypress on Oak!

Its always a delight to spend time around books and cats and bibliophiles!

A gem and cornerstone of the Oak St. Community.

A cute little bookstore, worth the stop if you are down Oak St. Staff was nice a helpful.

Amazing and diverse selection despite small space. Very helpful staff

Great atmosphere and a wide selection of books. There is a good representation of local fare with a knowledgeable staff to help.

Great local shop with friendly staff and an amazing selection.

An amazing book store that our friends in New Orleans just love. They even have a bookstore cat! It doesnt get better than that.

This is one of my favorite book stores.Take this place any day over a Barnes and Noble.Doesnt hurt that they have a really cool cat who goes by the name Book Store Kitty

Small, well-lit, friendly bookstore with a huge selection of used books, and some rare ones as well. Just down the street from Zotz! coffee house, meaning you can spend the day looking for a good book, finding it, and then go down the street and read it while drinking coffee. What else do you need?

They will buy books they dont already have. Very cute, cozy and organized book store with a kitty to pet.

Great selection, all genre, Neighborhood Gem I get SF & Historic fiction mysteries

Amazing local book store. Very eclectic. Will definitely be back !

Great local bookshop complete with bookstore cat! They have a great selection and really good prices.

Nice old school bookstore. Great deals and buy back program.

This is my favorite bookstore. I have spent many hours perusing their selection, and have shelves full of books at home from BCB. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Elizabeths store is a collage of used and rare books with knowledgable staff and cozy atmosphere. I count on her recommendations for both a good winter read and edifying literature interludes. Dont pass up an opportunity to stop in on your visit to Carrollton, LA