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Ready to take your bookish date night to the next level of laugh-out-loud lunacy? Because when it comes to turning the humble Mad Libs into a festival of farcical fun, the possibilities are as endless!

Plotting Your Next Move

  • Fuel your creativity: Grab coffee or a light snack at a nearby cafe to get fueled up for your impromptu storytelling session.
  • Treasure hunt: Make it a challenge to find the most outlandish or niche-themed adult Mad Libs book in the humor section.
  • Find a cozy corner: Claim a quiet reading nook, armchairs by the window, or even sit on the floor between bookshelves for a sense of playful childhood nostalgia.
  • Embrace the ridiculous: Give yourselves permission to be extra dramatic when reading your Mad Libs stories aloud. Use funny voices and accents for added hilarity.

Words of Affection

  • Extend the fun: Take your finished Mad Libs stories home and illustrate them, turning your words into wacky and unique cartoons.
  • Share the laughs: Text your funniest Mad Libs creation to a friend or two for some extra silliness.
  • Plan a sequel: Make it a tradition to buy a new Mad Libs book with a different theme each time you go on this bookstore date.
  • Bring colorful pens: Write your answers in different colors to make reading the stories even more visually amusing.
  • Prizes: Award each other silly “prizes” for the funniest word choices or most surprising storylines.

Book Club

East Village

Cozy bookstore with comfy chairs for reading plus a bar serving handcrafted drinks.

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McNally Jackson

Seaport

With multiple locations this bookstore is a staple in the independent booksellers world.

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Housing Works Bookstore

SoHo

Run by a non-profit that benefits the unhoused, everything here is donated.

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Argosy Book Store

Midtown

Six-story bookstore stocking an enormous array of antiquarian and out-of-print volumes since 1925.

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Barnes & Noble

Union Square

Bookseller chain stocking housebrand eReader, usually recommended as the best location in NYC.

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