ABOUT US

An independent online used bookstore based in New Jersey, offering curated fiction and non-fiction in good condition, with a focus on modernist writing and Russian classics. Shipping across the U.S.

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Based in: New Jersey / Online
Focus: Modernism / Russian classics
Portrait of the KARABURMA founder
Curated in New Jersey. 2026

The Store

KARABURMA began as a shelf that grew too specific: modernist paperbacks, Russian novels, essays, and books people kept asking to borrow. The catalogue is selected by readers, not by an automated feed.

Condition, translation, edition, and usefulness matter as much as the title. A used book is not just content. Binding, paper, notes, jacket, and printing history change the reading experience.

We keep a rotating selection of fiction and non-fiction that feels edited, useful, and worth returning to.

The Catalogue

Books are grouped by section, genre, author, year, and collection so the site works like a catalogue and an editorial map at once.

The shelves lean toward fiction with formal pressure, essays with a voice, and non-fiction that can be reread instead of consumed once.