Retail & Shops
The Ripped Bodice
Brooklyn, NY
The Ripped Bodice is a bookstore devoted entirely to romance, opened in Brooklyn by sisters Leah Koch and Bea Hodges-Koch after their Los Angeles store found an audience.
The shelves cover the genre properly rather than apologetically: contemporary romance, erotica, queer lit and the rest, alongside gifts, apparel and bookish odds and ends.
The store runs author signings, launches, trivia nights, stand-up and three book clubs, which is what the owners mean when they say the shop is a gathering place rather than a shelf.
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How we sourced this
Listed from a curated guide published by New York City Tourism + Conventions and from public information on the business's own website, both checked on 17 August 2026.
- Women-owned —
Listed in the New York City Tourism + Conventions guide to women-owned businesses in NYC. The guide names sisters Leah Koch and Bea Hodges-Koch as the owners.
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