New York’s largest independent bookstore, The Strand, is also on every list of the city’s best. I’ve always felt that way and even more so since my novel Beatitude was published two years ago because The Strand has consistently included Beatitude among its famous 18 miles of books ever since. I’ve signed three different batches of books for the store and piles of copies have been featured on one of the first floor gift idea tables several times.On a recent visit, I spotted two copies on a sh...