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- Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Sylvia Beach—probably the most notorious bookstore owner in modern history, and the founder of what is still arguably the most famous bookstore in the world: Paris’s Shakespeare and Company.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Shakespeare and Company is often described as the most famous bookstore in the world—but which one is the most famous? There have actually been three versions: the first was opened by Sylvia Beach in 1919 on the rue Dupuytren.
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Apr 9, 2024 · The best bookstores in the world include famous bookstores like Livraria Lello, Shakespeare and Company, and El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
- Livraria Lello
- El Ateneo Grand Splendid
- Boekhandel Dominicanen
- Shakespeare and Company
- El Pendulo
- Libreria Acqua Alta
- The Last Bookstore
- Atlantis Books
- Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
- Strand Bookstore
Porto, Portugal
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBnr2FXqmMV/ The self-proclaimed ‘most beautiful bookstore in the world’ certainly lives up to the hype. Livraria Lello in Porto is the city’s oldest bookstore and is absolutely dripping in old-world splendour. Opened in 1906, the striking red double helix staircase is the main centrepiece, otherwise known as the ‘stairway to heaven’ for book lovers. This neo-gothic bookstore also features a breathtaking stained glass skylight and bronze reliefs of literary figures...
Buenos Aires, Argentina
//www.instagram.com/embed.js If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting the library in Beauty and the Beast, El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires comes fairly close. The bookstore was originally a theatre built in 1919, and most of the gorgeous Beaux-Arts décor, including the stage and ornate balconies, has been kept as part of the beautiful bookstore. You can snuggle up in the club chairs with a coffee and one of over 120,000 books. Or take in the view from the balcony, where you can imagine gla...
Maastricht, Netherlands
//www.instagram.com/embed.js Prepare to be awed as you walk into Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht. It’s located in the breathtaking Dominican church that’s over 700 years old, so you’ll be standing in an ancient piece of history as you browse the books. With high ceilings and arched halls, masterfully restored in 2006, this bookstore is simply stunning. You’ll want to spend hours exploring the sleek black shelves or hunkering down in one of the peaceful reading nooks.
Paris, France
//www.instagram.com/embed.js As one of the most historical bookstores in the world, Shakespeare and Co. is an oasis for literary lovers. Set in the heart of Paris, the bookstore was opened in 1919 by American expat Sylvia Beach. She lent books to famous author Ernest Hemingway when he couldn’t afford to buy them. The bookstore became a popular hangout for writers in the 1920s, including James Joyce, Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, but was forced to close in 1941 during the German occupation of...
Mexico City, Mexico
//www.instagram.com/embed.js A true feast for the eyes, El Pendulo is utterly magical and one of the best book shops in the world. You’ll enter a dreamscape where lush trees hang over bookshelves and plants are dotted all over the space, and even the handrails look like winding green vines. Every detail in this bookstore is designed to make you feel like you’ve stepped into a paradise of books. Enjoy a coffee in the café beneath the thick trees and check out the Polanco branch, where a striki...
Venice, Italy
//www.instagram.com/embed.js A wonderland of books in Venice, this unique bookstore may be the only one in the world to use bathtubs and gondolas as bookshelves. Libreria Acqua Alta is famed for its old stonewalls and charming hodgepodge rooms filled with books, along with gorgeous views of the centuries-old Venetian canals. It’s also home to many adorable cats, so you can kick back with a novel and watch the gondolas pass by, with friendly cats curled up at your feet. GET INSPIRED BY: Italy...
Los Angeles, United States
//www.instagram.com/embed.js One of the most magical bookstores in Los Angeles, The Last Bookstore covers more than 1,850 square metres and even has gravity-defying bookshelves. On the mezzanine level, you’ll find the famous tunnel of books where you’ll feel like you’re entering a fairytale world made entirely from books. With grand marble columns lining its hall, you’ll definitely want to whip out your camera here, before settling in to explore the huge labyrinth of books. You’ll find everyt...
Santorini, Greece
//www.instagram.com/embed.js This dreamy bookstore is set in a white-washed home in Santorini beside the glittering ocean. Atlantis Books is owned by American Craig Walzer, who set up the bookstore with his friend, Oliver Wise, when they were holidaying in Santorini and couldn’t find good books in English in the local bookshops. They built the bookshelves and handpicked all the books that line the shop, and you can find rare treasures like the first edition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. T...
Chonqing, China
//www.instagram.com/embed.js Set in Chongqing City and designed by architectural firm X+living, Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore has gone above and beyond to create an architectural masterpiece and a book lover’s dream. Featuring an M.C Escher-style bookshelf staircase that zig-zags around mirrored ceilings, lampshade shaped bookshelves, and a whimsical children’s reading room, this is one bookstore you’ll never want to leave. And with plenty of quiet reading hallways and nooks, you can enjoy t...
New York, United States
//www.instagram.com/embed.js Opened in 1927, the Strand Bookstore is Manhattan’s most famous bookstore, renowned for its “18 miles of books”. It’s one of the oldest family-run bookstores in the United States, set in an area of New York formerly known as Book Row, which once housed nearly 50 bookstores. The Strand is now the last one standing. You’ll still find countless rows of books with everything from children’s stories to fiction novels to banned books. The famous musician, Patti Smith, e...
- Honesty Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Hay-on-Wye is known as the National Book Town of Wales, and it’s also the location of the annual Hay Festival. So it should come as no surprise that the streets of Hay-on-Wye are lined with bookstores.
- SemiColon Bookstore & Gallery, Chicago, IL. Semicolon is a Black woman–owned bookstore and gallery in Chicago, Illinois. Part of what makes Semicolon so cool is the business’s dedication to raising the literacy rate in Chicago and beyond.
- El Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. El Ateneo was named the World’s Most Beautiful Bookstore by National Geographic. The building in Buenos Aires was first a theater called Teatro Gran Splendid, which opened in 1919.
- Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore, Chongqing, China. Chongqing Zhongshuge is a 36,000–square–foot store in Chongqing, China. The space features stunning staircases and mirrored walls that make the bookshop more than just a place to buy books.
Oct 23, 2021 · La Biblioteca de Babel in Palma de Mallorca. Fans of Latin-American philosophical literature will get the reference to Jorge Luis Borges’s 1941 book The Library of Babel, but otherwise...
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Dec 27, 2021 · Maastricht’s most famous independent bookstore is located in a 13th-century Dominican Church. New, old and rare titles are housed on shelves which weave around and under the stained-glass ...
Oct 10, 2023 · From St. Petersburg to Portland, we’ve compiled a list of the best bookstores in the world. Whether you’re looking for a quaint shop packed full of only romantic fiction or you’re feeling adventure call you to a bookstore on the side of a Grecian cliff, you’re covered here.
