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Currently Reading: My Last Three Library Books before China!

• The Book of Men: Poems by Dorianne Laux
• The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
• No Questions Asked: The Secret Life of Women in the Mob by Clare Longrigg

I am going to miss my local library so much when I go to China. It was named Library of the Year for good reason!

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Antiquarian bookshop in Trondheim, Norway

(by aaberg)

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Antiquarian bookshop in Trondheim, Norway

(by aaberg)

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Walter Henry’s Bookshop in Bideford, North Devon, UK. (via bookoasis; Photo by Bridgemarker Tim)

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The Last Book Store (by Karol Franks)

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comic book store (by themexican)

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10 World’s Greatest Bookshops

Bookshops provide a different kind of books which you need. Bookshops are a traveller’s best friend. They provide convenient shelter and diversion in bad weather, they are a reliable source of maps, notebooks and travel guides, they often host readings and other cultural events, and if you raced through your lone paperback on the first leg of your trip, the bookshop is the place to go for literary replenishment. Here are our picks for the best spots to browse, buy, hang out, find sanctuary among the shelves, rave about your favorite writers and meet book-loving characters.  See here top 10 world’s greatest bookshops.

1. City Lights Books, San Francisco, USA

2. Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3. Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal

4. Shakespeare & Company, Paris, France

5. Daunt Books, London, England

6. Another Country, Berlin, Germany

7. The Bookworm, Beijing, China

8. Selexyz Dominicanen, Maastricht, The Netherlands

9. Bookàbar, Rome, Italy

10. Atlantis Books, Santorini, Greece