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Customers return to Maktaba al-Sham in Mosul's Old City. Shopping for books on Najafi Street is a tradition that dates back more than a century.
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The Only Bookstore on Najafi Street

Four years after the Iraqi city of Mosul was liberated from ISIS, Daud Salim is the first—and the only—bookseller to return to the storied street.
Pesha Magid August 26, 2021
Chamblin Bookmine
Jacksonville, Florida

Chamblin Bookmine

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Exterior of Bart's Books.
Ojai, California

Bart's Books

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
Photo by theorigamibandit@gmail.com
Kansas City, Missouri

Prospero's Books

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Paperback Bookshop Rhinoceros

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.
Itinerary

12 Places in Massachusetts Where Literature Comes to Life

50 States of Wonder
Jessica Leigh Hester
Sigtuna, Sweden

The Sigtuna Phone Box Library

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.
London, England

Osterley Bookshop

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
Permanently Closed
Singapore

BooksActually

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.
A row of "mystery bags" has taken the place of visitors browsing shelves.
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A Bookstore in Boulder Pivots to Bike Delivery of 'Mystery Bags'

They're filled with handpicked books and a bag of tea or coffee beans.
Micah Ling April 15, 2020
Video

This Tiny Welsh Town Is Brimming With Books

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Permanently Closed
Archer City, Texas

Booked Up

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.
Arabinda Das Gupta in his historic shop, which was founded by his grandfather in 1886.
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The Uncertain Future of the World's Largest Secondhand Book Market

At the College Street market in Kolkata, India, independent booksellers fear the arrival of a massive mall.
Peter Yeung November 18, 2019
A little clever engineering turned a tiny house into a roving bookstore.
architecture

What It's Like to Build and Operate a Tiny Traveling Bookshop

A French theater director crowdsourced his dream.
Emily Monaco October 22, 2019
The Norrington Room.
Oxford, England

The Norrington Room

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
Le Roy Lire.
Provins, France

Le Roy Lire

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.
Librería del Desierto
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Librería del Desierto

A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.
Faulkner House Books.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Faulkner House Books

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.