Yangzhou Shi, China
Yangzhou Zhongshuge
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
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Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Sonora, California
A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.
Bardon, Australia
This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.
Chicago, Illinois
The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Urueña, Spain
This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."
Wigtown, Scotland
This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.
Nanjing, China
With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.
Provins, France
An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.
Oxford, England
Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
Jacksonville, Florida
A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Kansas City, Missouri
This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.
Wonthaggi, Australia
Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Hobart, New York
This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.
Benson, Arizona
Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.
São Paulo, Brazil
The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.