You love to browse for some extraordinary read. You just can't get enough of wooden floors, endless shelves with hidden gems. To help you with your treasure hunt, we prepared a list of the best bookshops in London.
Calder Bookshop, 51 The Cut, London
John Calder , constantly risking his business and health to put out books he
believed in, he not only published great literature - Beckett, Tolstoy, Chekov
- but he also fought censorship and political corruption with books such as
Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn and Edward Milne's No Shining Amour
(Guardian Unlimited Books)
Bookartbookshop, 17 Pitfield Street, London
This fantastic Hoxton bookshop is dedicated to all, who love to smell, touch
and feel books. They stock great selection of art books. It's a fabulous place
to forget about noisy life.
London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A
This gorgeous Bloomsbury shop has established itself as one of London's leading
independent bookshops. The titles featured there have been specially selected
by their booksellers to make your life easier and your read better.
Gegoski, Pied Bull Yard, 15A Bloomsbury Sq, WC1A
It's the best place for forgotten and untitled works from renowned writers such
as Sylvia Plath. (In her case three forgotten poems from the writer's teenage
years) Well, we must say you need few quid to shop there
Ulysses,40 Museum Street, WC1A
This small and friendly bookshop stock over
20 000 titles, most of which are
modern first editions, illustrated books or signed/ inscribed works. Prices are
friendly too, as for example, a 1954 first edition of "Doors of Perception" by
Aldous Huxley costs £95, you will also find titles much cheaper than that.
Skoob Books, 10 Brunswick Centre, London WC1N
This bookshop specialise mainly in second-hand academic books. You will find
everything from philosophy and art to science, politics and media. Did we
mention their esoteric collection? It's great!
Simon Finch Rare Books, 53 Maddox Street, W1S
This Mayfair favourite is ideal for English and continental literature, art,
science, design and architecture. If you are looking for modern first editions
and classics visit their Notting Hill branch. Oh! Make sure you shop with your
boyfriend's credit card (As it costs...)
Daunt Books ,83/84 Marylebone High Street, W1
