Yesterday, I wrote about a literary vacation which would allow you to stay in a library. If that’s not possible, you might consider visiting some of the great bookstores around the world.
A couple of
years ago, The Guardian presented a
list of 15 exotic booksellers around the world (https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/gallery/2014/oct/10/weird-and-wonderful-bookshops-worldwide-in-pictures). Then, last year, they compiled a list of 10 favourite
independent bookstores based on readers’ recommendations: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/jun/19/the-10-best-independent-bookshops-in-the-world-readers-recommend. If you want to see all the recommendations
from which these top 10 were chosen, go to https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/5435135ae4b0cd82a095eef9.
There are also a couple of books you might want to purchase: Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers by Bob Eckstein and The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell.
There are also a couple of books you might want to purchase: Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers by Bob Eckstein and The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell.
So next
time you prepare a travel itinerary, include a visit to a bookstore! Regardless of where your travels take you,
there’s probably an interesting bookshop where you can spend an hour or two.
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