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A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream

A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream

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Created by Flor • Updated On: January 11, 2017

Favourite libraries and bookstores around the world.

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

1. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

9.1
126 Crosby St (btwn Prince & E Houston St), New York, NY
Café · SoHo · 219 tips and reviews

FlorFlor: You can have a drink while you browse books and all the profits go to a noble cause... what else can you ask for?

McNally Jackson Books is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

2. McNally Jackson Books

52 Prince St (btwn Lafayette & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Bookstore · NoLita · 293 tips and reviews

FlorFlor: Beautiful bookstore... you can find here exclusive HANDMADE books... how cool is that?

Strand Bookstore is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

3. Strand Bookstore

9.5
828 Broadway (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Bookstore · Greenwich Village · 593 tips and reviews

FlorFlor: One of the most famous bookstores in NY... find some first editions!

New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

4. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

9.2
476 5th Ave (at W 42nd St), New York, NY
Library · Midtown East · 528 tips and reviews

FlorFlor: For me the most beautiful library in the world... so far :)

State Library of Victoria is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

5. State Library of Victoria

9.2
328 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Library · Melbourne CBD · 120 tips and reviews

Iván F.Iván Farías: Can't connect to the library's wireless network? Try changing the firewall settings on your laptop. That should fix it!

Readings is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

6. Readings

8.4
687 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC
Bookstore · 12 tips and reviews

FlorFlor: Great selection of books and lovely stationary.

7. British Library

9.2
96 Euston Rd, London, Greater London
Library · 184 tips and reviews

Louis VuittonLouis Vuitton: The world's third largest library, offering itself as a visiting place for both the scholar and the laytourist. On display through summer 2012: "Writing Britain." Kristin Knox, The Clothes Whisperer

The Last Bookshop is one of A Globetrotter Bookworm's Dream.

8. The Last Bookshop

6.7
7 New Inn Hall St., Oxford, Oxfordshire
Bookstore · 3 tips and reviews