Top 10 Most Impressive Bookstores In the World

Bookstores and libraries are not merely shelves filled with various reading materials and a single grumpy librarian or clerk who can’t resist sharing their opinion about the book you are purchasing. If you love traveling, you’ll find a lot of strange bookstores around if you choose to look them up. Some of them have legendary first editions of Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Others use gondolas, tunnels, or even churches as their main body.

From Santorini to New York, these unique bookstores prove that stories are built into the walls, the floors, and sometimes even the cathedrals.

The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, United States

Located in an old bank building, The Last Bookstore just looks “grand.” There’s not even a whiff of minimalism here with all the marble columns, labyrinths of shelves, and its famous “tunnel of books” that everyone loves taking selfies in. TLB specializes in used books and records and hosts all kinds of artsy events. The name pokes fun at the idea that physical books are dying but at the same time proves they’re very much alive and thriving.