the literary list ✍️

the literary list ✍️

Bookshops in the dropdown menu sorted by country & city will be updated on a rolling basis :)

    • Nova Scotia

    • Ontario

    • Québec

    • Alberta

    • British Columbia

    • Saskatchewan

    • Manitoba

    • New Brunswick

    • Newfoundland

    • Prince Edward Island

    • Northwest Territories

    • Yukon

    • Nunavut

    • London

    • Oxford

    • Cambridge

    • Hay-on-Wye

    • Paris

    • Bordeaux

    • Lyon

    • Nice

    • Santorini

    • Lisbon

    • Porto

    • Venice

    • Florence

    • Rome

    • Tuscany

    • Lake Como

Canada 🇨🇦

NOVA SCOTIA

HALIFAX

OTHER NOVA SCOTIA BOOKSHOPS

  • Steeple Green Books

  • Block Shop Books

  • NovelTea Coffeehouse

  • Elizabeth’s Books

  • Lunenburg Bound

  • LaHave River Bookstore

  • Otis & Clementine’s

  • Ed’s Books & More

  • NovelTea Bookstore & Gifts

  • On Paper Books

  • ABC: Antiques, Books, Collectibles

  • The Curious Cat Tea & Bookstore

  • Second Edition Used Books

  • Bainton’s Tannery Outlet

  • Blue Griffin Books

ONTARIO

TORONTO

  • BMV Books ~ The Annex

  • Seekers Books

  • A Different Booklist

  • Bakka-Phoenix

  • Caversham

  • Doug Miller Books

  • Type Books ~ Queen St.

  • Type Books ~ The Junction

  • Queen Books

  • Ben McNally’s

  • Swipe Design

  • Monkey’s Paw

  • Balfour Books

  • Another Story

  • Sellers & Newel

  • The Beguiling

  • Mable’s Fables

  • Acadia Art & Rare Books

  • University of Toronto Bookstore

  • ABC Book Store

  • Re: Reading

  • Glad Day Bookshop

  • A Novel Spot

  • Page & Panel (in Toronto Ref Lib)

  • Pandemonium

  • David Mason Books

  • The Book Exchange

  • She Said Boom! (2)

  • Book City (4)

  • Circus Books & Music

  • A Good Read

  • Thunderstruck

  • Art Metropole

  • Flying Books

  • Press Books. Coffee. Vinyl

  • The Occult Shop (Casa Loma)

  • Sonic Boom

  • Shop AGO

  • Great Escape

TORONTO LIBRARIES & BOOKISH SPOTS

  • Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library

  • Toronto Reference Library

  • The Great Library at Osgoode Hall

  • Lillian H. Smith Library

  • TPL Fort York Branch

  • Famous Last Words

  • Writer’s Room Bar (Park Hyatt)

  • The Library Bar (Fairmont)

  • Tequila Bookworm

HAMILTON

  • James Street Bookseller

  • J.H. Gordon Books

  • Epic Books

  • Epic Books: The Sequel

  • The River Trading Company

  • Love Books?

  • The City & The City Books

  • Westside Stories

  • King W. Books

  • Nerdcore

  • The Printed Word

  • My Father Was Famous

OTHER ONTARIO BOOKSHOPS

  • A Different Drummer

  • Pickwicks

USA 🇺🇸

The Ultimate 🗺 Bookshop Bucket List

Ongoing list * subject to change * as my research evolves!

  1. Shakespeare & Company (Paris, France) 🇫🇷

  2. Livraria Lello (Porto, Portugal) 🇵🇹

  3. Waterstones (Bradford, England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  4. Atlantis Books (Santorini, Greece) 🇬🇷

  5. Powell’s Books (Portland, Oregon) 🇺🇸

  6. Libreria Acqua Alta (Venice, Italy)

  7. Livraria Ler Devagar (Lisbon, Portugal) 🇵🇹

  8. Bart’s Books (Ojai, California) 🇺🇸

  9. El Ateneo Grand Splendid (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 🇦🇷

  10. Daunt Books (London, England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  11. Boekhandel Dominicanen (Maastricht, Netherlands)

  12. Carturesti Carusel (Bucharest, Romania)

  13. The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles, California) 🇺🇸

  14. Hatchards (London, England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  15. Cafebreria El Pendulo (Mexico City, Mexico) 🇲🇽

  16. Les Bouquinistes (Paris, France) 🇫🇷

  17. Brattle Book Shop (Boston, Massachusetts) 🇺🇸

  18. Akateeminen Kirjakauppa (Helsinki, Finland)

  19. Leakey’s Bookshop (Inverness, Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  20. House of Books (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 🇷🇺

  21. Librairie Avant-Garde (Nanjing, China) 🇨🇳

  22. Word on the Water (London, England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  23. Strand Bookstore (New York City, New York) 🇺🇸

  24. Zhongshuge Bookstore (Chongqing, China) 🇨🇳

  25. Barter’s Books (Alnwick, England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿