30 April, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Today I discovered my new favorite bookshop in all of London! The purpose of my outing today was to take a walk, thereby getting some exercise while at the same time exploring a London neighbourhood. But today’s walk in Marylebone turned rather quickly into a shopping and eating excursion. Given how much money I spend on these walks, I could probably hire my own personal trainer. But that wouldn’t be nearly as much fun.
On Marylebone High Street, I stumbled upon Daunt Books. It’s labelled a travellers’ bookshop, but this little gem of a place is so much more. The front of the store contains an amazing new fiction section, in addition to a unique selection of non-fiction, memoir and biography. The heart of the shop is the vast travel department, which is three floors divided up by country. Taking France as an example, there aren’t just travel guides to everyone’s favorite hexagon, but also novels and memoirs set in France, history books about France, French cookbooks, etc. I’ve never seen a bookshop shelved in such a way. And like most good independents, they stock titles you’d never find in the chains. I could spend hours in that place. Actually, I did spend hours in that place.
[tags]Daunt Books, Marylebone[/tags]
Anglofille said @ 7:46 pm | literary | 3 Comments
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TJ Says:
April 30th, 2006 at 9:02 pmlooks fantastic . I love Foyle’s.
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Foyle’s is a great bookstore. It doesn’t even seem like an independent, given how huge it is.
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KEITH Says:
May 12th, 2006 at 8:28 pmMake sure you don’t miss Valeries Tea shop on Marylebone High Street. Olde English delight.
Keith.
