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Abbey Bookshop
More like a book-lined private lounge, this heritage-listed townhouse-turned-bookshop has more than 18,000 new and used books (slide the shelves aside to see more books hidden behind). Canadian owner Brian Spence serves continuous free tea and coffee (with maple syrup), and organises weekend hikes around Paris as well as literary events where wine and conversation flow in equal measure.
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Le Mots à la Bouche
'On the Tip of the Tongue' is Paris' premier gay and lesbian bookshop, with stacks of information about gay Parisian life. On the ground floor you'll find English-language books, including travel guides; things steam up when you go down (stairs).
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Librairie Ulysse
You can barely move in this jam-packed shop piled high with antiquarian and new travel guides, National Geographic back-editions and maps. Opened in 1971 by intrepid travel writer Catherine Domaine, this was the world's first bookshop dedicated solely to travel. Ulysse's hours can be erratic, but knock on the door or telephone and Catherine will open up if she's around.
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Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore
This somewhat earnest English-language bookshop has arguably the best selection of 'serious literature' in Paris and helpful, well-read staff. Just around the corner at 13 rue Charles V, their children's bookstore stocks kids books as well as university texts. Both shops are very welcome additions to the English-language book trade in Paris.
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Shakespeare & Company
Fossicking through this 'wonderland of books' (as Henry Miller described it) unearths bargains, but Shakespeare & Co is best known for nurturing writers . Its legendary open-invitation tea parties are held at most Sundays, and readings at most Mondays. Legends-in-the-making include travel writing workshops and an open-to-all-comers writers' group at on Saturday afternoons.
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Village Voice
On a quaint left bank backstreet, this English-language bookshop specialises in North American literature (great for picking up obscure Hemingway novellas), and has an excellent range of French literature in translation. Good-natured staff are well-read and helpful, and the shop hosts lots of readings and literary events.
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