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Book Fair
Bad, secondhand potboilers, sci-fi books, picture books and other assorted titles invite you to rummage about on Saturday afternoons. If you look hard enough, you're bound to find something worthwhile.
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Cathach Books
Our favourite bookshop in the city stocks a rich and remarkable collection of Irish-interest books, with a particular emphasis on 20th-century literature, including some rare first editions by the big guns: Joyce, Yeats, Beckett and Wilde.
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Dubray Books
Three roomy floors devoted to bestsellers, recent releases, coffee-table books and a huge travel section make this one of the better bookshops in town. It can't compete with its larger, British-owned rivals, but it holds its own with a helpful staff and a lovely atmosphere that encourages you to linger.
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Eason's
The biggest selection of magazines and foreign newspapers in the whole country can be found on the ground floor of this huge bookshop near the GPO, along with literally dozens of browsers leafing through mags with ne'er a thought of purchasing one.
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Eason's - Hanna's Bookshop
It's across the street from the side entrance to Trinity College, so conveniently this large bookshop specialises in academic tomes, but you'll also find a good selection of other books. In the basement is a massive stationery shop.
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Hodges Figgis
The mother of all Dublin bookstores has books on every conceivable subject for every kind of reader spread across its three huge floors, including a substantial Irish section (fiction, history, contemporary issues) on the ground floor.
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Murder Ink
All manner of murder mystery and crime novels are in this small specialist bookstore, which has categorisation down to a fine art - choose from historical mystery, romantic crime, sci-fi mystery, true crime and more.
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National Gallery Gift Shop
Sells books covering the whole history of Irish and European art.
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Stokes Books
A small bookshop specialising in Irish history books, both old and new. Other titles, covering a range of subjects, include a number of beautiful, old, leather-bound editions.
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Waterstone's
Although it is large and multistoreyed, Waterstone's somehow manages to maintain that snugly, hide-in-a-corner ambience that book lovers adore. The broad selection of books is supplemented by five bookcases of Irish fiction, as well as poetry, drama, politics and history. There are book-signings every Thursday evening; check board outside for details. There's also a lovely café on the second floor.
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