Milan Shopping

  1. Art Book Milano

    Look no further for creative inspiration, including Federico Motta's mini books of minimalist spaces, compilations of German sound art, books on hospital design and a staggering selection of arty magazines. If you don't quite have time to follow your bookish bliss to Lambrate, check out Art Book in the Triennale.

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  2. Hoepli

    Hanging out in Italy's largest bookstore almost gives you smarts by osmosis, with six floors and some 500,000 cookbooks, art books, science tomes, kids books and rare antiquarian books to absorb.

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  3. L'Isola del Fumetto

    In Italy, fumetti (comics) aren't just kids' stuff: grown men have been known to weep to discover these rare Italian comic books and hard-to-find action figures, and bargain-priced Italian translations of Flash Gordon and Gli Incredibili ( The Incredibles ) practically beg to be turned into laminated earrings and decoupage tables.

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