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Almost Corner Bookshop
This is how a bookshop should look. A crammed haven full of rip-roaring reads, every inch of wall space contains English-language books and travel guides. There's an excellent selection of contemporary novels and bestsellers as well as more obscure titles. If you can't find what you want, the English-speaking staff will order it in.
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Anglo-American Bookshop
Particularly good for university reference books, the Anglo-American is well stocked and well known. It has an excellent range of literature, travel guides, children's books and maps, and if they haven't got a book you want, they'll order it.
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Bibli
Intelligentsia types flock here to stock their bookshelves, hobnob at the regular readings and launches, and discuss plots and characters over cake at the in-house café. There's a limited selection of books in English. Aperitivo is served from to and brunch at weekends from to for particularly peckish bookworms.
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Bibli Bookshop
On an artsy Trastevere street, Bibli is a buzzing warren that manages to be a bookshop, cultural centre and café, with a little courtyard and delectable cakes. A great place to pass a pleasant hour or two browsing, it regularly hosts poetry readings and book presentations. There's a limited selection of books in English. There's aperitivo (around €8 , to ) and brunch ( Saturday and Sunday) for peckish intelligentsia.
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Bookàbar
A cool place simply to hang out in, this stunning Firouz Galdo-designed bookshop/bar stocks drool-worthy tomes (art, architecture, design and film), DVDS, CDs and design-savvy gifts. Part of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, it has its own street entrance on Via Milano.
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Feltrinelli
Italy's most famous bookseller (and publisher) has numerous outlets across the capital. This one has a wide range of books (in Italian) on art, photography, cinema and history, as well as an extensive selection of Italian literature and travel guides in various languages, including English. There's also a small English books section and a café (where you can take books for a read before you purchase).
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Feltrinelli International
The international branch of Italy's ubiquitous book-seller has a splendid collection of books in English. You'll find everything from recent-release bestsellers to dictionaries, travel guides, DVDs and an excellent assortment of maps. There are also books in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
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Herder Buchhandlung
Herder Buchhandlung is a historic German bookshop specialising in theological and philosophical works. But even students of Kant like the occasional break, and you'll now find Harry Potter, a small selection of Penguin books in English and some children's books.
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International Mare Bookshop
Ahoy there. Specialising in everything mare (sea) related, this friendly bookshop has maritime books in Italian, English and French, nautical charts, binoculars, pirate flags, model yachts, posters, Lonely Planet guidebooks, videos and CD-ROMs. The corner bar is an added bonus.
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La Procure
This French bookshop nestles next to France's church in Rome, the Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi. Browse the literature, fiction, nonfiction, general-interest and children's books before popping into the church to see the paintings by Caravaggio.
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Libreria Babele
Rome's only gay-and-lesbian bookshop, Libreria Babele has helpful staff and a well-stocked selection of books, magazines and videos, some of which are in English, as well as other essentials such as butch Barbie dolls. To discover Rome's pinker side, head here.
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Libreria del Viaggiatore
If Rome is only a stop on your Grand Tour, this beguiling bookshop is a must. Small but world-encompassing, it's crammed with guides and travel literature in various languages and has a huge range of maps, including hiking maps.
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Libreria l'Argonauta
Off the main tourist trail, this travel bookshop is a lovely place to browse. The serene atmosphere and shelves of travel literature can easily spark off daydreams of far-off places: palm-lined beaches or neon cityscapes. Staff are friendly and happy to let you drift around the world in peace.
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Libreria Sorgente
If you're in need of literature and nonfiction books in Spanish or Portuguese, check out Libreria Sorgente, next door to the Spanish Istituto Cervantes.
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Lion Bookshop
This fabulous, long-running, peaceful English bookshop has English-speaking staff and is well stocked with classics, travel guides and the latest hot reads. There's a particularly good children's section.
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Mel Bookstore
Mel's, on three floors, has a good range of Italian literature, reference books and travel guides, as well as CDs, half-price books (general-fiction paperbacks) and a comprehensive comics section. There are a few in English and French, and a welcome upstairs bar.
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Mel Giannino Stoppani Librerie Per Ragazzi
Rome's best children's bookshop is an ideal place for parents to distract their kids. Large, colourful and well stocked, it has about 20,000 titles in Italian and a selection of books in French, Spanish, German and English. If the kids don't want to read, they can always tumble around in the play area while Mum and Dad flick through the Asterix books. There's also a bathroom equipped for nappy changing.
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Notebook
This sprawling shop at Auditorium Parco della Musica has a hefty collection of art, film, music, design and travel books (mostly in Italian). There are also CDs, DVDs and Auditorium merchandise for smitten culture vultures. For the lowdown on upcoming literary events, do a keyword search for 'bookshop' on the Auditorium Parco della Musica website (www.auditorium.com).
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Touring Club Italiano
Touring Club Italiano is the travel branch of Italy's motoring organisation, the Automobile Club Italiano. It produces Italy's finest maps and travel books, all of which are sold at this, its flagship store. You'll find one of Rome's best collections of guides to Rome in English, an excellent stock of art books and a travel agency.
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