Book shopping in Madrid
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La Buena Vida
If your idea of browsing in bookshops involves perusing a range of choices over a coffee, you don’t have many options in Madrid – most Spanish bookshops are a commercial transaction of buying, then leaving. Thankfully, this new bookshop allows you to do both; we could spend hours in here. It has plans to stock a small selection of books in English and French alongside the mostly Spanish titles.
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Cuesta de Moyano Bookstalls
Madrid’s answer to the booksellers that line the Seine in Paris, these second-hand bookstalls are an enduring Madrid landmark. Most titles are in Spanish but there’s a handful of offerings in other languages. There are more than a dozen stalls climbing the hill and opening hours vary, with many closing between 2pm and 5pm, especially in summer.
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La Librería de Lavapiés
If you value personal service, a community feel and the sort of cosy charm that lends itself to browsing, this alternative bookshop is perfect. There’s a carefully chosen English section, as well as contemporary literature, the arts, and books for families and children.
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Librería de Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Part of the stunning extension to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, this outstanding shop is Madrid’s best gallery bookshop, with a range of posters and postcards as well.
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De Viaje
The largest travel bookshop in Madrid, De Viaje has guidebooks, travel literature, travel gear and a travel agency with staff who know where to find what you’re looking for.
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Booksellers (Chamberí)
This suburban bookshop has close to the largest selection of English-language titles in town, covering novels, history, travel literature and Spanish themes.
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Casa del Libro
Spain's answer to Borders has a large foreign-language (including English) literature section on the ground floor at the back.
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Petra's International Bookshop
A lively expat community is drawn to this excellent (mostly secondhand) English-language bookshop.
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Altaïr
Cosy travel bookshop, with a range of maps, guides and travel literature.
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