The 30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books

30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books
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People look at the entrance of the bookshope 'Shakespeare and company' specialized in English-language literature on December 14, 2011 in Paris. George Whitman, the founder of this bookshop, a famed writers' refuge and English-language literary hub in the French capital, died today aged 98, the shop said. AFP PHOTO MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mark Twain said ““In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” Mark Twain would have lost his mind if he saw these places.

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