To take a break from recommending books, this soapobox articolo is about brilliant bookstores around the world: bookstores sometimes even più interesting than the libri they sell. Per usual, I will only segnala on the bookstores I have personally been to, as opposed to ones I have only heard about.

Paul's Books in Madison, Wisconsin
Wedged between Walgreen's and another nameless store on the main strada, via of università of Wisconsin-Madison, Paul's libri is a breathe of fresh independently-owned air. This is a true used bookstore: Musica chosen da the sole...