
Second Hand Bookshops
Soho
New
The Cinema Store
4B Upper St Martin's Ln
WC2H 9NY

An essential stop for film buffs, specializing in cinema history, scripts, posters, and limited-run movie publications.
Arts
Niche & Specialized
Notting Hill
New
The Notting Hill Bookshop
13 Blenheim Crescent
W11 2EE

The inspiration for the 1999 film 'Notting Hill'. It remains a beautiful destination for gift editions and children’s classics.
Travel
Charming & Famous
Bloomsbury
New
Treadwell’s Books
33 Store St
WC1E 7BS

London’s foremost specialist in the occult, magic, and pagan history, offering a rare collection of esoteric texts.
Occult
Mystical & Welcoming
Piccadilly
New
Waterstones Piccadilly
203-206 Piccadilly
W1J 9HD

The largest bookstore in Europe. It offers eight floors of books, a cinema room, and a bar with views over the London skyline.
General
Colossal & Modern
King's Cross
Second Hand
Word on the Water
Regent's Canal Towpath
N1C 4LW

A unique "bookbarge" moored on the canal. It features a wood-burning stove in winter and occasional live jazz on the roof.
Children's
Quirky & Atmospheric
Marylebone
New
The European Bookshop
123 Gloucester Rd
SW7 4TE

The premier destination in London for foreign language literature, dictionaries, and learning materials across European languages.
Foreign
Academic & Diverse
Soho
New
The Second Shelf
14 Smith's Court
W1D 7DP

A boutique shop dedicated to rare books, first editions, and manuscripts exclusively by women writers.
Women
Intimate & Curated
Camden
Second Hand
Walden Books
38 Harmood Street
NW1 8DP

A quiet, ivy-covered shop on a residential street. It offers a sophisticated selection of rare books with a focus on visual arts.
Arts
Serene & Scholarly
Covent Garden
New
Watkins Books
19-21 Cecil Court
WC2N 4EZ

Established in 1893, it is one of the world’s oldest shops specializing in spirituality, mysticism, and well-being.
Mind, Body, Spirit
Ancient & Spiritual
Clerkenwell
New
Wordery
15-17 Exmouth Market
EC1R 4QD

A specialist in design, photography, and independent magazines located in the heart of Exmouth Market.
Arts
Modern & Trendy
