Book Stores in London, Greater London

“Really cute place to study with plenty of food and beverages available in their coffee shop. i had a cappuccino and a pain au chocolat which was really good and at a decent price. There is plenty of seating available and you can stay a long time there to complete assignments. (bare in mind though that it is a coffee shop and is therefore not really quiet if you prefer to study in a silent environment). They also have a great selection of booke available for purchase so you should find what you’re looking for. Overall it is all you expect from a waterstones”

“Have you ever wanted to read a book based on specific culture or country that you admire? This is where Daunts comes to the rescue. Let’s say you want to travel to Italy or you are in love with Dante or Eco. Not only can you get your travel books here, but you can find novels that are based in Italy, or non-fiction book from Italian authors. It doesn’t stop in Europe, from the Americas to Asia, Africa and the rest of the world, you can wonder around and find something to read about. Moreover, the staff are super friendly and helpful.”

“Really big place, Manga, Comics, Figurine collectors will be in heaven once they enter, different sections of genre make it easy to find something geeky for yourself”

“Lovely group of Booksellers who allowed me to browse at length-- I found a number of interesting books, prints, cards, and little presents for my family. I especially want to recognize the Children's area booksellers, two young ladies who were very helpful with their recommendations, and clearly had a thankless task ahead of them with reshelving and alphabetizing all the out of place books. In the middle of an area loaded with restaurants and things to do!”

“I have lived and worked in Central for the past 4.5 years, but was unaware this beautiful and big store existed. I went to my first book signing last night and the store was clean, big and the staff was super nice and helpful. Everything was really well organised. Staff took pictures, offered water to the dogs (yes, dog friendly store- LOVE it) and overall it was just a really nice experience. Great, great store!”

“A fabulous little bookshop, perfect for those with a penchant for socialist texts, or non-fiction in general. I managed to find two books that I had been trying (and failing) to find in multiple other stores (Poor by Caleb Femi and The Utopians by Anna Neima).”

“An absolute tardis of a bookshop, perfect for hours of browsing on a rainy day. The staff were incredibly helpful and helped me dig out a book I’ve been trying to track down for months.”

“Amazing place, so many amazing books, many classics and a very wide range.Lots of first editions of old books. Picked myself up a first edition Harry Potter.Also has some amazing prints available from popular shows.Overall, pretty well priced, books starting from £1 up to about £50 for popular first editions”

“Fantastic little treasure trove of a store! Real back issue racks, a plethora of well cared for paperback books, and reasonably priced graphic novels and tpbs. Essential.if you're in the area!”

“This bookstore is a marvellous place, with a broad selection of different, quite new and interesting books. I found the prices reasonable and affordable, the price of a book between 2 and 4 pounds. I bought Jo Nesbo, Kate Morton, Jodi Picoult books, the new Steve Jobbs biography and the newest Robert Galbraith book. I am really happy about this bookstore.”

“Very cute book shop, laid out nicely with what appears to be a staff specific curated set of books. So not the largest selection but a very good and focused selection. Additionally it has a very large children's selection.”

“Lovely place and great people.Person at the payout was a lovely young woman that took interest in what i was buying (Terry Prattchet books mainly) complimented the purchase and even chimed in with a small anecdote that was much appreciated and when problems arrived when needed to pay se was quick and decisive in solving the problem without being rude or pushy in any way. A great experience.”

“-Sells a variety of donated stock-Found some great bathroom and makeup items including two bath bombs for 99p each-Sells a good selection of Fairtrade items-Good stock of clothing and footwear for men-Plenty of cute bric a brac”

“This is a large WHSmith store, a travel location serving London Victoria Station. They have a great selection of travel essentials such as a drinks fridge, including a small selection of alcohol, that covers almost the whole wall on the right side of the store. Prices are high here, ultimately you're paying for convenience, if you have more time, you can pick up 90% of the items here at a fraction of the cost, even just a couple of minutes down the road. This is the case at pretty much every WHSmith Travel location. There is a Nescafe Azera coffee machine here, obviously, you have the usual suspects inside the station, but this coffee machine is especially useful if you're in a hurry ahead of getting a train, and don't have time to wait at Starbucks/Costa etc. The checkout area seemed a little too compact for my liking, it became a little messy rather quickly, given the size of the store, it's almost unacceptable as they could easily improve the area. 4*”

“found country life and country file (this one is really hard to get anywhere else!!) at this store. Really grateful for the huge selection of magazines, now i know where to find these magazines!”