This is my bookworm bucket list. The list is a work-in-progress. I will add from time to time whatever comes to mind with regard to books, reading and all things nerdy. Since I also love to travel, the list obviously involves a lot of that. It's like hitting two birds with one stone- travel the world and visit bookstores.
Here is mine.
☐ Visit the largest libraries in the world
Library of Congress
British Library
☐ Finish the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge.
☐ Read all of Clive Cussler's books.
☐ Read all of Dorothy Gilman's books.
☐ Read all of Dick Francis's books.
☐ Visit the world's biggest bookstores
largest floor space - Barnes and Noble Booksellers on 5th Ave., NYC
largest shelf space - Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon
☐ Visit the largest second hand bookstore in the world
Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon
☐ Visit the Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France
☐ Visit El Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Argentina
It is an old theater turned into a bookstore.
☐ Visit Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy
☐ Buy a book on Word on Water, somewhere in the London canals
This is a book barge. A floating bookstore.
☐ Meet my favorite authors that are still alive.
Clive Cussler +
RS McCoy
Rick Riordan
Dan Brown
J.K. Rowling
☐ Go to Universal Studios' Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Try butterbeer, eat the weird candies, buy a wand and a house scarf.
☐ Visit libraries and bookstores in New York City
The Strand
New York Public Library
Left Bank Books on 17 8th Ave - specializes in first editions
Rizzoli Bookstore
☐ Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht, Holland
☐ Cook and Book in Brussels, Belgium
A combination of a restaurant and a bookstore.
☐ Plural Bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia
☐ Poplar Kid’s Republic in Beijing, China
A bookstore where climbing shelves is allowed.
☐ Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal
☐ Livraria da Vila in São Paulo, Brazil
Literally a house of books.
☐ Bookà bar Bookshop in Rome, Italy
☐ CafebrerÃa El Péndulo in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, Mexico
☐ KnÃhkupectvo Martinus.sk in Bratislava, Slovakia
Cafe, bookstore and music store. Good food.
☐ Munro’s Books in Victoria, Canada
☐ Mendo in Amsterdam, Netherlands
☐ Daunt Books Marylebone in London, England
☐ Visit Iceland.
☐ Buy a book in every place I visit.
☐ Walking Jane Austen's London
☐ Take a Jane Austen Tour
A tour about Jane Austen's life.
Library of Congress
British Library
☐ Finish the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge.
☐ Read all of Clive Cussler's books.
☐ Read all of Dorothy Gilman's books.
☐ Read all of Dick Francis's books.
☐ Visit the world's biggest bookstores
largest floor space - Barnes and Noble Booksellers on 5th Ave., NYC
largest shelf space - Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon
☐ Visit the largest second hand bookstore in the world
Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon
☐ Visit the Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France
☐ Visit El Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Argentina
It is an old theater turned into a bookstore.
☐ Visit Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy
Boats, gondolas, and canoes act as shelves for both old and new books in this bookstore.
☐ Buy a book on Word on Water, somewhere in the London canals
This is a book barge. A floating bookstore.
☐ Meet my favorite authors that are still alive.
Clive Cussler +
RS McCoy
Rick Riordan
Dan Brown
J.K. Rowling
☐ Go to Universal Studios' Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Try butterbeer, eat the weird candies, buy a wand and a house scarf.
☐ Visit libraries and bookstores in New York City
The Strand
New York Public Library
Left Bank Books on 17 8th Ave - specializes in first editions
Rizzoli Bookstore
☐ Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht, Holland
This is a 13th century Dominican Church converted into a contemporary bookstore.
☐ Cook and Book in Brussels, Belgium
A combination of a restaurant and a bookstore.
☐ Plural Bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia
☐ Poplar Kid’s Republic in Beijing, China
A bookstore where climbing shelves is allowed.
☐ Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal
Oldest bookstore in Portugal and frequently rated among the top bookstores in the world. Often visited by J.K. Rowling when she was teaching in English in Porto.
☐ Livraria da Vila in São Paulo, Brazil
Literally a house of books.
☐ Bookà bar Bookshop in Rome, Italy
☐ CafebrerÃa El Péndulo in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, Mexico
Along with book shopping, it hosts live music, poetry readings and other events in a place with balconies and live plants.
☐ KnÃhkupectvo Martinus.sk in Bratislava, Slovakia
Cafe, bookstore and music store. Good food.
☐ Munro’s Books in Victoria, Canada
This was founded by Jim Munro and his first wife Alice Munro, a Nobel prize winner for short stories in 1963. Its building was supposed to be designed for the Royal Bank of Canada.
☐ Mendo in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Run by Mendo graphic design agency.
☐ Daunt Books Marylebone in London, England
Specializes in travel books. This shop is a former Edwardian bookshop with oak galleries and graceful skylights. Alleged to be the first custom-built bookshop in the world.
☐ Visit Iceland.
It has the highest number of bookstores and publication per capita in the world. They exchange books as gifts during Christmas Eve-- Jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood". Majority of the books in Iceland are sold between September and December.
☐ Buy a book in every place I visit.
I have bought books in Missouri, Taipei, Dallas, Texas, Chicago, New York, Boston, Singapore and Seattle.
☐ Walking Jane Austen's London
Also a title of a book which is a tour guide of places and streets in London which are in Jane Austen's books.
☐ Take a Jane Austen Tour
A tour about Jane Austen's life.
☐ Visit Starfield Library in CoEx Mall in Seoul, South Korea
Visited it last April 2019. It's a public library in a big shopping mall in Gangnam District in Seoul.
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