There are several Daunt locations sprinkled throughout London, but the Marylebone outpost—reverently hushed and famously packed with travel books and an abundant selection of fiction—is perhaps one of the most, if not the most, popular store. It is a hallowed space trekked to by hard-core readers who know what they're looking for or, if they're searching for new material, know that they can turn to a member of its well-read staff for a solid recommendation.
Specializing in "mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women," Persephone is an intimate literary outfit that prints beautifully-designed books and is dedicated to preserving a femme-centric literary history. The store is housed in a building erected in the early 1700s and retains many of the architectural features of the original space. This is where you go gift shopping for the Virginia Woolf in your life.
Located in the creative hub of Clerkenwell, Magma is a more niche-oriented bookshop aimed toward arty types. Here you'll find design tomes, photo books, magazines not found on your average newsstand and other concept publications well worthy of coffee table display. You'll surely come across many a Ray Bay-spectacled shopper here, some of whom work in the buzzy design district—a tell-tale sign that it's legit.
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