10 of the World’s Greatest Hotels Inspired by Literature

The Library Hotel, New York City

Though it’s not inspired by any one book, we love the concept of this hotel, whose tagline is “a thought provoking experience.” The library’s collection of books (and of rooms, mind you) is organized by the Dewey Decimal system. Each floor has a different theme — Language, Literature, History, Philosophy — and each room on that floor is its own topic within that theme. So room 500.004 is Botany, and room 500.003 is Zoology (also worth noting: room 500.005 is Dinosaurs). For anyone who ever dreamed of sleeping in the library, this hotel is for you.

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nathaniel212 5 pts

Another candidate -- Chesire in St Louis MO. http://www.cheshirestl.com/accomodations/rooms-suites/

When I stayed there in 2006 I remember there was a Byron suite, & a Dickens suite. Now on website looks like more James Bond, Romeo & Juliet.

acozyreader 5 pts

Inn BoonsBoro is in Boonsboro, MD NOT Frederick.

theliar73 5 pts

Hotel Union Square in San Francisco has a handsome Dashiell Hammett suite. http://www.hotelunionsquare.com/rooms/dashiell-hammett-suite/

MarcDavidson 5 pts

I noticed when I stayed at the Algonquin in NYC that on the door of each room was a quote from some member of the famous Algonquin Round Table (mostly Dorothy Parker in the area of rooms I was near.) That's pretty literary connected

Paper_Plates_ 5 pts

Would a round-the-world pilgrimage to each of these hotels be over the top? No, right?