Bookman’s Corner, Chicago, IL
A gorgeous mess, and one of the best window slogans around. [Image via]
Bókin, Reykjavik
A crazy cluttered, crazy beautiful place, inside and out. [Image via]
Librairie Ptyx, Brussels, Belgium
Sure, it’s really the whole façade that catches the eye, but that big picture window is like a set of lovely eyes in a pretty face. [Image via]
A secondhand bookstore in Tokyo, Japan
Love & Books = really all you need to make a bookstore window (or a pretty good life, for that matter). Don’t miss the anthropomorphized condoms at the top of the glass. [Image via]
Jumel Terrace Books, New York City
An understated window gracing an antiquarian bookshop/B&B specializing in Harlem Heights’ history, on the bottom floor of a brownstone on West 160th street. [Image via]
Photo Credit: Brian Scantlebury
La Belle Hortense, Paris, France
Everything you could want out of a French retail establishment: books, wine, and charm right there in the window. [Image via]
Golden Hare, Edinburgh, Scotland
Who doesn’t love a good Plath-centric display? Plus, presents. [Image via]
The Bookworm, Beijing, China
Well, this place is basically all windows. Not a bad look. [Images via and via]
Reed Books 2, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Face front! [Image via]
The American Book Center, Amsterdam
This is just one of the ABC’s many fantastic window displays. Read it (if you can) and weep. [Image via]
Hurlingham Books, London
An unusual (at least for a bookstore window) but visually arresting stacking pattern. [Images via]
A bookstore in Budapest
Highly organized chaos. [Image via]
Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire
That ragtag window treatment of flyers and notices? A sure sign of a bustling literary community surrounding this bookstore, and a little mysterious to boot. That’s some beauty right there. [Image via]
Oscar and Friends Booksellers, Sydney, Australia
Insanely gorgeous installation art by Pia Jane Bijkerk — and only one of many. [Image via]
Toko Buku, Indonesia
One of the cutest displays we’ve ever seen. [Image via]
The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles
Sure, it’s just a clever name and a cool type treatment. But that window is bringing us into that shop for sure. [Image via]
Time Out Bookstore, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Green and lush: perfect for reading. [Image via]
Derby Square Bookstore, Salem, MA
Books almost to the ceiling: a clear sign of a bookstore that knows what it’s about. [Image via]
Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI
Gorgeous hand-painted windows by Samantha Schroeder. [Images via]
A bookstore in Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
Sparse, yes — but wildly intriguing. [Image via]
The Annapolis Bookstore, Annapolis, MD
An invitation you just can’t refuse. [Image via]
Books Actually, Singapore
A fairy tale of a window if ever there was one. [Image via]
Photo Credit: Garry Knight
A bookshop on Bloomsbury Street, London
Can’t beat that. [Image via]
The Old Corner Bookstore, London
An oldie (obviously) but a goodie (double obviously). [Image via]
Awesome Books, Pittsburgh, PA
The name really says it all. [Images via and via]
Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago, IL
Quimby’s always has amazing window displays — this one by Myles Smutney is a standout. [Images via]
Galignani, Paris
Elegant and enticing — so very like the French. [Image via]
Odyssey Bookstore, Montreal, Canada
Offbeat, jumbled, and totally lovely. [Images via and via]
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam
If the handwritten sign (it says “BOOKS BY ARTISTS” there under the store’s name) and the random T-shirt hanging in this window don’t charm you, you might have no soul. [Image via]
Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
And this is what it all comes down to. [Image via]