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We’re here to help you find that book that you can’t put down, the book you’ll push on all your friends, the book that’ll change your life.

We read literary fiction, non-fiction, classics and children’s books, all genres and styles embraced in our aim to share the love. You’ll also find fabulous Bookstagrams and literary news.

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Going to Italy this summer? 🇮🇹 We have some excell Going to Italy this summer? 🇮🇹 We have some excellent reading suggestions for you. See link in bio for our reviews of Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich The Silver Book by Olivia Laing The Leopard by Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Venice, An Interior by Javier Marías The Unfinished Palazzo- Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell Innocence by Penelope Fitzgerald The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante 📷 The beautiful Libreria Acqua Alta bookshop, Venice | Swirled.com | #Bookstoker #beautifulbookshops #bookshopsoftheworld #libreriaacquaalta #prettybookplaces #prettyshop #sharingaworldofshops #venicevbes
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