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Nice To Meet You is the second bookstore in the chain called Nice To Meet You, which is affiliated with real estate developer Panyu Lu Xingfu Li. The bookstore is on the ground floor of the 96-year-old Blackstone Apartments. The place feels like a maze: a French-style arch with mosaic titles opens to narrower corridors and leads to separate chambers Read more...

Duoyun is part of a huge Chinese publishing group that also owns several other bookstores in the city, including Sinan Books. However, this flagship store is the most impressive. It is located on fifty-two floors of the Shanghai Tower and offers a panoramic view of Lujiazui. The interior was designed by the same person who made Sinan’s books about Gaolan Read more...

Sinan Books is the famous poetry bookstore at the 85-year-old St. Nicholas Orthodox Church. The main hall is elegant and modern but does not affect the high beauty of the church. They have many rare Chinese poetry books and an area (about 20% of the company) for English-language books selected by the London Review. Large quiet cafe in the background Read more...

Garden Books offers the largest selection of English books and literature in Shanghai. At here, you will also find a wide selection of American magazines, travel books, language assistance. At the cafe, they offer coffee and ice cream. If you’re looking for something they don’t have in stock, you can order it … with an additional fee. Read more...

The Shanghai Foreign Language Book Store is the next one that you will find at every bookstore you meet in your home country. The entire building is dedicated to English-language books and offers everything from corporate texts, classics, romance novels, and cookbooks to bestsellers, auditions, youth literature, magazines, and textbooks. The store offers all common genres, although the position of Read more...