The original location in Marylebone, which opened in 1990 on the site of an Edwardian-era bookseller, is long and narrow, with tall galleries of books offering a reassuring vision of orderly abundance.
In a recent podcast interview, Daunt said this is “so you can find your way around a shop subliminally.”ĭaunt Books locations are also beautiful spaces, filled with dark wood shelves, green lamps, and gold light. All Daunt stores eschew detailed signage for genres like “self-help” and “history” in favor of closely themed tables of books. Some have books arranged by country rather than genre, a setup that encourages browsing: You might visit the Japan section looking for Haruki Murakami novels only to find yourself paging through a history of ramen or a book of haikus about cats.
Daunt’s London bookstores guide readers toward such serendipitous discoveries.
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