Librairie Galignani

"Librairie Galignani was the first English bookstore opened in continental Europe! The high wooden bookshelves running along both walls are filled with colorful displays of old and new reads, some of which may require you to climb a wooden library ladder to access them (you'll feel like Belle, oh darn!). Walk straight to the back of the bookstore to enter a reading cave of sorts, and suddenly the lineup of these magnificent bookshelves grow from one story to two- a truly breathtaking sight for any bibliophile. No wonder Karl Lagerfeld deemed this his favorite bookstore in Paris. The back is also where you will find a very good English selection, including a wall of beautiful pocket anthologies that are perfect as portable travel reads or gifts."

"This pretty library with high-wooden shelves, is ideally situated under the arches of rue de Rivoli. Before or after a stroll in the Garden of Tuileries, you can pop in, and maybe discover your next favorite book? First founded in 1801, rue Vivienne, this bookshop is specialized in English books and unique fine arts copies from the US, Great Britain and Italy."