A cafe in a bookstore in Shanghai

Leisure and comfortable afternoon, visit a warm and exquisite bookstore, hold a light ink-scented book, taste a cup of fine and rich coffee, let the mind break away from the tangible space infinite spread. Book and food, this is the bookworm and foodie's heart.

Bouquet Puke·Xiangyuan

Address: 3rd Floor, No. 1829 Beijing West Road, Jing 'an District

Fragrance source, where books, vegetables and wine are intertwined, is a place with unique ideas. Here, books, food and fine wine are the protagonists. Quiet and comfortable in a private atmosphere. Attice-style inclined windows exude a touch of nostalgia, and the bookshelves on the ceiling are very creative. Not only are there novels and magazines in many languages, but there are also plenty of wine and food books, so you can taste the wine while savoring the text.

Chirps&Mew Book Cafe

Address: No.1513 Xinzha Road, Jing 'an District (near Xikang Road)

Chirps&Mew Book Cafe is a newly opened bookstore integrating books and coffee. The environment in the store has the charm of fairy tales. Little red horses and kites can be seen everywhere, which makes people excited. Moreover, there are many children's favorite imported children's picture books and three-dimensional books, especially suitable for parents to accompany their children to read together and enhance parent-child affection.

Light & Salt

Address: 6th Floor, YWCA Building, No. 133 Yuanmingyuan Road, Huangpu District (near East Beijing Road)

Light & Salt is the most beautiful landscape bookstore in Shanghai. It is a lifestyle brand integrating restaurants, bars, bookstores and creative spaces. In the reading area, senior book fans will be pleasantly surprised as if "mice fall into rice vats", a variety of rare books at home and abroad make people linger; from the window, Huangpu River view is unobstructed. At night, the bookstore transforms into a wine bar, with hundreds of fine wines to choose from, all the more so if you happen to be a bookworm and alcoholic.

hanyuan bookstore

Address: No. 27 Shaoxing Road, Luwan District (near Ruijin 2nd Road)

Hanyuan Bookstore was founded by photographer and historian Deke Erh and historian Tess Johnston. Here mainly sells English books on Chinese history, and provides exquisite coffee, tea and snacks. The atmosphere is quiet and elegant. Even Leslie Cheung loved to sit here, make tea, read a good book and enjoy rare peace.

1984BOOKSTORE

Address: No.11 Hunan Road, Xuhui District

The shop was small in size and seemed to be surrounded by books. For those who loved books, the most enjoyable thing was the feeling of being submerged by books. Such a small and warm bookstore with some crowding, as if it was their own study, gave people an unexpected sense of security. Just when you are immersed in the sea of books, the store will hand over a cup of hot cocoa in time, as if the care of family, let people warm.

Qiancai Bookstore L s Book Cafe & Wine

Address: No.195 Changde Road, Jing 'an District

Qiancai Bookstore, which opened on the first floor of Changde Apartment, Zhang Ailing's former residence, has a unique cultural atmosphere, and the layout of the store also makes everyone who has been there leave an impression of "petty bourgeoisie". Flexible chairs, delicate round tables and casual flower embellishments make the books here elegant and refined. A place where you can sit all afternoon with a tiramisu latte.

Taofen Xiwenju

Address: No. 325 Changle Road, Luwan District (near South Shaanxi Road)

Among the clothing stores on Changle Road, the bookstore in this two-story villa is particularly conspicuous. On the ground floor is a cozy ice cream and coffee bar, and on the upper floor are foreign books. The room as a whole with orange-red as the main tone, in the warm environment drinking coffee, reading a book, itself is a very comfortable thing.

City of the Cat Concept Bookstore

Address: many branches

Cat Sky City Concept Bookstore has many identities. This is not only a literary bookstore, but also a postcard theme store, a small fresh grocery store, a handmade stockings milk tea shop, and even a letter to the future self. No matter which interpretation, it implicitly expresses an optimistic understanding and perception of life, allowing urbanites to find that rare freedom and calm here.