As well as reading the world, I enjoy exploring its bookshops. So when I find myself in a new part of the planet, I often make a beeline for the nearest wordmonger’s and spend some time browsing the selection. It can be fascinating to see what sort of titles booksellers stock and how they present them to tempt readers.

I’ve recently started recording my bookshop visits in a series of ‘World bookshopper’ blog posts (sort of like mystery shopping, with travel and books thrown in). You can read my reports so far by clicking the links below.

As ever, I’m keen to know what you think of the stores too. And if there’s a bookshop in your part of the globe that I should try and visit, leave a comment telling me about it below. You never know – I may stop by one day…

Bermuda

• The Book Cellar, St George’s

Japan

• Jimbocho, Tokyo

Spain

• Aida Books&More, Valencia
• Diada de Sant Jordi, Barcelona

United Arab Emirates

• House of Prose, Dubai

United Kingdom

• Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
• The Big Comfy Bookshop, Coventry
• Voltaire & Rousseau, Glasgow
• Word on the Water, London

United States

• Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, New York
• Rizzoli Bookstore, New York
• Three Lives & Company, New York