倫敦一直是藝文聖地，每次去逛書店，總能發掘到意想不到的好作品，逛書買書看書，每一個環節都是享受。每一年，British Book Awards 都會選出年度最佳獨立書店，而 2025 年的決選名單近日出爐，共有 72 間書店入選，打破歷年紀錄，當中有 14 家書店是第一次入圍。這些書店分布在各地，倫敦、蘇格蘭、北愛爾蘭和曼徹斯特等地。
其中，倫敦最受矚目的新星是 2024 年開幕的 Bàrd Books，主打多元選書風格，另一家是 The Gilded Acorn，致力於環保議題。這些書店不只賣書，更經常舉辦讀書會、作家講座、策劃小型文化節等，讓書店成為社區的文化據點。
下面這份進入決選的 10 間倫敦獨立書店清單，每一家都值得你存下來。
Pages of Hackney, Hackney
主打社會議題、女性主義與文學作品，地下室還有黑膠唱片專區，週週都有精彩講座和活動，是附近一帶社區不可或缺的文化據點。
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Nomad Books, Fulham
開業超過 30 年的溫馨書店，選書質感滿滿，搭配自家咖啡吧，來這裡可以邊喝咖啡邊挑一本當月最熱門的小說。
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Brick Lane Bookshop, Shoreditch
東倫敦的老字號獨立書店，專注於倫敦歷史、文學小說與當代詩集，還會舉辦寫作工作坊，帶著街坊鄰居一起創作。
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The Children's Bookshop, Muswell Hill
專為孩子打造的夢幻閱讀空間，從經典繪本到青少年小說應有盡有，並定期舉辦親子故事時間。
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Backstory, Balham
書店結合咖啡與酒吧，傍晚點杯紅酒搭配一本小說，讓閱讀變成一種生活享受。
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Goldsboro Books, Covent Garden
專賣稀有初版書籍和作家簽名版本，讓書迷在典雅的空間中尋寶，每一本書都像藝術品一樣珍貴。
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Housmans Bookshop, King's Cross
全倫敦最具政治色彩的書店，專注於社會正義、環保和人權議題，店內隨處可見反叛精神。
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Queen's Park Books, Queen's Park
溫暖的社區書店，從熱門小說到童書都有，還常舉辦讀書會，讓街坊鄰居在故事中彼此連結。
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Bàrd Books, Bow
2024 年才開幕的小書店，主打詩歌與多元文化選書，已經成為東倫敦最受矚目的文學新據點。
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The Gilded Acorn, Holborn
號稱全球最環保書店，從選書到包裝都環保到底，來這裡買書不只是支持好作品，更是支持永續未來。
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這些獨立書店證明了，
實體書店仍有存在的重要價值
這些獨立書店不只讓閱讀變得更有趣，也證明了在這個數位時代，實體書店依然能透過創意和熱情，成為社區的靈魂。以下是 2025 年 British Book Awards 的完整決選名單：
East England
Jarrolds (Norwich)
Kett’s Books (Wymondham)
Norfolk Children’s Book Centre (Alby)
Red Lion Books (Colchester)
Maldon Books (Maldon)
The Holt Bookshop (Holt)
Island of Ireland
Bridge Books (Dromore, Co Down)
Little Acorns Bookstore (Derry)
Tales for Tadpoles (Bray, County Wicklow)
Tertulia Bookshop (Westport, County Mayo)
The Secret Bookshelf (Carrickfergus)
London
Backstory (Balham)
Bàrd Books (Bow)
Brick Lane Bookshop (Tower Hamlets)
Children’s Bookshop (Muswell Hill)
Goldsboro Books (Covent Garden)
Housmans Bookshop (King’s Cross)
Nomad Books (Fulham)
Pages of Hackney (Hackney)
Queen’s Park Books (Queen’s Park)
The Gilded Acorn (Holborn)
Midlands
Booka Bookshop (Oswestry)
Burway Books (Church Stretton)
Kibworth Books (Kibworth)
The Poetry Pharmacy (Bishop’s Castle)
The Heath Bookshop (King’s Heath, Birmingham)
The Rabbit Hole (Brigg)
Wonderland Bookshop (Retford)
North England
House of Books & Friends (Manchester)
Kemps Books & General Store (Malton)
Linghams Bookshop (Heswall)
Pickering Book Tree (Pickering)
Queer Lit (Manchester)
Sam Read Bookseller (Grasmere)
Serenity Booksellers (Stockport)
Simply Books (Bramhall)
The Little Ripon Bookshop (Ripon)
Wave of Nostalgia (Haworth)
Scotland
Heron & Willow (Jedburgh)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Linglithgow)
Night Owl Books (East Linton)
Seahorse Bookstore (Ardrossan)
The Bookhouse (Broughty Ferry)
The Book Nook (Stewarton)
The Edinburgh Bookshop (Edinburgh)
The Ginger Cat Bookshop (Bridge of Weir)
The Wee Bookshop (Dollar)
Ullapool Bookshop (Ullapool)
South-East England
Afrori Books (Brighton)
Caper (Oxford)
David’s Bookshop (Letchworth)
Hungerford Bookshop (Hungerford)
Medina Books (Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Mostly Books (Abingdon)
The Book Shop (Lee-on-the-Solent)
The Margate Bookshop (Margate)
The Wallingford Bookshop (Wallingford)
South-West England
Bert’s Books (Swindon)
bookhaus (Bristol)
Falmouth Bookseller (Falmouth)
FOLDE Dorset (Shaftesbury)
Gloucester Road Books (Bristol)
Liznojan Books (Tiverton)
Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights (Bath)
Storysmith (Bristol)
The East Gate Bookshop (Totnes)
Winstone’s Hunting Raven Books (Frome)
Wales
Cover to Cover (Mumbles)
Griffin Books (Penarth)
The Berwyn Bookshop (Flintshire)
The Bookshop by the Sea (Aberystwyth)
The Bookshop Mold (Mold)
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