{"id":184822,"date":"2025-08-29T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184822\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:48:10","slug":"one-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-bookstores-is-right-here-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184822\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of The World\u2019s Most Beautiful Bookstores Is Right Here In L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Last-Bookstore-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"The Last Bookstore\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImage via @ilgindoguzengin<\/p>\n<p>With 20 years of operation, this bookstore first debuted in L.A. back in 2005 inside a <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/st-vincent-court-european-street-dtla\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/st-vincent-court-european-street-dtla\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Downtown Los Angeles<\/a> loft, and quickly became a local staple that earned it the chance to move to its current location spanning <strong>22,000 square feet, which used to be a bank.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Famous not only for its size and the<strong> literary gems you can find inside,<\/strong> this store is also beloved for its beauty and Instagram-worthy d\u00e9cor, making it officially one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1000libraries.com\/post\/2025-top-10-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.1000libraries.com\/post\/2025-top-10-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK_272wi_PZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>In May 2025, the 1000 Libraries Awards team nominated 19 exceptional bookshops for their outstanding work in keeping the magic of books alive. During this time, over <strong>200,000 people voted for their favorite spots<\/strong> for bookworming around the globe, crowning The Last Bookstore at position #10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last Bookstore<\/strong> is one of California\u2019s largest new and used bookstores, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/shops\/los-angeles\/the-last-bookstore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/shops\/los-angeles\/the-last-bookstore\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/a> named it back in 2019. It features over <strong>250,000 books, vinyl records, and graphic novels across two floors, plus an arts and rare books annex.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>\u23f0 Hours:<\/b> Monday to Sunday 11AM\u20138PM<br \/><b>\ud83d\udccd Location:<\/b> 453 S Spring St Ground Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image via @ilgindoguzengin With 20 years of operation, this bookstore first debuted in L.A. back in 2005 inside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-184822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115112608149306596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}