



London: Daunt Books
Operating Hours:Monday - Saturday: 09:00 - 19:30. Sunday: 11:00 - 18:00
The Vibe:The world's most beautiful travel bookshop
The Marylebone High Street flagship occupies a 1912 Edwardian bookshop with long oak galleries and stained-glass skylights. Books are arranged by country rather than genre — fiction, history, cookery and travel for each nation sit together. A genuinely original organising principle.
Sunlight filters through stained glass onto oak panelling; browsers drift along narrow galleries. Books for Greece, India or Peru stand together on their own shelves — fiction beside travel memoir beside recipe book.
- • The original Marylebone shop occupies a 1912 Edwardian building
- • Country-based arrangement system is genuinely unique
- • Regularly features in world's most beautiful bookshop lists
Persona Fit
- ✈️ Travellers: Country-based arrangement is unmatched for trip reading
- 📸 Photographers: One of London's most photographed interiors
- 📚 Literary travellers: Fiction and travel woven together
- 🎁 Gift shoppers: Memorable bookshop buys
Highlights
- Edwardian oak-galleried main room
- Stained-glass skylights
- Country-based arrangement — novel globally
- Six London branches across the city
- Daunt's own-brand canvas tote — iconic London accessory — Hidden Gem

Sarah Riches
Our London Local Expert
Table of Contents
- Baker Street Tube — five-minute walk
- Bond Street Tube — 10-minute walk
- Main entrance on Marylebone High Street
Food & Coffee Shops
Paul Rothe & Son — Marylebone institution for breakfast
Chiltern Firehouse — upscale nearby dining
Conran Shop café for design-led lunch
Paul Rothe & Son — Marylebone institution for breakfast
Chiltern Firehouse — upscale nearby dining
Conran Shop café for design-led lunch
Insider Tips
Best Time: Weekday mid-afternoon for quiet browsing
Hack: Pick a destination you're planning and browse its country shelf
Hidden Gem: Daunt canvas totes are a reliable London souvenir
Photography without flash encouraged
Best Time: Weekday mid-afternoon for quiet browsing
Hack: Pick a destination you're planning and browse its country shelf
Hidden Gem: Daunt canvas totes are a reliable London souvenir
Photography without flash encouraged
Photography Tips
Long gallery down the oak mezzanine — iconic shot
Stained-glass skylights in morning side light
Country-shelf labels make distinctive detail shots
Long gallery down the oak mezzanine — iconic shot
Stained-glass skylights in morning side light
Country-shelf labels make distinctive detail shots
Things To Do Nearby
Regent's Park — 10-minute walk north
Wallace Collection — free art museum in a townhouse nearby
The Chiltern Firehouse for celebrity-spotting dinner
Regent's Park — 10-minute walk north
Wallace Collection — free art museum in a townhouse nearby
The Chiltern Firehouse for celebrity-spotting dinner






