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Outdoor markets/thrift

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English(ish) bookshops

  • Shakespeare & Co
    • 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris
    • cafe next door, a little cramped during prime tourist hours. personally don’t like the collection and layout as much as before, but it’s a cute touristy spot
  • Galignani
    • 224 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
    • bilingual, large selection of fiction and nonfiction
  • WHSmith
    • 248 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
    • has a café on the first floor! Huge selection of nonfiction and fiction
  • The Abbey Bookshop (used bookshop)
    • 29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris
  • San Francisco Books
    • 17 Rue Monsieur le Prince, 75006 Paris
  • The Red Wheelbarrow
    • two doors up from, 9 rue de Medicis, 75006, 11 Rue de Médicis No. 9, 75006 Paris
    • amazing selection of fiction and nonfiction, and also has a bilingual kids shop two doors down from the adult store
  • Gibert Joseph - 2nd floor, 5th floor
    • 26 Bd Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris
    • 2nd floor has a section for English fiction and poetry, 5th floor for more textbooks and references

Indian Grocery Stores

  • VS.CO - basically a lot of shops around Gare du Nord/ Gare de l’Est
  • Velan - in passage Brady, two stores across from each other, a few restaurants and vendors in that area