Along with avocado toast, matcha lattes and shelves full of house plants, Instagram loves a beautiful bookstore.

As well as pointing us in the direction of the latest page turners, Instagram’s many devoted readers are experts in seeking out the world’s most picturesque book shops. In fact, the hashtag #bookstore has been used well over a million times, and there’s even a feed devoted to the cats that live in book shops.

Now that it’s so easy to buy books online, or even download the latest release instantly via Kindle, real life book shops have come to occupy a very special place in our hearts – they increasingly feel like magical, and unfortunately rare, places where we can go to truly celebrate our love of reading.

In the best bookstores, we might even be able to settle into an armchair for a few hours – paging through vintage discoveries we’d never find anywhere else, while surrounded by stacks of beautifully bound hardbacks and rows of newly released paperbacks.

Instagram’s most snapped book shops tick all of these boxes and more – often with the added bonus of beautiful locations, stunning architecture and carefully curated reading recommendations.

Scroll down to discover the most double-tapped book shops on Instagram…

Discover 8 of the world’s most Instagrammable bookstores