The best bookshops Los Angeles

Lovers of second-hand books, vinyl, art books you can't find... Look no further, you're in heaven! This is, without doubt, one of the most original bookstores in Los Angeles, and the best-stocked in California. Many gems are hidden in this maze of new and used books. The labyrinth is reached by passing under a book tunnel, where used books are sorted... by color! Also on sale: rare editions, sometimes signed by their authors. A veritable Ali Baba's cave.

In the heart of Los Feliz, Skylight Books has been welcoming a hip community in search of its literary fix since 2008. The excellent collection of art books and the wide variety of magazines will undoubtedly encourage you to spend the afternoon leafing through most of the books you find. An entire section is dedicated to California and Los Angeles. A few meters further on, a second store offers a more general selection, with a large number of novels. Authors are regularly invited to come and read their publications.

This is probably the best bookstore in Los Angeles - with Skylight Books in Los Feliz and The Last Bookstore in Downtown as its only real competitors. The choice of books is the result of a combination of good taste, an appetite for current affairs and a curiosity for what's new... So much so that the challenge is to find a shelf that doesn't have at least one book you don't immediately want to devour. Events are also regularly organized with leading contemporary authors and members of the film industry.

Attention film buffs: this is the place to find all the books on film history. For over 70 years, Larry Edmunds Bookshop has been on a mission to provide spiritual nourishment to many writers and directors. The program includes more than 500,000 books of photographs, 6,000 posters and 20,000 books on the 7th art and theater. In addition, events are frequently organized, such as film screenings featuring cult directors from Hollywood's Golden Age and book signings with authors.