Books

Cool Facebook page for book (and bookshelf) lovers

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Bookshelf Porn gathers interesting pictures of books and bookshelves. That is all.

This labyrinth of 250,000 books, entitled aMAZEme, is installed at The Clore Ballroom in the Royal Festival Hall in London. The maze is constructed of 250,000 remaindered, second-hand and new books. The photo is by Tony Kyriacou / Rex Features, per the Facebook page.

Here are a couple of local images posted recently at LA Observed:

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Garage door of books in the Hollywood Hills.


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Counter of books in downtown Los Angeles


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