Brentano's is a good place to head for American classics, modern fiction and bestsellers, and also stocks a decent range of business titles. There is a children's section in...

Opened in 1802, this was the first English-language bookshop in mainland Europe. Today it stocks fine art books, French and English literature, philosophical tomes and magazines.

Formed back in 1929, this string of bookshops is normally packed out with students.

Penelope Fletcher Le Masson and Abigail Altman run this friendly literary bookshop in the Marais, which also has an excellent children's section.

New fiction, non-fiction and literary magazines in English, plus literary events and poetry readings.