Bookworm

Hanoi


Bookworm stocks over 20,000 new and used English-language books over two floors. There’s plenty of fiction and it’s good on South Asian history and politics as well as children's books and general non-fiction. There's a couple of long couches upstairs for a comfortable sit-down with whatever gems you find on the packed shelves.


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