A great guide to literary sights throughout Paris. This wee book takes you through the different ages of parisiene literature and picks out famous writers from each era, linking them to areas associated with them and their works. There are plenty of pictures throughout with website and addresses details for the locations mentioned. The guide also contains details of literary hotels, bookshops and libraries, as well as a suggested reading list of Paris themed books. A great resource for a booklovers visit to Paris!

An unusual guide of Paris based on literary references. There's a lot of book and it's perfect if you are book lover.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Thank you to the author, White Owl and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great read for people who love Paris, and love books, and starts strong with good profiles of several key 19th century authors. The author included tidbits that are not generally known, and the photos generally complement the text well. I did find that as the chapters reached more current authors, they got weaker (Dan Brown? Really?). The author rounds things out with travel tips, including hotels, restaurants and bars either mentioned in books or frequented by authors mentioned in the guide. My favorite part was the section near the end on bookshops and libraries - this is the first time I've seen a compilation of these, and it's great.

A great guidebook to literary spots across Paris. Some of the spots are places mentioned in books while others are places that were significant to or frequented by authors. A great, different guidebook!

This book would make a wonderful supplement to a traditional guide book to Paris. The book takes readers around the city through the lens of literary greats. While many of the major tourist attractions are included the information is very much focused on the featured writers. As many of the writers spent most of their time in bars and cafes many of the locations featured are included in lieu of more locations geared toward tourism. The book itself was easy to read and provided information in an approachable way. I liked that that the information on how to reach the locations was really clear. It added a few spots to my list to visit the next time I’m in Paris.

This is a great gift for any book lover or francophile, or anyone who loves to travel! A fresh new look at the city of Paris from a book lover's perspective.

A great guide book for those who love Paris and books, and are looking for some unique bookish places explore. I hope to spend a few weeks in Paris in the upcoming few years and would love to have a copy of this to help me explore the city !

The best of books and the best of Paris equals perfection! Gave me so much to consider and do. Loved it and highly recommend.

I always order too many travel books for our library. People love them. I love them. They offer a digestible overview of a place. This book approaches Paris, a city with so much history, a literary focus— as the title indicates. Balzac, Colette, Dumas, Hugo and Zola, as one would expect, are featured. There is also time spent on the bookshops and stalls. Cope could have spent more time on libraries. It felt strange they were not better highlighted. The city has many beautiful libraries.

If you are a book lover planning a trip to Paris or an armchair traveler, this book is for you! The reader steps into lives of many famous authors, Dumas, Hugo, Wilde, Proust, Hemingway (to name a few), visits their haunts and their homes and the inspiration behind some of their greatest works. Beautiful photographs and wonderful tidbits of trivia enhance their story and that of the world imagined when reading their books.
There are several chapters highlighting bookshops and book stalls to visit (Shakespeare & Co for example) and places to stay that would be a bibliophiles dream when in Paris.
Emily Cope offers the reader a glorious experience in the pages of this book. Having visited Paris and some of the places mentioned, she captures the ambiance and character of what it was like to ‘be there’. I was charmed and delighted to visit Paris again and loved this visit as well.
My thanks to NetGalley, Emily Cope and Pen and Sword for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of The Book Lover's Guide to Paris.

What a great idea for a book!

It combines two of my greatest loves, books and travel!

The author provides an interesting and informative guide about the City of Lights, focusing on its celebrated history housing some of the most literary notables who have lived, loved, and struggled in Paris.

Ms. Cope lists the favorite cafes and restaurants literary notables like Colette, Hugo, and Fitzgerald held lively discussions in (most of which still remain though under new ownership and new names).

You can even book a hotel room where some of the authors once lived in!

Most of the photos came through on my Kindle and though some of the text formatting was off, I was able to read everything easily.

This is a great guide for book lovers looking to explore Paris' literary history, following in the footsteps of some of the greatest writers in recent history.

This is a lovely guide to Paris for book-lovers, which you should read before you go. Emily Cope provides a list of some of the best books set in Paris, such as The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Paris Wife. She doesn't leave out books which give a grim view of Paris, though. However, I didn't see any 19th century classics on the list, such as A Tale of Two Cities or even Phantom of the Opera! There are several Victorian and Edwardian classics set in Paris, so this was a pity.

Emily Cope also includes a list of the famous bookshops to visit in Paris, and even suggests hotels for book-lovers. She has attractive photos of Paris settings to go with each entry, however, these were in black-and-white on my Kindle.

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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I really loved this, it's full of so many interesting facts about the authors who lived and worked in Paris or authors who used Paris as inspiration for their writing. The traveler's tips were a nice touch as well but I especially loved the last 2 sections about the best bookshops and bibloteques as well as places to stay.
I will definitely be buying myself a hard copy of this book as well as recommending it to friends.

For those who love both French writers and writers connected with Paris this book is a guide to the places those writers worked, lived, and ate. This book includes writers from Dumas all the way to more modern writers like the Golden Age writers or the early 20th century including Hemingway. This is a very specialized guide. What is nice is that many of the cafes mentioned now have different names so Cope points out what they are now and if they still specialize in the same food items that these writers would have eaten.

This book provides a helpful overview of literary eras over the last several centuries, from the 1800s to present day, and includes short biographies of each author covered--along with fun did-you-know trivia, tourist info (likely worth confirming, as ever, before going in person!), and of course, beautiful photography. The author skillfully sets each element in both its historical and literary places, connecting dots I'd not thought or been aware of prior. (Notably, the Harlem Renaissance comes to mind; who knew it had Parisian connections? Not me, until now!)

I'm familiar with m any of the authors by name, but often do not know much (if anything) about their works--so particularly enjoyed the synopses of their more well-known works, which either prompted me toward or helped me decide to steer clear of them. :D Some were a bit colorful for my taste, and it's nice to know that now, via this read!

My favorite part was the section near the end on bookshops and biblioteques--I will never not go inside a bookstore, and love knowing where key ones are ahead of time!

I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I am planning on traveling to Paris next year and being an avid reader this book really whet my appetite for the literary Paris. The feeling of the bohemian lifestyles and literary salons comes through in the book covering authors who lived in Paris. Photos and information of the current locations where they lived or socialized or are buried along with synopsis of each author was well detailed . From Victor Hugo to today’s bookstores I highly recommend this book travel with you if you are as curious as I am to see these literary destinations. Thank you #NetGalley and #TheBookLoversGuideToParis for this advanced copy .

I found this book an interesting take on an amazing city. I have been to Paris numerous times and even been to several of the places mentioned in the book. I have never thought to connect them to such famous authors. That made them seem even more fascinating. The book sparked my interest in pursuing some of the classics mentioned in the descriptions. I want to thank Netgalley for the chance to read this book. It was of particular interest to me as I have another trip to Paris coming up and plan to now incorporated this book into my sightseeing.

A lovely little guide that you can use when travelling to Paris to sight see all the places that inspired those famous works of fiction

This is Essential Reading for Anyone wanting to Visit The City of Lovers for their Next Holiday!
Thanks to Net Gallery for this Book,

I really enjoyed this informative and knowledgeable book about the many literary connections that Paris is famous for. it has inspired me to return to Paris. Well written and enthusiastic. Just one small criticism. Some of the book has become muddled up in its publication as an e-book. I suspect the hard copy will be much more accurate and impressively finished.