Librairie Avant-Garde 南京先鋒書店

Despite not having glorious decorations and striking signs, this bookstore – located in an underground parking lot in Wutaishan, Nanjing – has been rewarded as the most beautiful bookshop in China by CNN. The design of the store is elegant and solemn, featuring the color white and a huge cross in the central wall. Although many bookstores run into financial trouble, Librairie Avant-Garde fares well because of its unique cultural and creative products such as coffee cups, artistic picture frames and personality T-shirts. Choosing one of your favorite books and drinking a cup of free tea on a soft sofa is definitely an amazing experience.