The diary of a bookseller

Shaun Bythell is the owner of Wigtown Bookshop, Scotland’s largest second-hand bookshop. Its winding aisles hold 100,000 books, spread across 1.5km of shelves, all in a small country town by the sea. A bookworm’s paradise? Not exactly…

In this clever and hilarious diary, Sean offers a scathing inside look at the world of a real-life bookstore in the age of Amazon – from the whims of eccentric customers and arguments with staff to his wanderings through old country houses and auction houses in the British countryside.

The thrill of unexpected discovery, classic books, hidden treasures, the rhythms of the small town, all intertwine with tenderness in a book that those who... love books will love.