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10 Cozy DC Bookstores That Are Just Begging to Be in Your Instagram Feed

Get lost in a local shop like Idle Time Books. Photo via Instagram user @racheldjames.

Spend a lazy Sunday lost among the shelves.

1. Bridge Street Books

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXtCrJfhAmB/?taken-at=7829990

A collection spilling out onto the sidewalk.

2. Riverby Books

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVPuDAzgKHB/?taken-at=290184256

The best book nook.

3. Capitol Hill Books

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMOyDFRBhyH/?taken-at=365158

Still can’t get enough.

4. Idle Time Books

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMK-eyZjRH9/?taken-at=271125

Life goals.

5. Book Bank

https://www.instagram.com/p/5VVMJmjk6u/?taken-at=3248136

Finding love on a shelf.

6. Hole in the Wall Books

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVvBXwMgTD9/?taken-at=5122889

Worth the venture to Falls Church.

7. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZZFpuMjx3f/?hl=en&taken-at=286289

Bring your pup, too.

8. Politics and Prose Bookstore

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY-r7tCAxol/?hl=en&taken-at=48894653

The perfect pairing.

9. Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU2WNAXjkMT/?taken-at=309968733

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board…”

10. Second Story Books & Antiques

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZLpJkrgEws/?taken-at=130439

Rare and used finds.

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Abbey joined Washingtonian in September 2017. A Miami University (Ohio, not Florida) alum, she called the Midwest home before moving to Vermont to report for the Burlington Free Press and to be closer to her one true love: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Her work has also appeared in Cincinnati Magazine and USA Today. Abbey lives in Falls Church.