Waterstone's Booksellers, Bloomsbury, London

My local book store. Conveniently located next to the University of London, University College London, SOAS, Birkbeck and many more, this book store serves mainly students.
Next to the normal range of books on cooking, DIY etc., this store has a huge range of academic books in stock at all times. You can find books on almost every subject here, ranging from politics to medical studies.
Additionally, the Waterstone’s also has an in house Costa Coffee on the lower ground floor and a Ryman’s on the same level. You can easily spend an entire day in this store, reading, writing, and also listening to one of the many authors that are coming in for talks and book signings.
Five stars for this all-around perfect book store!

Great bookshop,record store
meeting place,venue for talks
by authors : for example in 2011
An Evening with. . .Owen Jones
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

i think this is still my favourite main stream place to look for books. it works whether you know what you want, and just want to pick it up, or whether you want to browse and be inspired.

Another one of my favourite bookshops. They have a a specialist medical section, including a great section on Epidemiology and Medical Statistics which is where I spend a lot of my time (yes, I admit it, I'm a geek), and you can find most books from the LSHTM reading list in stock.

They have quite a big fiction section as well though and although it's a little disorganised and hard to find things, due to lots of little cubby holes and secluded parts of rooms, there's actually a lot here if you have the patience to look.

If you don't have time, the staff are very helpful, and can quickly tell you if a book is in stock or not. I really like the personal comments that waterstones' staff write about various books around the store.

I've spent many a lunch break in this shop.

Good if you're studying something serious, like medicine, science, that sort of thing. Average in other areas, but that's fine because they are specialising. A bit cramped.

Excellent resourceful place with 3 floors ranging with all types of books, in all fields. Specific floor for specific field along with the helpful staff ready to meet customer's demand. Best place for students to read, relax with coffee. As the books are ranged specifially by their fields, they are really easy to find. According to me, it's a good bookstore.

Definitely one of the best bookshops. In the heart of UCL etc this place specialises in academic texts but don’t let the crowds of med students put you off. This is like a tardis - 3 floors rammed with books and they will almost definitely have what you want, from obscure military strategy to classic feminist fiction (my two most recent purchases!) Staff are knowledgeable and helpful.

A great place to relax with a coffee and a book!!

Waterstones is one of the best bookstores for all types of books, and this store is great. The staff are very helpful, and the store is well stocked, with a very large range of titles.

Excellent range of books spread over four floors. The business section is impressive, and the warren of rooms makes it an interesting place to kill time. The Costa Coffee is handy, particularly if you’re at Birkbeck for a seminar on Saturday. Staff, as with almost all branches of Waterstones, are very helpful and I’ve even found they’ll guide people to the section they need when it’s in a particularly warren-like part of the shop.

The best Waterstone’s if you’re a student. This place on Gower Street has plenty of academic books and the sort of specialist texts that you would normally only find on Amazon. The location is great. Gower Street is one of the quietest parts of Central London and nearby Bloomsbury one of the nicest places to go for a walk. Although the Waterstone’s looks as though it would house only a limited range, the building is a lot like the tardis with lots of tucked away sections that hold a treasury trove of reading. If you’re over in Bloomsbury, check it out. I bought most of my reading here for two years when I worked nearby.

Waterstones, on Gower Street, is certainly a very good book shop as can be expected with it being next to one of the London University campuses. It is housed in a huge, characterful, building and is arranged over several floors.

However, to me it feels somewhat dated in its design, possibly due to the limitations imposed by the building. It feels a bit like stepping back in retail time by about 20 years. If you like exploring the range of books available in such a place this probably doesn’t matter, but to me it felt undesirable to spend too much time in there.

Overall a good book store despite the somewhat dated retail experience.

This is a very good Waterstones. It has books, cards, bits of stationary and some quite obscure magazines.

So far, if I’ve needed a book for my assignment and all the copies in the library have gone, this bookshop has come to the rescue a couple of times. It has lots of floors, the ground level being mainly for fiction and bestsellers.

I use the History section regularly and find it particulary useful. I also love their second hand section. I’ve picked up a bargain or 3 there.

The shop has a nice layout. It is easy to spend hours in this shop without realising it.

The staff are usually very efficient and polite.
It’s also housed in a lovely building. This sets it apart from other waterstone’s. All in all this is one of my favourite book shops.

Whis bookstore is like heaven for all book lovers. Located in Picaddily Circus, this bookstore stocks up a wide variety of books. I absolutely love this bookstore and would always visit their coffee shop located on the top floor to make my stay a little longer and cosy.

Fantastic bookshop. I love going into this bookshop, bring my own coffee and sit there reading for hours. It’s the perfect place to 'meet friends’ as there are plenty to read in case your friend is stuck in the traffic.

This particular store is a haven for students. It has four floors including the basement. The array of academic material available for purchase is really impressive. The store is well laid out and staff are pretty helpful. I highly recommend this store for parents. If your child is going to make that strange and scary change from primary to secondary-then you should make a trip to this store. It has so many books on the 3rd floor for help with the 11+.

The thing that I love best about this waterstones is that it doesn’t feel like part of a chain. Most chains have no character to them but this building is full of character and is a really pleasant place to visit.
The staff are very friendly and helpful and seem very knowledgable about the books.
It’s probably the best place to go for academic books of any kind.

Worth a look for the architecture alone!

This store is great because it has 4 storeys and loads and loads of copies of each title, unlike it's sister on Oxford Street when if you are after a book and they happen to have it, they have only one piece and that of course noone is able to find, even from the staff. Also it has a wide range of classics which is always good to know as all book shops seem to be obsessed with the modern writers who just got published.

I love this cozy University Bookstore cum Reading Lounge. This bookstore is a delightful place to read and browse for books: it has four floors crammed with plenty of fiction and non-fiction books in every subject. The books are easy to find, and there's a massive selection. Being close to a university, there are plenty of academic titles. There's a Costa Coffee in the basement which is always busy and full of chatty locals, or students cramming for exams. The art and design books are located on the second floor, with a window seat in the tower. The "grand staircase" always has a nice and tempting display of new books. Really a lovely place to stop by and browse for books; my favourite bookstore in all of London.