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When it comes to choosing a favourite bookshop, everyone’s different. Do you prefer a shop with a very particular genre or niche? Are you all about vibe, with a delightful coffee shop and reading corner? Or do you go for simply the biggest, broadest bookshop – one where you’re likely to find whatever it is you’re looking for?
London has bookshops for every taste, and we know all about ranking them here at Time Out (this week we named our fave bookshop in the capital for 2025). Also in-the-know about all things books, however, are the British Book Awards, and today (March 11) they’ve just announced the 2025 winners of Independent Bookshop of the Year.
Triumphing in a 10-shop shortlist stacked with treasured names like Housmans Bookshop in King’s Cross and the Brick Lane Bookshop, Queen’s Park Books took London’s regional title. Congrats, Queen’s Park Books!
Never been to Queen’s Park Books? Perhaps this is the kick up the backside you need to trek over to northwest London and check it out. QPB boasts a vast range of books, its 10,000 titles all hand curated. It’s the second of two shops owned by the Fergiani family – the first being Hampstead’s West End Lane Books.
Far more than a dime-a-dozen bookshop, Queen’s Park Books boasts a monthly book subscription and is a partner of the Queen’s Park Book Festival. You can find out more on the shop website here.
Queen’s Park Books will now go on to compete for the title of ‘Bookshop of the Year’, with the finalists spread across both the UK and Ireland. The overall winner will be announced on May 12 and win £5,000.
Hungry for more? Here are 45 brilliant bookshops to visit in London.
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