Hurlingham Books

Less a shop, more a chaotic vortex of secondhand paperbacks, Hurlingham can be found a few steps away from Putney Bridge tube. Finding specific titles is a bit of a fruitless quest here – instead, it’s all about the joy of serendipitous discovery, as you search the shelves and haphazard piles for an eye-catching title or cover. Prices are very fair, and proprietor Ray Cole, who’s run the shop since 1968, keeps the shop topped up from a nearby warehouse which apparently contains over a million books.