Bookshops Worth a Detour

A good bookshop is always worth going out of your way for, and Scotland has some of the best anywhere. Secondhand stacks to the ceiling in a converted church, a whole town given over to books, and tiny shops in unlikely places where the person behind the counter has read everything on the shelves.

We've gathered our favourite bookshops across Scotland, from city institutions to shops at the end of a long road. Every one of them is worth the detour, and you're unlikely to leave empty-handed.