Kunming folks enjoy reading here...

Eraser Bookshop

Room 101, 1st Floor, No. 18, Cuihubei Road

The owner says she wants to make her store a book-based living spacee.

Many visitors found the bookstore is a reminder of their childhood of innocence. Kids from the nearby families are taken here to read books and draw pictures.

Wheatfield Bookstore

At the back gate of the Attached Primary School of Yunnan Normal University, Wenhua Alley, Wenlin Street

At a corner of Kunming’s Wenhua Alley lies the Wheatfield Bookstore, quietly. The bookstore is not spacious. It is hard for three or four people to move freely in it.

During the day, the boss Mr. Ma Li reads and tastes tea here, accompanied by a small sofa, a coffee table and a vinyl record set. At 6:00 pm, Ma closes the shop to join the band. He hardly thinks of expanding the business. Ma just wants the bookstore to exist till his life end. The shop is a quiet world of his own. 

No.51 Book Bar

No.51, Qianwang Street, Kunming

The No.51 Book Bar is so named because of its location.

The two-storey bookshop is small but has an extraordinary interior. The first floor is very close to Qianwang Street, while the second is wider. Looking out of the window, you’ll have a good view of the old roofs, serene and pleasant.

Xinhua Bookstore

No. 56, Nanping Street, Kunming

No matter how the days change, the veteran chain of Xinhua bookstores still holds a predominant position in the hearts of Chinese nationals.

After the renovation in 2015, the Kunming Xinhua Bookstore has a brand new look, stunning many book lovers. The bookstore impresses the readers with its high book shelves that almost touch the ceiling.

Feizi Book Bar

No. 10, Xunjin New Village, Xunjin Street

A girl called Feizi opened this shop that used to hide in Xunjin Street. Now the book bar has a new branch on the 4th floor of ME TOWN Mall.

In addition, anyone who bought book(s) here will be offered book covers free. The owner is a cheerful girl who loves desserts and life alike. She can make very delicious desserts.

Huasheng Bookstore

No. 21, 4th Floor, Tongde Plaza

In the name Huasheng, “Hua” is flower, while “sheng” means life. So it is a bookstore for a flowery life.

In addition to books, there are vinyl records, mini-exhibitions, paintings, handmade coffee, bakes, private collections, and so on.

C&F Bookstore 

1st Floor, No. C86 Camellia House, East Dongfeng Road

On March 1, 2018, Kunming opened another beautiful bookstore -- the C&F Bookstore that houses books on humanities and social sciences, as well as Chinese and English books for children.

Entering the bookstore, you will be impressed by the glass walls that allow  abundant sunshine to travel into the interior of the store during most of the day. Read at the 3000-square-meter bookstore, you will never be far away from the nature.

By Zhu Dongran and Wang Shixue

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