The School of Life Shop

70 Marchmont Street
London WC1N 1AB
Tel: 020 7833 1010
 
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday, 12.00 - 19.00

In our modestly-sized but very ambitious bookshop, we set out to provide you with all the essential books on all the great topics crucial to leading a good life. Our stock is a mix of high and low, new and old, predictable and astonishing.  You’ll find it a perfect place to while away an hour finding inspiration or track down thoughtful and original gifts.

We organise our books not by genre but by problem. We know how frustrating it can be to wander through miles of bookshelves labelled "history" or "economics" or "crime", with no indication about which ones are actually worth reading. So instead we have created a kind of chemist for the mind, where you can find shelves such as “how to enjoy your own company”, “how to make a difference” or “how to survive insomnia”. You'll find no more than six books on any of our shelves, and we're pretty confident you'll enjoy every one of them. After all our faculty have read their way through thousands more to bring you such a carefully edited selection. 
 
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