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This week’s shelf · no. 34

Ten books for a long October evening.

Chosen at the front counter on Monday morning, before the shop opens, by whoever has read the most that week. They stay on the shelf by the door until Sunday.

Two of these are translations. We have named the translators, because somebody wrote those sentences too.Maria Tsironi · front counter
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The Long Evening — Novel The Long Evening — Novel Hardback, 320 pages. The latest novel from Margaret Lin. € 18,00 Bookend Brass Pair Bookend Brass Pair Solid brass, weighted. Holds a meter of books. € 48,00 Cooking Slow — Recipes Ivory Edition Small Cooking Slow — Recipes Ivory Edition Small Greek home cooking. 80 recipes, photographed shot-by-shot. € 28,98 Book Subscription M Ivory Edition Small Book Subscription M Ivory Edition Small A curated novel monthly, hand-picked by our buyers. € 24,84 Notebook Hardback A5 Ivory Edition Small Notebook Hardback A5 Ivory Edition Small Plain ruled, 200 pages, lay-flat binding. Choose four colours. € 14,49 Field Notes — Memoir Navy Heritage Medium Field Notes — Memoir Navy Heritage Medium A photographer’s decade in the Aegean. Photo essays and journal. € 24,31 Reading Light Clip-On Navy Heritage Medium Reading Light Clip-On Navy Heritage Medium Warm LED, three brightness levels, USB-C charged. € 41,99 Travel Atlas 2026 Black Classic Large Travel Atlas 2026 Black Classic Large Hand-drawn maps, 60 destinations, suggested routes. € 37,60 The Long Evening — Novel Black Classic Large The Long Evening — Novel Black Classic Large Hardback, 320 pages. The latest novel from Margaret Lin. € 21,15 Bookend Brass Pair Black Classic Large Bookend Brass Pair Black Classic Large Solid brass, weighted. Holds a meter of books. € 56,40

A bookshop in Pagrati, since 2014.

Hand-selected

About 9,800 titles, which is small. Every one of them is here because a bookseller argued for it. We do not take payment for placement, and we do not stock by algorithm.

Greek and international

Athens publishers sit on the same table as New York and London ones. If a book exists in a good Greek translation we will usually recommend that one, and tell you who made it.

Same-day in the centre

Order before two in the afternoon and it reaches central Athens the same evening. Free over €35. Everywhere else in Greece, two to three days.

Contents

All 72 titles
  1. IFictionNovels and short stories, mostly living authors12
  2. IIPhilosophyAncient through contemporary, including facing-page Greek12
  3. IIIPoetryOur largest table by shelf-metre, and our smallest by revenue12
  4. IVEssay & Non-FictionReported, argued and remembered12
  5. VClassicsThe ones worth owning rather than borrowing12
  6. VIChildren & Young AdultAges marked honestly, not optimistically12
The Long Evening

Tuesdays, half past eight, upstairs.

The full programme
12 OctSolenoid, in fullled by Penelope Karageorgi6 seats
19 OctAnne Carson, reading and argumentled by Maria Tsironifull
26 OctPhilosophy night: attentionled by Stelios Roussos11 seats
02 NovTranslators at the tablefour translators, one hour each14 seats
Poetry table

What Maria put out this month.

All poetry
Cooking Slow — Recipes € 28,00 Reading Light Clip-On € 38,00 Cooking Slow — Recipes Ivory Edition Small € 28,98 Reading Light Clip-On Ivory Edition Small € 39,33 Cooking Slow — Recipes Navy Heritage Medium € 30,94
Visit

Ymittou 42, Pagrati.

Five minutes downhill from the Kallimarmaro. The poetry table is the one by the window; the philosophy shelves are at the back, where it is quieter and the chairs are better.

Monday to Friday
09:00 – 21:00
Saturday
09:00 – 18:00
Sunday
Closed, except on event evenings
Getting here
The reading room at the back of the shop