The Great Geek Manual

If I ever took up a hobby as rustic as camping, this is exactly what it would look like. Seriously, am I the only one here with childhood fantasies of living in a library/bookstore?

Source: The Telegraph

I would happily build a house for myself using this method, if only I could find a climate dry enough that it would be reduced to paper mache. Still, I hold out hope that one day my coffin might look something like this…

Source: We ♥ It

I love it, but I can’t help but wince at the sight of all those books outside.

Source: Tara Holland Flickr

When I’m navigating through random snaps of libraries that aren’t mine, I often wonder why no one has ever created a library labyrinth. Sure, it would be a pain in the ass to find something specific, but just imagine how much fun it would be to wander in a maze while you were browsing for some new literary treasure to get lost in?

Source: Sabby3000 Flickr

I make no secret of the fact that I’m a hardcore bibliophile, but we’re a common enough lot these day. And the one sight that always makes me linger over a webpage is rows and rows of neatly organized books. So, in an effort to draw more like-minded read here to my little blog, I decided to round-up a gallery of photos of some of the most beautiful libraries I’ve ever seen photos of. Enjoy.

Abbey Library St. Gall in Saint Gallen, Switzerland
Photo Credit: Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger.

The Astronomy Library of the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands
Photo Credit: (Erik)