The Index/Local Index · Lisbon
The Portuguese capital's literary scene has quietly become one of Europe's most interesting. Nine shops that anchor it.
Lisbon has, in the last five years, become one of the more interesting cities in Europe to be a reader. The combination of low rents, returning expat Portuguese, and a steady inflow of writers from across the Lusophone world has produced an unusual density of small, serious bookshops.
This is a guide to nine of them, from a 200-year-old institution in Chiado to a one-person poetry shop in Graça.
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