I may be a writer, but like a lot of people I’m a reader first. 

This wasn’t always the case and I used to find non-high street bookshops off-putting, scary even, but this has all changed thanks to my bargain loving husband and gaining more confidence in the books I like. Full disclosure, I’m mainly an ebook/library reader but like to treat myself or the people in my life every now and again.

Here’s a non-exhaustive and very biased list of the best bookshops in Edinburgh, according to me.