Soho has no shortage of chic hangouts, but now one of its most stylish book cafés has gone global. Bibliotheque, the literary-minded café and wine bar on Mercer Street, has just been named one of the 10 most beautiful book cafés in the world for 2025 , according to the 1000 Libraries Awards’ annual list.

That’s no small feat: More than 200,000 votes poured in from readers, café hounds and urban planners worldwide, narrowing the field from 16 nominees to a final top 10. The Soho spot ultimately landed in ninth place, rubbing shoulders with heavyweights like Istanbul’s sprawling Minoa Pera and Mexico City’s lush Cafebrería El Péndulo.

So what makes Bibliotheque list-worthy? For starters, the design is a mood. Books aren’t just on shelves here—they snake along sofa backs and lin

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