The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

  1. Home
  2. Satirical fiction and parodies
  1. Home
  2. Genres
  3. Satirical fiction and parodies
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

Hardcover • 2020 • English

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

By Shaun Bythell

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and through the misanthropic eyes of a very grumpy bookseller, we see them all--from the "Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)" to the "Parents Secretly After Free Childcare." From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. There's the Expert (divided into subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the You...Show more

Satirical fiction and parodies

Book details

ISBN

9781567926927

Publisher

David R. Godine, Publisher

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

Format

Hardcover

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Remainders of the Day A Bookshop Diary

Remainders of the Day A Bookshop Diary

Shaun Bythell

The People on Platform 5

The People on Platform 5

Clare Pooley

Dear Reader The Comfort and Joy of Books

Dear Reader The Comfort and Joy of Books

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Seven kinds of people you find in bookshops

Seven kinds of people you find in bookshops

Shaun Bythell

The diary of a bookseller

The diary of a bookseller

Shaun Bythell

Shabby

Shabby

Emlyn Rees

The almost nearly perfect people

The almost nearly perfect people

Michael Booth

Ten Types of Human

Ten Types of Human

Dexter Dias

Parsnips, buttered

Parsnips, buttered

Joe Lycett

The Bookshop Book

The Bookshop Book

Jen Campbell

Bizarre Scotland

Bizarre Scotland

David Long

Very British Problems

Very British Problems

Rob Temple

More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

Jen Campbell

A Dog's Guide to Humans

A Dog's Guide to Humans

Karen Davison

Stuff I've been reading

Stuff I've been reading

Nick Hornby

Very British Problems Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

Very British Problems Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

Rob Temple

Mr Penumbera’s 24-Hour Bookstore

Mr Penumbera’s 24-Hour Bookstore

Robin Sloan

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

Jen Campbell

Terribly English

Terribly English

The importance of being seven

The importance of being seven

Alexander McCall Smith

Round the bend

Round the bend

Only in Yorkshire: Humorous and Surprising Stories of People, Places and Events That Could Happen Only in Yorkshire

Only in Yorkshire: Humorous and Surprising Stories of People, Places and Events That Could Happen Only in Yorkshire

Phil Penfold

En shopoholiker treffer blink

En shopoholiker treffer blink

Sophie Kinsella

Incredibly silly signs

Incredibly silly signs

Tobar Ltd

The book of other people

The book of other people

Zadie Smith

Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

Xenophobe's Guide to the Scots

David Ross

Grumpy Old Christmas

Grumpy Old Christmas

Stuart Prebble

The Call of the Weird

The Call of the Weird

Louis Theroux

Is it just me or is everything shit?

Is it just me or is everything shit?

Talk to the hand

Talk to the hand

Watching the English

Watching the English

Kate Fox

Snow White and the Seven Samurai

Snow White and the Seven Samurai

Tom Holt

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Toby Young

Love in a Blue Time

Love in a Blue Time

Hanif Kureishi

How to cope when you are surrounded by idiots…

How to cope when you are surrounded by idiots…

Ben goode

Clock types

Clock types

E.J.: Tyler

På folkemunne

På folkemunne

Nils Johan

The World of Karl Pilkington

The World of Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington

Espresso tales

Espresso tales

Alexander McCall Smith