A fic rec of One Direction fics that take place in a bookshop as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers! You can find my other recs here. Happy reading!
đ I would name the stars for you (I would take you there) by orphan_account
(M, 91k, famous/not famous)  a vaguely Notting Hill-like AU (or that made for TV Disney movie Starstruck if youâve seen it⌠no? Just me?) starring popstar!Harry and bookkeeper/soulful poet!Louis; and including guest appearances by Fate, a wise elderly aristocrat, and lots and lots of pining.
đ Meet Me in Montauk by make_this_feel_like_home
(M, 84k, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind au) The one where Harry has amnesia, Louis can't handle the pain and Lacuna Inc provides a unique service: the ability to erase a person from your memories.
đ Finding Lou by @stylinsoncity
(M, 60k, strangers to lovers) Louis is the nomadic stranger who wanders into Harryâs bookstore. Harry is the skeptic who falls for him.
đ another hazy may by deLILAh
(M, 41k, strangers to lovers) louis is a terrible poet and harry lives in the now and they have six weeks to fall in love but, really, it only takes six seconds. bookshop meets military meets summer romance au ft. marlboros, the backstreet boys, and underrated literary devices.
đ Enchanted by @brightgolden
(E, 25k, single parent Harry) Where Louis finally meets his neighbour. After a few conversations, he begins to realise he is too weak to resist the charms of the new mother and his six month old daughter.
đ One for the Books by @neondiamond
(M, 25k, Christmas) the one where thereâs a bookshop, a cat, OT5 friendship, a budding romance, and all the festive vibes.
đ Singing To Tiny Dancer by BriaMaria / @briannamarguerite
(E, 22k, famous/not famous) When everything gets to be a bit too much for A-list actor Louis Tomlinson, he runs back to the town he had never really called home and the boy who was the only one he did.
đ Anonymous Said by @alivingfire
(T, 21k, uni) Â two boys, two blogs, two years of anonymous messages, and a bookshop where it all comes together.
đ When We Uncover by @fallinglikethis, Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings
(T, 18k, tattoos) In world where everyone is born with a unique tattoo on their ankle, people come to wear the marks of everyone they fall in love with on their skin. Louis only has a few marks and he regrets nearly every one of them. So when he meets Harry, a boy with too many tattoos, he's hesitant to let him get too close.
đ It Will Always Be You by @phdmama
(E, 15k, reconnecting) If you had told Louis Tomlinson a year ago that he would be celebrating his birthday by kissing the man who is the love of his life on a Church Street park bench in Burlington VT as the snow drifted softly down, he would have told you that you were extremely imaginative. Or nuts. Both, maybe.
đ The Journal by 4ureyesonly28 / @evilovesyou , RecycledStardust
(G, 13k, historical) When Harry finds himself purchasing an antique journal in the ancient bookshop of a town he's never heard of, he doesn't exactly want to admit that he has no idea how he got there.
đ Crystal Ball on the Table by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird
(E, 12k, girl direction) Harry Styles is just an ordinary witch from an old-fashioned Boston family trying to survive in her regular job as the fiction manager at a local bookstore and cafĂŠ. Her magic isn't exactly something she advertises when looking for potential new girlfriends, so when Louis Tomlinson arrives in her life like a breath of fresh air, she tries her best to hide how strongly her magic is reacting to Louis' presence.
đ The Art of the Giants by asphodelknox / @iamasphodelknox
(G, 10k, ballet) Louis is dancing away from an old relationship when he meets Harry at a bookstore in the busy streets of Seattle. Harry is just a bookstore owner hoping his handsome weekly visitor could become something more.
đ Snow Squalls & Kitty Paws by @littleroverlouis
(G, 8k, snowed in) Louis and Zayn own The Future is Meow, a bookstore-slash-cat cafÊ, and are spreading the holiday cheer to their customers this Christmas Eve. A few morning snow flakes turn into a full-blown blizzard and before they know it, the safest place for them and their employees to spend the night is the bookstore.
đ of all the stars most beautiful by dangerbears
(NR, 5k, sandwich shop) when isn't the right time for a bookshop fic? louis sells books and harry makes sandwiches and zayn meets someone on the internet.
đ Things Unsaid by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup
(G, 4k, soulmates) "That chunky oversized sweater is like a clown outfit made for winter." Or, where you have a tattoo of the first thought your soulmate has when they see you.
đ Wooing for Beginners by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships
(T, 4k, Louis/Nick Grimshaw) There's a girl at school Louis is dying to impress, but Louis ends up impressing Nick instead. A sort-of bookshop/high school/Saturday job AU with extra baking and not enough fish fingers.
đ Sleep, Please Come Softly by @lululawrence
(NR, 3k, Louis/Pedro Pascal) Louis can't sleep. Maybe an incredibly boring book from the nearby used bookstore can help.
