My Perfect Library

Have you ever seen the show Hannibal? If not, you should. Go watch it, and help us beg them to make another season. Aside from being based on a great series of books and interpreted wonderfully by the writers and actors, the show is gorgeously shot. It could be a film school study in framing, pacing and light.

But what I really love— Hannibal's office. A two story room, with a partial floor around the perimeter and edged in bookshelves. The outer wall has huge windows with lush curtains to both let in light and provide that perfect dusty library feel without a speck of dust present.

I can't image what the titles on the shelves are, knowing Dr. Lecter some are probably even a bit too morbid for me. But they are old, leather bound editions surrounded by warm dark wood and all the atmosphere you could want.

I don't care that he's a serial killer, I'd kill for that library too. What is your favorite library? Is it fictional or found somewhere in the real world?

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