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Remember how it rained all last winter? Well get set for another rainy season, folks: as I write this I’m looking out on to a rain-sodden Oxford Street. What with California being all about beaches and carousing in the sun, we seem to cope less well with the wet and the cold.

But there’s so much this city has to offer, and in particular when it’s miserable out and the nights get too cold to venture outdoors, one of the nicest things to do is hang out with a book. Or better yet, hang out in one of Orange county’s lovely independent bookshops, which we should all be supporting.

With this in mind, we present to you our pick of CA’s ten best bookstores.