Hughes & Hughes

Like most of the standard shops in Dublin International Airport, there’s a few of these bookshops open throughout the piers.
Specialising in airport-​edition paperbacks and pallets of magazines, Hughes & Hughes does swift business in printed entertainment. I could bemoan the rather large but pedestrian selection, but if I didn’t have the presence of mind to bring Tolstoy from home, well then I’ll simply have to choose from what’s there… celeb bios, crime thrillers, business & financial guides and almost all of Oprah’s book club picks.
Really, that’s not too bad a cast of characters, and the well-​stocked travel section in the large Pier A store does justice to it’s home turf as the only Book Shop game in town before take off.
You’ll also be able to pick up a bottle of water for the plane as well as a pack of gum for charming customs officials in immigration and arrivals once you land. And should that pulp novel or copy of Car become too cumbersome once you plan on disembarking, the prices in Hughes & Hughes are kind enough that you can donate them to the seat-​back pocket for the next passenger.