The Fife Arms offers a wonderfully eccentric Highland escape.
Once a Victorian coaching inn, the building has been transformed by
Hauser & Wirth with a whimsical medley of wry Victoriana and
Scottish legend. The hotels is so fantastical that it could be
fiction, with features including a self-playing Steinway piano, a
cascading model of neon-glass antlers and bagpipe drones. Admire
the library and art collection – spanning more than 14,000 pieces
and including a Picasso, Lucian Freud and Louise Bourgeois – before
curling up in one of the many reading nooks, disturbed only by the
tinkling of the piano and the swirling waters of the nearby River
Clunie.

Just off the Champs-Elysées, La Réserve Paris Hotel and Spa beckons bookworms with its majestic the Duc de Morny Library. Admire the herringbone floors and damask walls, ogle first editions by Voltaire, Balzac and Victor Hugo, and rediscover the pleasures of reading al fresco in the hotel’s sweeping courtyard. Reward your efforts with a trip to the wine cellar to find the perfect accompaniment for your evening read.

Each floor of the Library Hotel is dedicated to one of the Dewey Decimal System’s ten categories. Enjoying a room laden with books, you could easily spend your trip cuddled up with a good novel looking out over New York Public Library and Madison Avenue from your king-size bed. Luckily, the Writer’s Den bar on the 14th floor provides reason to haul yourself from under the covers, with its sweeping views across the New York skyline and a wide range of literary-inspired cocktails.

Located down a meandering woodland path amid seven acres of lush fields and greenery, Driftwood Hotel is your gateway to fictional paradise. Opt for long walks along the seafront and explore nearby coastal towns before picking up a book from the hotel library and sinking into a sofa in one of the sitting rooms.

Defying expectations, this Hotel Not Hotel subverts presumptions
(naturally) through its design and architecture. Offering an
exhibition gallery rather than a lobby, it has modish lounges
offset by quirky artworks, haphazard decor and a bar named Kevin
Bacon. Books are piled in every corner, so borrow one and disappear
into your room – if you can find it. While some rooms come in the
form of a converted tram or a towering crow’s nest, others are
hidden behind bookcases with secret doors and two-way windows.

In the US’s storied capital, this charming boutique hotel is an ode to its namesake. Split your time between browsing the countless leather-bound volumes nestled on the deep wooden shelves of the Book Room, and sipping on cocktails at Quill, the hotel’s elegant cocktail bar. In the evening, dine at Michelin-starred restaurant Plume for dishes created with artistic flare.