"When you think of Los Angeles, books and literature are probably not the first things that come to mind. Possibly sun, beaches, earthquakes, riots... but certainly not [books...]. So perhaps it comes as a surprise that there is currently a trendy movement occurring in Los Angeles that has seen the marriage of books and bars."

by Emily Green · January 11, 2011

Styleture followed up this observation with a list of examples of L.A.'s literature-themed nightlife phenomenon. Although one can appreciate the list to a degree (Michael Mina's XIV was inexplicably selected??) there were some curious omissions like these that might make you raise your WTF eyebrow. Go HERE to see what we think they missed!

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